#balutking

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I commemorated Labor Day by laboring up Wheeler Peak at Great Basin National Park, Nevada. On record, it is the 2nd highest peak in Nevada at 13,065 ft elevation (behind Boundary Peak at 13,147 ft). Last week I failed to make it up to the summit due to heavy winds and not being fully prepared...but round 2 was won by balutking!

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Getting back into Photoshop, haven’t used it in about 7 years. This is a very rudimentary image put together in about 5 minutes, but I haven’t hooked up my tablet yet so until then everything will be pretty basic...this came about because I saw a story of The Undertaker watching The Lion King on Broadway...so being a visual kind of guy, this image kinda popped into my head. XD

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Like the tree that fell in the woods...

If a Spartan hits the bell after a successful rope climb, and nobody is around to witness it…did it really happen?

When I did the Spartan Vegas Super back in April, I didn’t even make it halfway up the rope...fast forward three months later at the AT&T Park Sprint in SF, and I surprised myself by climbing the rope and hitting that bell! Never even imagined being able to do that, because it was only the 2nd time in my life that I had even attempted to climb a rope.

After that success, I was stoked...but also a little disappointed. Why? Running this Sprint solo, I didn’t really have anybody really watching me except my folks in the stands who caught a super-far photo of me climbing the rope, and the volunteer who was not really watching me. I just wish I had a picture to capture that moment when I smacked that bell like it was my B*TCH. lol

Oh well, maybe next time I’ll be stronger...or at least strong enough to use my selfie stick while I hit the bell. :p