It ended up being so, so, magical as we finished the climb literally in the clouds. I ended up forgoing the rope for the last pitch as it was a scramble and we then decided that after topping out we just had to hike those extra five minutes to the summit stones.
Category: adventure
Real memories of adventure
One of the reasons I love photography is that snapshot of a moment. But the reason I love video (more?) is that it so easily captures that exact memory that would have otherwise been warped as layer upon layer of new experience comes at you.
YouTube is BACK!
Less with a bang.
More with a soft, rediscovery of a platform I’m wanting to explore in a different way than before.
Ben Nevis & subsequent limping
I spent the next 4 days limping.
But I can’t tell you how good it feels to have reached the top.
Fontainebleau bouldering AKA falling a lot
Things I learned in Fontainebleau:
I am not good at bouldering.
I have a hilarious bouldering face.
I am really not good at bouldering.
Woodland walks, stress, & the fear that comes with trying
Recently, it’s been very apparent that I am stressed.
I mean, I think I am stressed quite a lot of the time actually. There’s always something a little out of the ordinary happening in my life and it’s now at the point where these out of the ordinary things have become quite ordinary.
Post-injury climbing: being held back sucks
I can barely believe that back in August I was told there was a 90% chance my BONE WOULD DIE and I’d likely have fusion surgery and it would be all dramatic and terrifying and I wouldn’t walk again and my whole life would change.