CURRENT MISSION

Explore the community of St. Paul

ABOUT ME

I take opportunities as they present themselves, experience life richly, and reflect on what my experiences mean.

PHILOSOPHY

A personal philosophy is better addressed within the frame of a current experience rather than stated as constant, governing force in an individual life. I have many ideas I am influenced by (existentialism, Christianity, social construction, transcendentalism, etc.), but what these ideas mean to me as a "philosophy" is ever changing as I am confronted by new experiences and reflect upon what they mean.

Interests

Climbing rock, ice, mixed, trad, sport, bouldering,single pitch, multi pitch, alpine, trees...amongst nearly any outdoor pastime whether I have tried it or not.

Craft beer
Fresh coffee

The interaction of religion with life
Sorgen Kierkegaard's conception of Christianity

Cooking
Eating

Bluegrass

People
Nature

A meaningful life

• coloring
• cooking
• beer
• coffee
• bouldering
• outdoor activities
• canoeing
• camping
• christian
• sports
• rock climbing
• religion

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One of the most beautiful things I have ever seen occurred one night when I was canoe camping in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota. A wooly blanket of clouds covered the cool fall sky to a hand's width from the horizon. A burning orange sun, the color of autumn leaves, set and cast its hue against the underside of the blanketed clouds first orange, then pink, then violet, and finally a deepening blue. Soon thereafter the thinnest crescent of a moon dipped below the clouds and caressed the horizon as the sickle of a devoted farmer lay the grain to rest. As the moon disappeared, the blanket of clouds rolled back like a curtain to reveal a deepening blue sky that became ever darker until peppered with stars.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach technical, movement, and psychological aspects of climbing and always want to learn more from others. I can also teach cooking (I spent much of my "working life" in a kitchen).