The trouble is time The trouble will always be time. There’s just never going to be enough of it. I don’t like when people say “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” because I like to think that death will be the next great adventure. If it’s not though, I’d like to be so tired at the […]
A new thought was given to me this week. The thought was that falling is an essential part of rock climbing. In general I spend most of my climbing time trying not to fall or even thinking about falling. This new thought means I have to accept the consequences of my actions. My actions being […]
This weekend I was learning about top rope anchors. But I was thinking about how much has changed in a year. A year ago climbing outdoors seemed like an impossible goal. A year ago I took an outdoor anchor building class and it all seemed too overwhelming, too much, too scary. I felt that anchors […]
I have a confession to make. I kind of don’t really try. At anything. Trying always means there is the possibility of failure, and if you really try and fail, well it doesn’t feel great. It’s also stupid not to try. I think sometimes about a wonderful and inspiring woman I knew as a teenager […]
Do you ever just look into the fridge even though you’re not hungry? I do this all the time. I tell myself I’m looking inside for answers that I know aren’t there. I know what I’m hungry for and it’s not food. Probably it’s water, I should drink more water. But no, what I’m hungry […]
I bruise very easily. Sometimes at the end of the week I take stock of them. Some I remember the moments thinking “that’s going to bruise”. Some I don’t have a clue how they got there. While examining the most recent collection of bruises (from two marathon days of gym climbing) I was thinking that […]
This weekend I was supposed to go to New Hampshire and climb in a place called Rumney. The weather didn’t agree with this plan but the result was still wonderful. I’m hesitant about sharing where exactly I went climbing instead, because the place was totally empty and that seems like it should be impossible. Possible […]
This week was an Eagles song “Take It easy, take it easyDon’t let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazyLighten up while you still canDon’t even try to understandJust find a place to make your stand and take it easy” If only the sound of my own wheels didn’t drive me crazy, I […]
I have a cold or something. People have said “feel better” or “I’m sorry you’re sick” but mostly all I can think is that I had it coming. Monday I had planned to go bouldering and to a yoga class but I had a migraine so I spent the evening laying on the couch with […]
In the time before I fall asleep, when I’m still a little bit awake, I sometimes dream about the things I repeated all day. Since I’m not really asleep and not really awake it feels like these things are really happening until I finally go one way or the other, asleep or awake. Unfortunately this […]
