Category Archives: Reflections

Musings on life based on my personal experiences.

Gaping Similarities, not Petty Differences

Jul 27 2009

So in my last post, I mentioned that we made some new friends at Pies n Pints during our visit to the New last weekend. We overheard the couple at the table next to ours talking about their day at the Bridge Buttress, another New River Gorge climbing area, so we decided to see what routes they had gotten on. We ended up talking to them the rest of the time while we ate – Josh and Erin were their names, and they were from Johnson City, TN. We compared notes on our activities from the day, discussed our plans…Read the rest of this entry →

Risks and Consequences.

Jul 07 2009

It has been a sad week in the world of climbing. The climbing community suffered a loss of a legend this past weekend. On Sunday, July 5th, John Bachar fell to his death while free soloing in Mammoth, California. If you don’t know who he is, you can click on the link to find a quick bio, but this guy was one of the greatest climbers of all time, some might argue THE greatest. This tragic event combined with my injury a couple of weeks ago in Utah brings to the forefront an issue that most climbers don’t like to…Read the rest of this entry →

Faith, Rock, and Gear…

Apr 18 2009

This morning I was meditating on the idea of God being an “everlasting rock”, and I was again struck with the similarities that that spiritual concept had with my favorite hobby. This is a personal excerpt from my journal, so its a little on the deep side, so bear with me… 🙂 “Putting my trust in an Everlasting God is a little like doing a really hard trad route with bomber gear placements on perfect rock. I know the protection is sound, so I’m not afraid to keep going, even if it gets hard and I think I might fall. Just…Read the rest of this entry →

“Not all who wander are lost.” —JRR TOLKIEN