Life- "If you're not living on the edge, you're not doing it right"


At the end of July I spent nine days camping and rock climbing at the Cirque of the Towers in the Wind River Range of Wyoming with a friend. It was an incredibly arduous trip filled with epic stories and monumental surroundings. 

The more I climb and the deeper I dive into this world the more I am amazed at how much of the lessons I learn and the experiences I have on the mountain relate directly to my everyday life and my work. Out there, high up on a vertical wall, exposed to the elements, where you rely on instincts, adrenaline and mental focus you are reduced to the most basic of physical and mental processes. Everything unnecessary just melts away and you attain complete nowness. Aside from being an incredible sensation, witnessing your own mental process in this striped down state is incredibly enlightening, like taking away all the bells and whistles to see how the cogs really turn.

It is also a powerful way to master your mind


The Cirque of the Towers in the Wind River Range of Wyoming. Looking towards Pingora
Looking at Pingora and Lonesome Lake

The Cirque of the Towers in the Wind River Range of Wyoming. Admiring the peaks at sunset
Nathan examining our route on Pingora

Warbonnet and Warrior to the right

The Cirque of the Towers in the Wind River Range of Wyoming. Looking towards Wolf's head on the approach
Can you see him? Approaching Cirque Lake

The Cirque of the Towers in the Wind River Range of Wyoming. Looking towards Warbonnet and Warrior
Warbonnet and Warrior from the Cirque Lake approach

The Cirque of the Towers in the Wind River Range of Wyoming. Looking down from belay station 8 on Wolf's head, Lonesome lake
Pitch 8 of Wolf's Head looking out onto Lonesome Lake

The Cirque of the Towers in the Wind River Range of Wyoming. Cirque Lake
Cirque Lake

The Cirque of the Towers in the Wind River Range of Wyoming at sunset
Cirque of the Towers, The WInd River Range Wyoming


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