So I went to Bishop this weekend with two young ladies who were kind enough to let me tag along. This weekend was all about determination, mixed in with some physical sarcasm. The mornings started with a great tradition I hope to carry with me, espresso in bed!!!
Vicki and Julie were my inspiration; both made progress on their perspective projects. Saturday we did the long hike up to the Druid Stones. On the way we met an awesome couple who were quite interested and taken aback by the fact that we were carrying up big pads of foam to the top of the steep hill. After explaining what they were for, I tried to gain a little sympathy by telling them they weighed 60-70 pounds, but of course, because she is tough. Vicki took the approach saying that they could not have been more than 15-20. Both Vicki and Julie continued the trend as they pushed themselves to gain more clarity in the solving of their problems, while losing enough skin to do a skin graft on my ass. It was DOPE!!!
Vicki Styling in Buttermilk Country
The awesome thing about working on projects is the spectrum of emotions one goes through in order to eventually achieve partial or total success. In many ways working on a problem is kind of like starting a new relationship. When an attraction speaks to you, the hardest thing to do is to be yourself. With people one has to trust that the person really just wants to find out who you really are; rather than for you to create a person who you think they want you to be. Similarly, when walking up to a boulder problem one has to allow oneself to come through, they have to trust that their physical and mental ability will “match-up.” When meeting a new interest it is easy to not trust enough to let it flow.
Let it Flow,
Peter
5 comments:
...let yourself go, slow and low, that is the tempo...
sometimes the compatability is so obvious, the flow is spontaneous and...abruptly over! that's the bummer about boulder problems compared to relationships. i personally could jump in bed with "the hunk" for a long time to come but that feels like i'm in the relationship for pure pleasure rather than to learn and grow. but maybe i'll go for pure pleasure once in awhile! i predict your next "one night stand" will be high plains drifter. but enough of that analogy.
Censorship is wrong Nancy.
So is not signing off properly. Nasty Pete.
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