Wholistic Fitness

It’s high noon on the outskirts of Mexican Hat, Utah and thar’s trouble a brewing out on the mesa…
…and that spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E for one of Turtle Islands most famed landmarks; The Mexican Hat rock formation!
apparently, some Big City Rappers had been playing their “music” too loud while driving past the 300′ talus tower and shook the already decomposing Halgaito Formation Sandstone base so tremendously that now the several ton caprock of Cedar Mesa Sandstone is threatening to fall!
…what to DO?!?!
…Oh NO!!!!! We must do SOMEthing!!!!!
…the 20 or so residents of the quaint town of Mexican Hat were most concerned,
“Well, what happens if it falls?!,” cried one gapped tooth citizen of the river town.
“…i…i…i reckon we’ll have to change the name of our town to Mexican Hatless,” responded another…
“But, but…that means John Wayne will NEVER shoot another movie here!” sobbed yet another…
“John Wayne is dead, isn’t he?” queried a large lanky cowpoke who himself looked like he hadn’t showered since the Halgaito Formation was formed.
“What’s your point,” said Jed.
“I dunno,” replied The Bandito, “I jus wanna shoot something.”

just then,
at that critical point of social anarchy in downtown Mexican Still Hatful, Utah…
there arrived…

could it be…??!?!

YEAH!!!!!!

ILGMAN has arrived on the scene in a VERY AUSPICIOUS moment of synchronicity!

Famed adventurer of the Southwest, pioneer of the Wholistic Fitness� Tribe, and Doer Of All Things Fun and Fitness; our intrepid hero quickly drops close to Mother Earth to receive Her Guidance on how to help Her trembling 250-million year old infant…

….as ILGMAN uses his intraocular powers of his Ajna Chakra to “see” what needs to be done, he paces with considerable might as he contemplates Mother’s counsel…Behind our hero, the roar and crash of the falling formation can be heard in the background! QUICK ILGMAN!!!!! DO SOMETHING!!!!!

Using his Wholistic Fitness� mastery; ILGMAN scampers up the extremely dangerous 290′ decomposing base with agility and focus from HP Yoga matched with his speed and endurance from his cardiovascular training and reaches the teetering capstone just in the NICK OF TIME… and, using his superhuman strength from years of strength training and eating the SUNRIDER HERBS, the ILGMAN can be seen HOLDING UP and RESTABILIZING the Mexican Hat for more people to enjoy and marvel at along Highway 163!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

MORAL OF THIS STORY:
Keep your Practice strong in EACH of the Five Disciplines and 4 Lifestyle Principles of Wholistic Fitness�…because you NEVER KNOW when poor Mother Earth will need YOUR SUPERHUMAN POWERS to Save All That Which Is Still Go(o)d In Kali Yuga!!!!!

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COMING UP TOMORROW IN DL: STUDENT INPUT!!!!!!!

ps; there are two climbing routes that ascend the impossibly balanced caprock of The Mexican Hat. in 1962, the amazing Royal Robbins nailed out an extremely bold and dangerous route on the underside of the wild roof on the ‘river side’ (unseen from the above angles) of the formation. it went at A4! then, in 1981, Stand Mish and Dan Langmade placed five bolts and a fixed piton to climb the roof just to the left of me show in the last photo above. i was reconn’ing the routes to possibly attempt a free climbing attempt later this year.

ps2: DO NOT attempt to scramble up to where i am pictured!!! doing so, could prove to be a VERY FAST IMPACT into your Bardo Entry…i was a professional rock climber for over a decade, so do NOT attempt to mimic my antics!

photos by Ananda