I’ve always equated climbing Alpine climbing being in the mountains to – it
climbing being in the mountains to – it
climbing being in the mountains to – it sounds a little silly but being in love
sounds a little silly but being in love
sounds a little silly but being in love sometimes it’s very uncomfortable it
sometimes it’s very uncomfortable it
sometimes it’s very uncomfortable it makes you do crazy things it can be very
makes you do crazy things it can be very
makes you do crazy things it can be very very challenging but at the end of the
very challenging but at the end of the
very challenging but at the end of the day it’s it’s the most beautiful
day it’s it’s the most beautiful
day it’s it’s the most beautiful experience that you can have you know
experience that you can have you know
experience that you can have you know it’s it’s it’s being in love with the
it’s it’s it’s being in love with the
it’s it’s it’s being in love with the natural world and experiencing it in
natural world and experiencing it in
natural world and experiencing it in relationship I have to say that I think
relationship I have to say that I think
relationship I have to say that I think growing up in Wyoming was fundamental to
growing up in Wyoming was fundamental to
growing up in Wyoming was fundamental to learning how to live with the wind and
learning how to live with the wind and
learning how to live with the wind and the cold learning how to build a decent
the cold learning how to build a decent
the cold learning how to build a decent snow cape and had kind of the classic
snow cape and had kind of the classic
snow cape and had kind of the classic Huck Finn childhood hunting and fishing
Huck Finn childhood hunting and fishing
Huck Finn childhood hunting and fishing I think I first discovered my
I think I first discovered my
I think I first discovered my relationship with climbing through my
relationship with climbing through my
relationship with climbing through my through my parents and just being in the
through my parents and just being in the
through my parents and just being in the mountains with my dad as a child with my
mountains with my dad as a child with my
mountains with my dad as a child with my mom as a child led us to have much
mom as a child led us to have much
mom as a child led us to have much tighter bonds that’s what helped you
tighter bonds that’s what helped you
tighter bonds that’s what helped you know our relationships survive
know our relationships survive
know our relationships survive adolescents and and everything I mean
adolescents and and everything I mean
adolescents and and everything I mean it’s the mountains was something we
it’s the mountains was something we
it’s the mountains was something we always had together and when you start
always had together and when you start
always had together and when you start going to the big mountains and you’re
going to the big mountains and you’re
going to the big mountains and you’re with partners that you were relying on
with partners that you were relying on
with partners that you were relying on to keep you alive
to keep you alive
to keep you alive those those bonds are pretty hard to
those those bonds are pretty hard to
those those bonds are pretty hard to break you’re not driven by rational
break you’re not driven by rational
break you’re not driven by rational decisions you’re driven by passion you
decisions you’re driven by passion you
decisions you’re driven by passion you need to try to set aside your passion
need to try to set aside your passion
need to try to set aside your passion and moments of extreme danger and make
and moments of extreme danger and make
and moments of extreme danger and make the most rational decision but in my
the most rational decision but in my
the most rational decision but in my life I’ve been driven entirely by
life I’ve been driven entirely by
life I’ve been driven entirely by passion and curiosity and the desire to
passion and curiosity and the desire to
passion and curiosity and the desire to write a story you you’re not going to go
write a story you you’re not going to go
write a story you you’re not going to go out and suffer on a big mountain
out and suffer on a big mountain
out and suffer on a big mountain unless you’re passionate about climbing
unless you’re passionate about climbing
unless you’re passionate about climbing what’s the point I mean it’s very much
what’s the point I mean it’s very much
what’s the point I mean it’s very much like writing a story or a write in a
like writing a story or a write in a
like writing a story or a write in a book it’s a lot of suffering so there’s
book it’s a lot of suffering so there’s
book it’s a lot of suffering so there’s got to be something more going on and
got to be something more going on and
got to be something more going on and it’s the passion for the experience
it’s the passion for the experience
it’s the passion for the experience that’s happened
that’s happened
that’s happened moving
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