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Saturday, August 28, 2010

thoughts on mountaineering. @ 10:56 AM

As many of you know, one of my favorite things to do is climb things. particularly mountains. particularly ice covered mountains.

A mountaineer that I admire greatly is Steve House. He is the brother of my mom's close friend and coworker, and he does some amazing things. In March, he had a pretty rough accident. I thought I should share his blog with you all today, as he reflects on how that accident has affected him as a person. He shares a sentiment that I think is REALLY important for all climbers to keep in mind: "  I fell because I was 100% sure I would not fall. Or at least I fell such a distance, around eighty feet, for that reason. I did not give as much attention to my protection as I would have if I was scared or intimidated by the pitch. I wasn’t scared at all. Quite the opposite: I was rushing. I was climbing as if I couldn’t fall. As if I was invincible. I was being cocky."  None of us are invincible.


anyways, here's Steve's blog  the things he's done are things I dream of doing.


I'm off for the next few days, doing a little bit of backpacking in the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness with my new boyfriend and his "bros". See y'all Wednesday.


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i am candy jean. i am twenty one. this is a documentation of self exploration, and learning through my mistakes and the mistakes of others. read on.

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