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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 22, 2018 - 06:14pm PT
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I’m at the tail end of a drive from SF Bay to LA. Feelin’ pretty tired today... maybe because I slept for about 5 hours and that takes more of a toll in my mid-40s than it did in my 20s or 30s. I’m now smack dab in rush hour as I approach downtown LA. Probably only 15 minutes from home.
So I was draggin’ pretty hard, letting the oppression of my mobility oppress my spirit. Then I started thinking about those times on climbs kn the middle of the night, grinding out the interminable 5.7-5.8 pitches or those “700 feet of easy 5th class to the summit” which can somehow take half a night. Or hanging in slings for all-night rap odysseys.
And thinking how much I relish those experiences, and how me sitting in traffic feeling really beat right now is a form of training for those moments... it just turned things around for me and brought a smile to my face.
When you can embrace joy and embrace suffering, the world is your oyster :)
What are some of your pearls?
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jan 22, 2018 - 06:30pm PT
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There are other Annapurnas in the lives of men.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Jan 22, 2018 - 08:56pm PT
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"Don't do what you want to do, do what you want to remember doing."
I repeat that in my head when I'm miserable and want to bail.
Works for everything from pushing on in a climb to finishing school to making wise everyday decisions and everything in between!
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madbolter1
Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
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Jan 22, 2018 - 08:59pm PT
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Don't do what you want to do, do what you want to remember doing.
Spectacular quote! TFPU
For me it comes down to: Decide! Then get the job done in the way you want to look back on it.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jan 22, 2018 - 09:02pm PT
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DFU
Use it everyday.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 22, 2018 - 10:56pm PT
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Next time try a different approach.
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BigWall Chris 101
Trad climber
Vail
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Jan 22, 2018 - 11:05pm PT
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The four “P’s”. I love Logistics. And the Objective and Subjective hazards. Self defeating behavior has no room or play in Climbing or life in General.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jan 23, 2018 - 03:54am PT
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In climbing (alpine) as in life in general, your partner is the most important thing.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Jan 23, 2018 - 04:21am PT
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At the Pinnacles there is a saying, "No route is completely worthless. It can always serve as a bad example".
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Adventurer
Mountain climber
Virginia
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Jan 23, 2018 - 04:46am PT
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Since climbing Aconcagua eleven years ago, I just laugh under my breath when someone here in the D.C. Area complains about ordinary winter weather.
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Nick Danger
Ice climber
Arvada, CO
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Jan 23, 2018 - 06:06am PT
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Although my abilities are diminished and my motivations have certainly changed, when things get uncomfortable or weird I can always tell myself "well, you have certainly been in worst circumstances than this and did OK".
Mostly, though, my adventures have contributed to living a fabulous life, one I would not want to change in any way, where the good vastly outweighs the bad and the quality of folks who have peopled my life is well above what any rational person could have expected. I am enormously Blessed in so many ways because of the climbs and adventures, and enormously grateful for all of it.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jan 23, 2018 - 10:15am PT
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The importance of persistence.
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bit'er ol' guy
climber
the past
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Jan 23, 2018 - 10:20am PT
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What's the use in getting sober, if you gotta get drunk again?
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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Jan 23, 2018 - 10:40am PT
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To live in the present.
I can think of a handful of others but the reason I am alive and happy today has most to with the present and continuing my practice of being there, uh I mean here.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jan 23, 2018 - 10:52am PT
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embrace adversity, but avoid encumbrance. so, check your nuts or at least keep 'em in check
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
The fake McCoy from nevernever land.
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Jan 23, 2018 - 10:52am PT
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One step at a time.
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perswig
climber
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Jan 23, 2018 - 01:25pm PT
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1. Sometimes you're through the crux before you realize it.
2. Climbing above your level often shows you were selling yourself short.
Dale
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clode
Trad climber
portland, or
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Jan 23, 2018 - 01:53pm PT
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Keep the legs moving, one foot in front of the other. This is what got me up so many of the PNW volcanoes when I was in my teens and twenties. Now, it's what gets me home on my bike (I'm a year-round bike commuter, 8.5 miles, each way, in urban traffic), now that I'm in my 60s.
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Jan 23, 2018 - 02:39pm PT
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Keep on working through even if things look grim IF the route (or job or project) is worth it.
If things seem really sh**ty right from the beginning, and it doesn't look more promising up above, bail early before you have too much effort invested.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Jan 23, 2018 - 02:56pm PT
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How to sh#t in a paper bag.
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