This ridiculous cycle of nervousness mixed with excitement has been on a whole new level the past few days. I'm not sure if you asked either of us what we were nervous about that we'd really have an answer. The fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of all, right? So as we go…
Well, the car ride up from Fresno to Yosemite was filled with wisdom from our new climbing mentor. I'm not going to lie to you, we pretty much covered two subjects. "Are we gonna die?" and "What about poop?" Both left Timmy open to scare the shit out of us, make us feel secure, and…
Heath said that in the car yesterday on the way up. I thought he was joking at first, until I remembered that ya, this was my idea and he was nervous. He also told me that his dad made him promise to finally make a will, but what's changed is he actually considered making one…
Continue reading ➞ “I’m living someone else’s fantasy. Cause this is NOT mine!”
There's one thing that bothers me about this trip. Or rather I'll say, one of the things that I like most about the bike ride from LA to New York was that it was just us. No help whatsoever. We had the element of doing something unprepared and we just learned as we went. So…
A while back my friend Dustin Beatty told me to see the movie 180 Degrees South because he knows I have the sickness. The sickness of never being satisfied and always wanting to go somewhere. I'm not even sure that a life chasing the next thing is any better than staying put and finding what…
So I think the best way to really give you an idea of how this came about is to start from the beginning. (those sound like the famous last words of someone who is about to bore the shit out of you. Oh well) Also, I think it's necessary to state, for the people who…
Continue reading ➞ If God wanted you up there, he would’ve miracled your ass up there!
Last February I was ichatting with Heath and subtly mentioned that we should find a way to climb El Capitan in Yosemite. I sent him a picture of two guys sleeping in a hanging cot 2,000 ft off of a sheer cliff. I sent the picture to him and waited..............it was bait... Somehow I knew…
WE'RE REALLY DOING IT 