#122 Kyle Mccrohan | Adventuring Into The Soul /\^^/\
Kyle Mccrohan is an adventurer who loves to climb mountains. Kyle loves and practices a wide array of sports including rock climbing, ski mountaineering, ultra running and ice climbing. Kyle has great writeups on his high route(moving above treeline as much as possible) adventures in the Cascades and Sierras, his extensive personal journals and trip reports(one of my favorites), climbing his dream line up Sloan Peak, and more.
In this episode, Kyle and I talk about his adventures in the Cascades, developing his skillset and mindset, thoughts on risk assessment and commitment, and one of my favorite topics - our sense of meaning and fulfilling our needs. Kyle has some incredible writing at his website, climberkyle.com Towards the end of the episode, Kyle talks about his overall motivations for chasing adventure in the mountains. It is a fascinating study on what compels us to do rituals that go beyond imminent survival and dig deeper into who we are. It is in my observations that a ritual game that meets your personal needs is integral to a life well-lived, whatever that means.
