Montana Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/montana/ Funding the Adventurous Life Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:45:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/clippingchains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TEST_CC_Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Montana Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/montana/ 32 32 150809980 EP 8: Becky Switzer: This is Real Life https://clippingchains.com/2021/10/04/becky-switzer-podcast/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/10/04/becky-switzer-podcast/#respond Mon, 04 Oct 2021 06:01:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=7777 I want to welcome back to Clipping Chains Becky Switzer, a Bozeman, Montana-based climber who delivered a great written interview about a year ago. When I first met Becky in summer of 2020, I was living out of a tiny A-frame camper with my wife and dog. We were passing through Bozeman, and I remembered …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/10/04/becky-switzer-podcast/feed/ 0 7777 The Simple and Complicated Life on the Road https://clippingchains.com/2021/01/25/the-simple-and-complicated-life-on-the-road/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/01/25/the-simple-and-complicated-life-on-the-road/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6342 We’ve been back in a house for just over a month, which feels like a good time to reflect on our five-month 2020 life on the road. We’ve all heard the myriad benefits of a life of full-time travel: a new and ever-changing environment, chasing good weather, meeting new people, and abundant nature. And certainly, …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/01/25/the-simple-and-complicated-life-on-the-road/feed/ 3 6342 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 Becky Switzer: The Powerful Pragmatist https://clippingchains.com/2020/09/21/becky-switzer-the-powerful-pragmatist/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/09/21/becky-switzer-the-powerful-pragmatist/#respond Mon, 21 Sep 2020 13:19:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=5704 Becky Switzer is a Bozeman, Montana-based climber and strong advocate for education, both in climbing and in the world at large. She draws great strength from surrounding herself with like-minded females. Yet, in the end, she’s a climber, not a female climber. Becky has taken a pragmatic stance to building the climbing life, recognizing when …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/09/21/becky-switzer-the-powerful-pragmatist/feed/ 0 5704 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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