Wow, 2 months since my last post. Yikes! looks like I fell of the band wagon a bit! Well, I'm back in the States now and have a bit more time to sit and ponder the world! And lucky for you, you get to read about my random thought processes!
Let me catch you up to date a little bit on what's been going on the last couple months...
In the last 2 months I have been on 3 different continents. I have experienced 2 separate injuries. I've been in subzero temps and shorts and flip flop weather. I have fallen off rocks and fallen on snow, and seen several different mountain ranges from the Pyrenees to Patagonia. I have spent the equivalent of multiple days sitting in airports around the world and even more time cramped in little tiny airplane seats. These are just a few of the random things I have experienced since my last blog post....now where to start writing...
Planning your future is an odd concept to me. Many people spend their whole lives planning for their future and never truly live where they are in their lives currently. I have chosen a path that would scare most people. Not because I am climbing mountains, living in remote regions under the stars or in adverse weather, nor because I am scaling thousand foot rock faces. Although this would scare the majority of people i know, most people would be scared because my future is so uncertain. I don't have a job, I don't have any savings, I don't even really have a place to call home (other than my parents house where I haven't technically lived since high school days). So why am I subjecting myself to the uncomfortableness of not knowing? Because I am doing what I love. And I'm doing it now! I am not going to get old looking back on my life thinking I wish I would have...done more things, or taken a different path. I am going to look back on my life and know that I did everything I could to live life to its fullest...no regrets!
I may not have much money, but money doesn't run me. I have something far more valuable that: I've traded a life of comfortable living and security for a life of adventure, uncertainty, and wicked experiences! Money will always come and go (and its nice when it comes easily) but Its annoying how much money runs the world. There is so much more out there to experience, and experiences can't be taken away from you! these last few months as I have been embarking on this unknown, uncertain journey of becoming a mountain guide, I have become a richer person. Richer each moment despite the constant drip of money leaking from my bank account. I have experienced things I never thought I would...or even could! I plan on having more experiences and living life in a way that I can't even dream of because I'm living NOW and banking the experience and sharing with those that I love!
Wow, I sat down to write today thinking I would tell some stories of my adventures. I started typing and this just started streaming from me. I guess the stories of rock climbing in world class venues, almost chopping off my thumb while skiing, or scaling wind scoured patagonian peaks will have to wait for another time! :)
