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El Potrero Chico Part 2: A Breakthrough
Everything at EPC changed once I met Ryan, and through Ryan, Sean. Ryan and Sean were roommates from Ohio who were meeting a crew of friends down at EPC for a week of climbing multi-pitch. Ryan and I hit up a multi-pitch called TNT, a five pitch 10a. I ended up leading the 10a pitch, Read more
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Spanish Struggles, Urchin Roe
I had my first exposure to language submersion on my second day in San Juan del Sur. My two Spanish speaking friends and I decided to take a walk up the hill to where Jesus stood looking out over the small city. The night before we had befriended a couple from Argentina, Chaly and Nati. Read more
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A Shout-Out to Tea and Bread
September 8th and 9th Lake Louise A hike was in order. I left Canmore and drove the beautiful Route 1 to Lake Louise, where, despite the sun in Canmore, it was even colder and stormier than the previous few days combined. There, I went up and joined the throngs of people getting their picture taken Read more
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A Comparative Analysis of Cats and Sourdough (this is what I did this week)
Inspired by diagrams, I present you with my thoughts from the week, brought to you with the help of the brilliant Toby Hammer. This is serious science. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF felis catus WITH A COLLECTION OF S. cerevisiea AND lactobacilli (SOURDOUGH STARTER): CATS: meow/purr have fur/hair will bite your face walks has legs, eyes, etc. is corporeal carnivorous Read more
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Janet’s Cabin
November 23rd – 25th Thanksgiving. A time to relax, spend time with family, eat too much (probably), go for short walks, and take copious numbers of little naps. Heaven, right? Well, this year we went for something a little different. It’s only my second Thanksgiving away from home (aka New Hampshire), my first being my Read more
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Thanksgiving, a Manifesto, and a Name Change
I was at bit of a loss of what to say this week with regards to Thanksgiving. Gratitude is usually a theme in this blog, so it seems a little silly and redundant to have a Thanksgiving special, if you will. While I’m thinking about this, I’m sitting in my sister’s house in Boulder. It’s Read more
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Some Thoughts on Interbeing
So, despite a popular majority opposing his election, Donald Trump is the U.S. of A.’s new president elect, as most of the world knows by now. Bless the few isolated peoples out there whose lives have not been immediately effected by this. The amount of anxiety, depression and straight up terror I have witnessed (and Read more
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Risk, Uncertainty and the Relentless Pursuit of Self-Actualization
Climbing and, indeed, all alpine-oriented sports are inherently dangerous. I clearly don’t need to state that fact. As any piece of climbing gear or climbing guidebook will tell you, CLIMBING IS DANGEROUS. Just this past September, we lost Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson in Pakistan. In almost any climbing magazine, there will be a special section dedicated Read more
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Climbing and Self-Efficacy
I’m going to take a break from the tellings of my travels to briefly delve into a recent realization of a change that has appeared in my life. A relatively short time ago, I was living at home, working, saving money, living a perfectly good life. I was safe, healthy, and provided for. Objectively, nothing Read more
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