Posts Tagged: gratitude

film making / life — No Comments
11
Oct 11

Mountain Spirit

Ear­lier this year I had the amaz­ing oppor­tu­nity to visit Peru to explore a story about moun­tain guides. How­ever, when I arrived there and started work­ing on it, I real­ized there was an even deeper story.

Being in the Andes reminded me about what I love the moun­tains. The Andes are mag­nif­i­cent, not only in their beauty, but also in the peo­ple that live & work there. I was inspired not only by the com­pany of our group but sim­ply by the energy that exists there. In the moun­tains, daily tasks are ori­ented toward food, shel­ter, sleep, and com­mu­nity. There is more space to reflect & appre­ci­ate. It is in that space, change can happen.

When I asked Julio why he was guid­ing, he talked about a change he saw in peo­ple after vis­it­ing the Andes and I instantly under­stood. Being a guide myself, I’ve seen it as well. It is one of the most amaz­ing expe­ri­ences to be a part of. I was intrigued how this drew him into guid­ing. The story that unfolded was of fam­ily, strug­gle, and inspi­ra­tion. I found it a lit­tle dif­fi­cult to con­vey in a 5 minute spot, but you can watch it here.

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climbing / life — No Comments
1
Jun 11

Bounce

As soon as we got to the base of our climb, we felt drops. A moment of sun. Now a moment of rain. Unde­terred, or maybe not even notic­ing, he racked his quick draws, did a quick safety check and started the climb.

Moments. Most are mun­dane, pass­ing by unno­ticed and unnote­wor­thy. We’d been plan­ning this trip for months. It’s been almost a year since this group of friends has been together. A three day week­end was the per­fect oppor­tu­nity for a lit­tle rock climb­ing, camp­ing, and out­door fun. A moment in time we wanted to remem­ber. Unfor­tu­nately, the weather was a crap shoot once again. The spring weather can’t decide if it should bless us with sun or rain. The clouds mur­mured a few drops, only to be dried quickly by the warmth of the sun. We sneak by, try­ing to get in a climb before it fig­ures out what we’ve done. Yet this moment would not go by so unnoticed.

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interwebs don't lie / search & rescue — No Comments
17
Sep 10

Man caught in storm

In August, we were called on a SAR mis­sion to help an over­due hiker near the Neck­lace Val­ley region. As SAR mem­bers were prepar­ing to go into the field, they recieved word that John had found his way back out of the back­coun­try and hitched a ride to North Bend. Below is a let­ter he sent into a local paper. This sort of out­pour­ing of kind­ness from ran­dom strangers is just one of the rea­sons why search and res­cue is such a reward­ing experience.

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