I hope this film conveys the soul-itching I feel when too much of my day lacks the freedom and responsibility that climbing demands of one's hands.

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The office - computers, typing, shaking hands - there is so little physical expression there...so little mobility.  

 

I find SO MUCH PEACE in the act of climbing...No, not just "the act" - the whole experience.  The journey.  

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Everything from packing the bag and high-tailing it out of town, to losing myself in the moments of movement (or stillness) that compose that beautiful, terrifying, dance. 

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On the rock, my hands know their job: HOLD ON as the rest of the body contorts and flexes to follow.  I trust them with my life...and through that trust self-confidence is born...and through that confidence and self-awareness, freedom and peace.

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Free your hands!  It could save your life!