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Super Frenchie, Matthias Giraud

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Published: August 15, 2024 19:53

© Stefan Laude I let the mail sit until I'm ready for the intrusion. If you sent me something and I haven't yet replied it's because I'm not ready for my state to be changed by whatever you…

Brian Enos — Practical Living

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Published: July 24, 2024 21:08

On the good days I write. On the other days I wait for the Muse to come or I try to force it, which rarely turns out well. Earlier this year, when Brian Enos asked me to write the back cover text for his new book I agreed immediately but couldn't produce.…

Who We Were And Might Become

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Published: July 9, 2024 01:42

I haven't trained anyone since 2017. That summer I was training Jason Momoa for the Aquaman movie (very shortly after we finished Justice League). About halfway through the project I realized I was unhappy. The friendship Jason and I shared wasn't enough…

ATTITUDE AND CHARACTER

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Published: June 13, 2024 03:55

Jeff Lowe approaching the south pillar of Nuptse, carrying on his back everything he would need for the next ten days Extreme Alpinism was published in 1999 and won a number of awards. It…

Endurance As Expression

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Published: May 16, 2024 03:45

This article appears as a foundational article to our practice and is included in the current iteration of the Endurance Manual.There is a “spirit” to endurance. By that, we mean the encompassing idea of long efforts may transcend the nature of our known…

We The People

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Published: April 6, 2024 19:52

Washington as Statesman at the Constitutional Convention by Junius Brutus Stearns, 1856 I've been depressed. It isn't the adolescent angst, the negative, no future state of mind or the…

The Good Teacher

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Published: March 7, 2024 19:46

Advice is easy to come by. Stop any stranger and they will offer an opinion and likely, directions. Guidance is harder to find. Guidance implies a guide, a person and a relationship built by investing in an outcome, not just an income. This ratio — advice…

Words Must Become Flesh

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Published: February 16, 2024 03:31

"He who writes in blood and aphorisms does not want to be read, he wants to be learned by heart." "Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own BLOOD." Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra We learn, we practice,…

Revolve

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Published: February 1, 2024 21:35

New Year’s resolutions feel a lot like a fresh opportunity wrapped in self-delusion. To resolve is to fix but most often what is witnessed—by January 14th or so—is a revolving pattern, a cycle of missteps. The frustration among resolution frolickers is…

Keep Breathing

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Published: January 17, 2024 04:13

I drove 7000 miles during a period of three weeks this winter, which felt like the old days of driving around the country for climbing or speaking gigs and also reminded me that things aren't always as benign as they seem and sometimes turn out differently…