this one is dedicated to Dewa’s bf, Ben Nymberg (his last name literally means, New Mountain)… us three (feeble, Dewa, and Ben) have shared precious m(om)ents togther when Ben visits us here in Colorado from Iowa… Dewa introduced Ben to technical climbing and the boy took to climbing as if it were a past lifetime […]
“Come, Noble Daughter! The GREAT NORTH WALLS AWAIT US!” ilg shouted to Dewa at her mom’s house this morning… My daughters first glimpse of The Watch Crystal at East Animas in her h(om)etown of Durango, Colorado… absolutely beyond Honored and DEEEEPLY EMOTIONAL to be 64 and still be introducing such iconic […]
This evening’s climbing sesh with Dewachen was full throttle Ropework, Belay Management, Upper Belaying Mechanics and Anchoring, Trad Leading, Multi-Pitch dynamics and Rappelling Anchoring, Set Up and Execution… these fundamental technical climbing elements have been witnessed by Dewa since I first took her climbing up a boulder in her Birthplace of Kinlani, AZ 18 […]
1/2: At my daughters request, I took her precious bf climbing… you see, Noble Sangha, Dewa introduced her bf Ben to climbing when they were XC and Track Teammates at Luther College…Ben immediately took to climbing like (insert a passionate metaphor here). This morning as Dewa recovers from yet another seemingly endless chain of setbacks […]
pic by ilg: Dewa onsight flashes this 5.3 on The Cube as a warm up for much harder things this evening…reckon ilgs kid? as cool as the current crop of new kids can be… just sayin’? This Pre-Med Girl is baddass cool. Life begins when the rope falls between your legs… […]
a young Dewa, in now burning Ouray, Colorado…note the outdoor grill in background… ilg gets the whole 4th grilling thing… of course there’s the whole grilling of the burgers and dogs for the 4th of July… I mean, ilg was (and remains) a constant Daddying Presence of a now adult daughter… however, the […]
pic: clipping 3rd bolt on Daddy D’s Supreme Smarty Supply (5.6) on the Kinderspiel as my daughter belays…literally want to know; how many Daddy’s have taught and then trusted their lives to have their girls belay them on literally death cliffs? in this ilg Clan? it’s a common background knowledge; we trust each […]
Conscious Parenting Skills: by the time she turned age 7? feeble ilg had taught Dewa precisely how to bait, lure, tie knots, fix reels, tantalize Fish Beings, set the hook, reel Them in while reciting Mantra, judge if they were too small to keep, how to release a Trout Being with as little harm as […]
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