bouldering Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/bouldering/ Funding the Adventurous Life Sun, 30 Jul 2023 14:36:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://i0.wp.com/clippingchains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TEST_CC_Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 bouldering Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/bouldering/ 32 32 150809980 The One Time to Be Average with Dave Rosen https://clippingchains.com/2023/07/31/dave-rosen-podcast/ https://clippingchains.com/2023/07/31/dave-rosen-podcast/#respond Mon, 31 Jul 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=9566 Dave Rosen is a climber and ophthalmologist in his final year of residency. And Dave grew up like so many of us: broadly exposed to the importance of money and taught a thing or two about saving, but investing was a foreign concept and his lack of knowledge was a source of shame. While Dave …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2023/07/31/dave-rosen-podcast/feed/ 0 9566 Fear and Limping (Alone) in Las Vegas https://clippingchains.com/2021/03/01/fear-and-limping-alone-in-las-vegas/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/03/01/fear-and-limping-alone-in-las-vegas/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2021 14:57:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6713 This week’s post is not about ways to save money or plan for a retirement. There’s not even much here about climbing. I spent some time alone this week, and as such, fell (pun intended) into a bit more of a contemplative mood. This is an essay on wild places, loneliness, and the compounding emotional …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/03/01/fear-and-limping-alone-in-las-vegas/feed/ 10 6713 Three Months on the Road: Pacific Northwest https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/12/three-months-on-the-road-pacific-northwest/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/12/three-months-on-the-road-pacific-northwest/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=5884 We’ve spent three months on the road, mostly in the Pacific Northwest. From our origin in Colorado, we’ve journeyed through Wyoming, Montana, and now the lovely state of Washington. Let’s review, shall we? Is It All a Dream? It’s early July. The sound of my wife’s jarring iPhone alarm pulls me out of some restless, …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/12/three-months-on-the-road-pacific-northwest/feed/ 2 5884 In Contrast: The Reality of Life on the Road https://clippingchains.com/2020/09/07/in-contrast-the-reality-of-life-on-the-road/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/09/07/in-contrast-the-reality-of-life-on-the-road/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2020 13:18:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=5652 What follows is an essay outlining the stark contrast of life on the road. It’s frankly easy to get really frustrated out here. Social media, blogs, and YouTube channels often paint a masterpiece of life on the road as an effortless, pillowy dream state and hall pass from reality. We’d certainly spent enough nights outside …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/09/07/in-contrast-the-reality-of-life-on-the-road/feed/ 3 5652 One Month on the Road: Getting a Groove https://clippingchains.com/2020/08/17/one-month-on-the-road-getting-a-groove/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/08/17/one-month-on-the-road-getting-a-groove/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:17:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=5507 We leave our home in Denver on July 13, 2020. The house is yet to be listed for sale, and we pull off in a 90-square-foot A-frame camper, hitting the road north for Wyoming. One month later, and we’re still chugging along. So, how’s it going? I began writing this week from our first morning …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/08/17/one-month-on-the-road-getting-a-groove/feed/ 0 5507 Week 1: Lander, Wyoming: Working Out the Kinks https://clippingchains.com/2020/07/20/week-1-lander-wyoming-working-out-the-kinks/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/07/20/week-1-lander-wyoming-working-out-the-kinks/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=5342 This week I bring you the first installment of our homeless series from beautiful Lander, Wyoming. As described in this post, we’ve decided to list our house for sale and hit the road for an extended road trip. In our first week, we’ve seen the good, the bad, and the downright ugly of life on …

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