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Rock Climbing Resources: YouTube, Web Sites, Books

There is so much information publicly available today about rock climbing these days it’s hard to know where to start. It certainly wasn’t that way “BITD”… back then, you usually latched on to a mentor and learned by following and watching someone more experienced… or you found a local climbing club who offered lessons… or both!

A number of friends have asked about where to go for reliable climbing info, thus this post.

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Happy Halloween (I Suppose)

Signs of the times… a new gory (and super-popular) television series and all of us chuckling away as our kids dress up as gory zombies, chain saw murderers, and psycho monsters. Is there any wonder the world is as it is?

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Pleasure versus Happiness (Contentedness)

So, what are the odds that us humans can evolve sufficiently to ensure our long-term survival? I’m generally an optimistic person, but Geez Louise, with all that’s going on these days it’s getting harder and harder to maintain the smile on my face. Maybe part of the problem is that we are too busy looking for short-term pleasures rather than long-term contentedness…

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