Leo Tolstoy famously said, “Everyone wants to change the world, but no one wants to change themselves.”

I say, “Fuck the world.  Climb a mountain, change yourself.”

An ode to climbing.

Huffing
Puffing
Spitting
Grunting
Wheezing
Hacking
Learning
Fighting…
Climbing.

Dripping
Stopping
Leaning
Starting
Slipping
Pursuing
Persisting
Grinding…
Climbing.

Sighing
Lying
Spitting
Sliding
Slipping
Doubting
Dying
Trying…
Climbing.

Searching
Finding
Leaving
Arriving
Attacking
Maintaining
Peaking
Surviving…
Climbing.