Mindfulness
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Finding Joy in Suffering
Featured Image: the author on the ledge above the Kor Roof, South Face of Washington Column, Yosemite, CA 2001. Credit Paul Gardner. he ledge was two feet wide and sloping; not the most comfortable belay stance. One thousand feet below, the Merced River winds its way through the floor of Yosemite National Park. Across the…
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Mindful Movement: Moving in the Present
Photo: Mindful movement in a high risk environment South Buttress Right, Mt. Moran, WY, 1995. Credit: Paul Gardner The sun-washed granite rock is warm to the touch; the alpine air cool and fresh. My rock shoes are smeared onto tiny depressions 2000 vertical feet above the floor of Leigh Canyon. The climbing rope in front…