To Do Good, You Actually Have To

The Whole Purpose Of An Adventure Is To Gain Some Spiritual Or Emotional Insight. When You Compromise The Process, You Compromise The Gain.

There Is A Beginning And End To All Life - And To All Human Endeavors. Species Evolve And Die Off. Empires Rise, Then Break Apart. Businesses Grow, Then Fold. There Are No Exceptions. I'm Ok With All That. Yet It Pains Me To Bear Witness To The Sixth Great Extinction, Where We Humans Are Directly Responsible For The Extirpation Of So Many Wonderful Creatures And Invaluable Indigenous Cultures. It Saddens Me To Observe The Plight Of Our Own Species; We Appear To Be Incapable Of Solving Our Problems.

Just Why Is Yosemite Climbing So Different ? Why Does It Have Techniques, Ethics And Equipment All Of Its Own ? The Basic Reason Lies In The Rock Itself. Nowhere Else In The World Is The Rock So Exfoliated, So Glacier-polished And So Devoid Of Handholds. All Of The Climbing Lines Follow Vertical Crack Systems. Every Piton Crack, Every Handhold Is A Vertical One. Special Techniques And Equipment Have Evolved Through Absolute Necessity.

The Rules Of The Game Must Be Constantly Updated To Keep Up With The Expanding Technology. Otherwise We Overkill The Classic Climbs And Delude Ourselves Into Thinking We Are Better Climbers Than The Pioneers.

The Most Important Thing Is To Get The Fish In Quickly And Leave It In The Water. Forget The Hero Pose.