Category: climbing

  • Change the Channel

    Change the Channel

    I first heard this phrase used by Taylor Swift in her Miss Americana documentary on Netflix. She’s in the car being driven somewhere, and she’s describing what she does with her mind when she begins to think negative thoughts about herself. When dark thoughts start to creep in that are unhealthy, she says “we’re just…

  • 10 Years Ago I Had Six-Pack Abs. I Don’t Miss Them.

    10 Years Ago I Had Six-Pack Abs. I Don’t Miss Them.

    Content warning: discussion of body image, weight, and disordered eating relating to sport. If you’ve hung out with me on the trails or climbed with me in the past couple years, at some point I’ve probably talked your ear off about eating. My eating habits have changed dramatically for the better in the past 7…