Tue, 18 May 2010
"Fantasies happen from a safe distance. It's one thing to say you want something, even convince yourself of it. It's another thing all together to stand under a 3,500-foot nightmare you've feared for 15 years and try to actually climb it," writes climber and writer Kelly Cordes. At a quick consideration boxing and alpinism have little in common. Ponder if for a second and you might see the similarities. After years in the ring and even longer in the vertical life, Kelly certainly does. Each challenges its practitioner to accept fear. A boxer's opponent can deal out pain and defeat and when you put it in that light, a mountain isn't all that different. Today Kelly presents a story about the biggest fight of his life and embracing the mythic choss pile that has haunted him since his early days of climbing. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN Comments[4]
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- Howdy Kyle, thanks for the note. I had a vague recollection of Chiaverini, and googled him and Leonard, and watched part of the fight on youtube -- complete with Howard Cosell announcing! Wow, how cool. Man, I know this makes me sound old, but those were definitely the good ol' days of boxing. The best fighters manned-up and fought each other, in sharp contrast to careers of phenomenally talented but seeming soulless guys like Mayweather. What a shame. Remember like Duran, Leonard, Hagler, all those guys? They'd go out of their way to fight whoever was "the man" at the time, or even a challenge, rather than the endless stream of excuses. So badass.
So neat that you work with Chiaverini, that's crazy, small world. Even better than he's so nice. Man, those guys were so good. I was a total novice by comparison, but grew up inspired by watching them.
Glad folks seem to be digging the podcast, and relating to it.
Thanks, Kelly
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