For the Love of Climbing

I can't say thank you enough to Sean Feiertag and Justin Cerone for the incredible work they put into filming and editing this. I had no idea what would become of the footage we shot in the desert last fall, and in one million years, I could not have anticipated such a beautiful piece that conveyed a message I have been trying to put out into the world over these past few years.

I don't climb for a living, but I certainly live to climb. When I started writing this blog two years ago, I was sitting in my New York apartment, trying to come up with a clever name. It suddenly hit me: "For the love of climbing". "For the love of", meaning for pleasure instead of for profit. It seemed fitting. It’s never been just about the climbing—it was always about the lifestyle that came with it and challenges I'd learn to overcome. It was about finding out what the difference between impossible and possible was, and where I lay on that spectrum.

Thank you, Brian Gallio and The Afternoon Edition for the beautiful soundtrack, and to Sean Patrick and Jeff Lundeen for hanging out in the desert one day last fall. I think that this video speaks for itself. It's a little reminder that the world is your playground, and to do what you love with love.