In memory of S'iyo S'unka (She-yo Shun-ka) 

Oct, 2003 to Jan, 2014

In memory of the best Trail Dog, Protector, Companion, Teacher & Student, Helper, and the best Co-Host and all around Best Friend Ever.
Forever loved, forever missed.
See you on the other side my Friend.
S'iyo S'unka. Oct, 2003 - Jan, 13, 2014.
I had written 2/3 of this song after my Grandfather had taken the Journey (passed on) back in the 90's. Although I'd always considered it incomplete I still performed it from time to time. I always knew however that it was incomplete. So eventually I shelved the song and forgot about it altogether.
It wasn't until S'iyo's last week with us that for some reason I pulled it out and begin working on it again. Only unlike in the past the words seem to flow through my pen like water through a sieve. In some ways when that happens I'm a little freaked out. Although it's one thing to have a song spill out of you in a matter of hours or even a day, to contemplate the finishing of a song for years yielding no results at all and then to pick it up a more than a decade down the road and finishing it in a matter of minutes can, well let's face it, be a little freaky. One must therefore wonder if those things are really ours in entirety. Did I write a song or did I simply collide with its interpretation of the universe first at one end and then the other. With a whole lot of living and learning to do in between. Perhaps I would not have been able to understand these words at that time. As if they were written in some foreign language and I'd just produced them all prior to knowing the language it was written in. In either case it is completed now. And I truly feel like I have come full circle. But as you know the circle doesn't end here. It simply continues from here.
T.C.
~The Disabled Hiker
http://www.reverbnation.com/terrycraig/song/19783461-point-view-siyo-sunka-lowanpi?1336410755

The Disabled Hiker. episode 2

http://youtu.be/EsDqh_MvuJQ

Join S'iyo (Shi-yo) and I as we continue to explore new equipment and to continue our journey together.

We are all so much more than we give ourselves credit for. Inside us all is a great Phoenix waiting to rise from the ashes. All we need is the ability to see it and then act upon it. We may never get back what we had. But we can reinvent ourselves an infinite number of times. Hence the somewhat incomplete subtitle. The Mother of All Invention.
Only you can complete it with your own Necessity.
I hope you enjoy episode 2.
Tunkas'ila iya. (God bless)
Terry

The Disabled Hiker, short clip. Pepper Spray v's Bear Spray.

http://youtu.be/yJjNHlXJyS4

 After years of hiking the trails of Eastern Pennsylvania. I've learned there is no substitute for experience.
However, when it comes to dealing with wildlife that outweighs you by 300 pounds, can run 15 to 20 miles an hour, and has about 10 times your strength. One must be careful what they are considering calling "Experience".
In this video I explained some of the finer differences between using self-defense or police grade pepper spray, and Bear Spray that is sold specifically for that purpose.

The Disabled Hiker. eps,1

http://youtu.be/hZXISmpBNgo

Episode one of the disabled hiker was recorded after being laid up for many months and unable to hike while carrying any equipment for over a year Prior to filming.
I've had to change many things to continue my journey. And as is described by the metamorphosis of all life. I've had to change not only my equipment but also my entire attitude towards distance traveled and safety in order to continue.
Together with my dog S'iyo (Shi-yo), This is my first attempt to continue my journey across a new plateau in life.
I hope you enjoy episode one.
Terry.