I'd fallen in love with a woman but she broke up with me and I was devastated. Six months later, I went into a suicidal depression from the break-up ….

It adds up, but I deem it all necessary, even the camera gear. I enjoy photographing the otherworldly colors and shapes presented in the convoluted d….

It's me. I chose this. I chose all of this — this rock has been waiting for me my entire life. I’ve been moving towards it my whole life..

I kind of entered a flow state. I've been there before while climbing. You are not thinking ahead. You are just thinking about what is in front of yo….

Indeed, it has affirmed my belief that our purpose as spiritual beings is to follow our bliss, seek our passions, and live our lives as inspirations ….

I was able to first snap the radius and then within another few minutes snap the ulna at the wrist and from there, I had the knife out and applied th….

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a lif….

Like looking through a telescope into the Milky Way and wondering if we're alone in the universe, it made me realize with the glaring clarity of dese….

A crystalline moment shatters, and the world is a different place. Where there was confinement, now there is release. Recoiling from my sudden libera….

When I climb a fourteener, a 14,000-foot/4,260-meter peak, in the winter by myself, I leave an itinerary and information about where my vehicle will ….

I was accustomed to being in far, far riskier environments. So I thought going into that canyon was a walk in the park - there were no avalanches, it….

What you're looking at there is my arm, going into the rock... and there it is, stuck. It's been without circulation for twenty-four hours. It's pret….

Bring love and peace and happiness and beautiful lives into the world in my honor. Thank you. Love you..

Everything happens for a reason, and part of that beauty of life is that we're not allowed to know those reasons for certain..

How would I behave in a situation that caused me to summon the essence of my character? The tragedy inspired me to test myself. I wanted to reveal to….

Perhaps it’s time, I muse, to close those chapters and remember the enduring lesson of my entrapment: that relationships, not accomplishments, are wh….

When we find inspiration, we need to take action for ourselves and for our communities. Even if it means making a hard choice, or cutting out someth….

May your boulders be your blessings. May you be able to embrace them. And may you find what's extraordinary in yourself..

You'll never find your limits until you've gone too far..

Saying farewell is also a bold and powerful beginning..

I stepped out of my grave and into my life again..