Those familiar smooth surfaces are replaced with an extra rough texture of sharp angles and ripped imperfections that you never noticed before. Updrafts of air try to escape an increase in pressure. And a dramatic drop in temperature lets you know that you are now—not alone. Your breath is visible. Even the normal humidity in the air goes bone dry leaving skin chapped and cracked and throats begging for relief. Your heartbeat noticeably pounds in your ears. Goosebumps grow. Your pupils dilate. And you begin to see everything a little differently. Like looking through a filter. Or a lens where something has titled. Clear, but shifted. It’s all closer. More in focus. You can see in vivid macro. But the full landscape in the far distance is also now sharper and wider than ever. The colors actually change before your eyes. Purple to blue. Blue to pink. Red then yellow and gold. You experience a temporary new reality. A new state of increased consciousness. You try to take it all in even but it’s overwhelming. It’s electric. Energizing. Ironically you’re probably the most alive you’ve ever been at this moment. Full. Whole. Renewed.