Mini-Episode 7: The Moral of the Story
For the Love of Climbing
Kathy Karlo
4.6 • 581 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2019
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
It's Still (Mostly) Not a Climbing Podcast. We took the summer off to stand fully in our truth, which means sometimes we have to sit in those uncomfortable feelings, too. But we’re back this September with ten new episodes that unpack a lot of this. We spent the last eight months on the road talking to climbers (like you) about what resilience looks like when shit hits the fan—and everything that happens after.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to for The Love of Climbing Podcast. |
| 0:06.6 | This is not a climbing podcast. |
| 0:09.2 | Well, sort of. |
| 0:10.5 | This is a funny, sad, and somewhat uncomfortable podcast about choosing vulnerability and talking openly about our pain. |
| 0:18.2 | This podcast is sponsored by Turpike Climers. |
| 0:21.5 | Here's the show. |
| 0:42.6 | Hey, we are two weeks away from season two, which comes out on September 1st. |
| 0:47.9 | New episodes will air on the first of each month, so be sure to subscribe or follow us on Instagram at In Headlights. It's like deer in headlights without the deer. |
| 0:56.3 | Ever have one of those summers where everything goes pear-shaped? |
| 1:00.2 | That word can accurately describe the past eight months of my life. |
| 1:04.1 | So I took the summer off to figure some stuff out. |
| 1:08.1 | And by figure out, I mean dig really deep. I bought a cargo van, stopped returning |
| 1:13.4 | 90% of my text messages. Sorry guys. Hold up, spiraled out, ran away to Spain for a month, |
| 1:19.5 | cried alone in parking lots, stopped climbing, lost friendships, and eventually had to claw my way |
| 1:25.1 | up out of the dark. It was a summer. |
| 1:28.7 | At some point, I even stopped looking for those silver linings, |
| 1:31.8 | and I knew that that wasn't who I was, |
| 1:34.1 | but it felt like I was standing in quicksand. |
| 1:37.1 | You keep sinking deeper and deeper and deeper |
| 1:40.4 | and can't really imagine that you'll ever get out. |
| 1:43.9 | Anyone whose experienced depression can probably relate to this. |
| 1:48.0 | So, yeah, life isn't exactly a supernova of good vibes right now. |
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