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photo from back in the day in my former life as a sponsored (there were no professional) climber…my home office: Eldorado Canyon, circa 1982.
this is my Dharma Mentor of free soloing (no rope); Derek Hersey (aka; The Human Fly) followed by Mic Fairchild during a stint we used to call
a ‘double free solo’. route: Hair City on the Bastille in Eldo…5.9+ Below is a letter i wrote to…

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dips

Dips, baby…1980’s style..this pic is from my first book; The Outdoor Athlete (1985)…at one point, ilg was able to do 5 sets of 10 Dips with 85lbs around my tiny waist at a bodyweight of 145…give me a few weeks and probably, even at age 50? i’d still come close…below, i answer a question about my “Quota Rule” in WF Strength Training…

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“People often make the mistake of being frivolous about death and think, ‘Oh well, death happens to everybody. It’s not a big deal, it’s natural. I’ll be fine.’” That’s a nice theory until one is dying.”

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padma_statue

if you can’t feel the Spiritual Tenacity and Fierce Love of Padmasambhava?
chances are? you ain’t gonna last long in this Steep and Direct Path of Self Transformation through
Wholistic Fitness®…you best just default to say, uh…CrossFit™, or Pilates™, or Kettleball Whatever…cuz
you ain’t gonna last a month in Wholistic Fitness®…i promise…after 35 years of living and teaching this Path which Came Through Me Via The Amitabha Buddha Lineage…it’s best if you just stay away…Warriors Toward Wholeness only thrive Here Now…

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Noble Sangha;

My second book was “The Outdoor Athlete’s Training Journal” which came in book and a (then) cutting edge CD-ROM the latter of which came within one Apple’s CEO decision to be bundled with all new Apple computers. Alas, karmically, that was not to be…however, it is still very important for WF Warriors to maintain a daily Journal, where we can easily see in Black and White each month, where are weaker WF Disciplines lie and then, take Appropriate Action to balance them. For most WF Students, it’s the most important Discipline of all; Meditation, which sadly tends to be the weakest link in our pursuit of Wholeness through Personal Fitness….

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dogs

As is elaborated on in TBT, here are my 10 WF Nutrition Guidelines & The 10 Virtues of WF Nutrition…a proven path through the “quagmire of confusion” which most are susceptive when it comes to balanced nutrition, body weight management, and gratitude for that which nourishes us…

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ioutside

in case you missed the Facebook buzz…

OUTSIDE Magazine mentioned a quote from me on their CAN YOGA INJURE YOU piece…

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huck finn

…i can recall sitting on the banks of Huck Finn, just making face with the most beautiful girl on the plane(t) at the time (i was 14)…the smell of the cattails, the sound of the Sacred Animas, the inflection of geese flapping as ilg was struggling to come to terms with this newfound art of smooching…

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