So, you want to be a professional climber! Congratulations, and kudos on your audacity tenacity! It’s going to be a long hard road, but it’s going to be a lot of fun, too! Full of exclamation points, and completely void of the dull periods that punctuate normal life. Strap on your jetpack, and get ready for the ride of a lifetime! And
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The most famous of all Montana stories, A River Runs Through It, opens up with a beautiful passage about something that can be summed up as ‘the holiness of fly-fishing’. The scene is placid and pensive, as the narrator reminisces over sentimental memories of his childhood growing up with his brother, under his father’s tutelage. Then, out of nowhere, Drew
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This week, one of the greatest men I’ve ever had the pleasure to know passed away. Kevin Kelly had a rare quality that is difficult to define – but I think I would call it “warm and calculating”. He was scrupulous, and had a profound intelligence, but he turned his perspicacity and perceptiveness to fraternity, and helping others. He held
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So, you may be familiar with the serial blog, ‘Semi-Rad’. If not, you should familiarize yourself with it. Semi-Rad is a really well-written, funny, and honest blog – and the guy behind it is a really good guy. I have to admit, though, I was a little bit jealous – maybe even wary – of Brendan Leonard before I got
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