How do you measure something that definitively changes your life forever, whether be for better or

worse? Like, what kind of metrics are we supposed to be using for that kind of thing? The higher

powers that be are always reminding us that the one constant in our lives will always be change. But what exactly are we

comparing that to? Change comes crashing into our lives for about a million different reasons,

and sometimes with no warning at all. It can be a result of a crisis, a choice, or just plain old

happenstance. You know, life's a crapshoot, throw of the

dice, your general run-of-the-mill kismet. Is the entire idea of change just an arbitrary construct,

something that we make up to make ourselves feel better? Is it how we measure years gone by

or personal growth? What are the signs that our lives are actually changing for the better?

The bottom line here is that, yes, it's our power of choice that enables us to create positive change.

But what about those changes you couldn't see coming?

You know, the moments that you didn't expect.

Since the start of the pandemic,

life has been nothing but change.

So we thought it was a good time to ask folks

how climbing changed their lives

and was it really for the better.

Not to get all existential on you

because, you know, we're not that kind of podcast.

This is almost season four of For the Love of Climbing.

That's right, we're making you wait one more week, but you can get early access to episodes by supporting us on Patreon.

It's something something hyphen climbing. I don't know.

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