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Diamonds
30 Sep 2021I’ve got two cams left for the final 200 feet of climbing and somehow they’ve just fallen off my harness. This wasn’t the ideal situation I’d imagined approximately 2.5 hours ago while leaving the Longs Peak Trailhead but much like the rest of my past two years it was time…
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Reciprocity
26 Jul 2021If you’re reading this, I doubt I’ll have to go into too much detail to describe why I like being outside. We could begin by describing all the things we are freely given from the world. There are the material goods of produce - apples, corn, berries, squash (peaches are…
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Poetry of the Process
16 Jun 2021There are countless athletes who have an artistic pursuit running parallel to their sport. For me it’s poetry and music, which I’ve always described as an outlet that runs counter to my career as a bike racer. Trying to weave together words in a poem or song is a world…