This is a climb we did back a while ago, eight years ago maybe. The name is the Promesse des Profondeurs at Castelvieil in the Calanques. My partner really, really wanted to climb it again, since we'd had some problems route finding the first time around. I really didn't want to do this climb again,... Continue Reading →
Teenagers as Commodities
"The most valuable commodity on planet earth is a young mind with a willingness to learn." -- Stephen West I liked this quote from Stephen West's Philosophize This! podcast, but I take issue with the word "commodity". To be fair, it's part of a longer quote "Real quickly, the most valuable commodity on planet earth... Continue Reading →
Biting and Chewing
I didn't actually bite off more than I could chew, but I didn't say 'no, that's too much' either. Suffice to day, I didn't make it through my partner's project to climb the Piz Disgrazia from the Swiss side last weekend. It was going to be long. The "normal"-ish way to go in winter, from... Continue Reading →
Flexibility
Some days I just wake up stiff. It happens more and more with age, and my almost daily yoga only just barely gets the kinks out of my system in morning. But mentally I've been just as stiff lately. I don't seem to have the bounce that I used to. It takes me a while... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 