Photo: Amy O’Toole.
I’m grateful to say that if nothing else, the sorrows and successes of 2013 have been real. A quick review of everything:
Went to Australia. Saw family. Deepened old friendships, made new ones. Climbed. Played. Smiled.
John, Otto, and Manly Beach, NSW.
Traveled back to Missoula, and liked that I came back here. Found love. Finished some great projects. Wrote a website. Loved winter.
Winter. Winter. Winter.
Climbed. Skied. Hurt. Worked until I couldn’t anymore. Fought for an engineering license and lost. Lost some clients. Lost love. Lost myself.
Get it… in a boot.
Had foot surgery. Learned about love, and myself. Waited.
We are enough.
Celebrated summer. Celebrated this place. Celebrated climbing again, and better. Celebrated my profession.
Getting back into it.
Found Wyoming. Found the roots, and the crown, of my experience in the wilderness. Found the perfection in imperfection.
Huge shout to Bryan and the Feather Buttress.
Got older. Got more honest. Got excited about winter. Got back to Chicago.
Also, can’t talk about this year without credit to the soundtrack for it. 2013- it’s been real. To 2014, I say “yes!”
2014 is the question. Yes is the answer.
stickthefeeling 
I say yes to your year! Great post pal. The ups and downs–all part of the game, the mystery. And you, my good friend, ride those swells with grace, from what I can see.
You bless us all with your positivity and your passion and your allegiance to fully living. We all learn from you. I learn from you. Thanks, man. An addendum to my resolutions? Hang out more with Skander. 🙂 Big love from Mexico sun-soul-mind