The Shorts — Year of Big Ideas Reprieve
Year of Big Ideas Reprieve [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/177529703″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”300″ height=”300″ iframe=”true” /]In the Year of Big Ideas, my childhood friend Brad laid it out–he was going to climb El Cap in 2008. Never mind that he had minimal climbing experience or had never even been to Yosemite. We schemed and scheduled “vacation.” We planned and […]
The Human Mule
The Human Mule [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/99552967″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”300″ height=”300″ iframe=”true” /]Life was good. The approaches were short. The routes straightforward. The work wonderfully mindless. After a long dry-spell of writing, a job as a climbing guide at Smith Rock was like a vacation from life. I was 22 again, not a failing writer struggling to pay […]
