I would like to be more benevolent but just can't shake that selfish skin off. I try. People are benevolent in ways people don't understand, it can be "a vision thing", or it can be a steady good work thing. I was thinking of this yesterday when I met Ben Moon. He was "Benevolant Ben" when he gave us 9a! Before that we were stuck, especially me, I was stuck in a mental trap of climbing was fixed, it was a static thing. But climbing is fluid, it is History, present, and future. And the future will not mean just gold medals, and some weird competition format.
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Alex on Nea a lovely VS in North Wales I first led this when I was 14 years old!
Leo 10 years old looking good after finishing Nea, and about to do a 50 meter abseil!
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| Harmony on Slape Direct a very confusing route, she loves climbing, and doesn't question it! |
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| Pull Leo, its not free mate! |
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Leo looking pensive, and trying to decide if he really likes me, as I want him to retie the knot just like I tie it. He tied it perfectly, but not like me!
Leo and I scouting for new routes, its a wet slab where he and I have to be careful!
Gifts come in many forms. Life is both a gift and a curse, the magic is seeing the gift and not wasting it.
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