Chapter 1: grew up in MT, playing soccer into my early 20's, in the wind 6 or 7 months out a year....Montana - a big state for big wind and weather resistant, but poor soccer players.
Chapter 2: early adolescent and childhood mountain top memories, are mostly accompanied by wind. Went up Sacajewea Peak when I was 7 and I remember the wind at the summit was so forceful it made my ear ache until my hood was up and pushed my little body around with sudden gusts.
Chapter 2: 1998 - I was 17 on Day 1 of 7 day canoe trip along a portion of the upper Missouri River in N. Central MT. Rifle hunting season trip, so 1st week of November. With my Dad steering in the rear, myself, and the 10 yr old son of a family friend in a canoe, two adults and another 10 year old in another canoe towing the luxury barge (canoe), my boat was passing the downstream end of an island that had been incidentally blocking a strong wind.
Once the wind break was cleared, our craft was struck by a sustained and severe wind across our direction of travel and the current of the river. The kid in the middle of the canoe was not much help, and my Dad and I could barely paddle forward despite our efforts, so the broadside wind forced us laterally across the river and toward the N. bank. We took on some water, but good boats, balanced packing, I think kept us from capsizing. Fortunately we did not run into our companions when the wind took hold, they were not entangled or jack-knifed by there tow along and while we were all forcefully beached and a bit damp, nobody ended up with hypothermia or drowned, and we were about 1000 yards from our intended camp. The sun was out, and high adventure was singing in my veins, too. A great memory fortunately remains.
Chapter 3: to be continued?
I will say that I've never been so tired as when I've spent an entire day exerting, working, or playing in a study wind. Just having to push back, with one's whole body, against the weight of the wind adds another level of endurance and energy expenditure to most anything outdoors.