Me on my first Trad route ever...it was awesome.
So just in case I haven't said it yet I think that my wife is amazing...she will probably be the greatest influence on whether or not this is the best year of my life (no pressure babe). Life has not always been so good for us, several years ago we found ourselves in a marital rut, we were just staying on course so we could survive. We realized later that one of greatest problems was our lack of common interests. We were both in to things that were pretty cool and fun, but none of those things interested both of us. One thing that we have always had in common is a love for the outdoors. One day while hiking in North Bend (Little Si) Nikita spotted some crazy guys climbing up the steep face of a cliff. She said to me "I'd like to do that sometime", I said "me too". One week later we were taking the intro to climbing class at Vertical World in Everett. We almost new right from the beginning that this was the thing that was missing out of our lives, it was the something that we could do together and be passionate about it. We found ourselves a year later climbing three to four days a week in the gym, climbing routes that we could only dream of climbing when we first began. We were traveling to other states and to Canada just to get on the rock. We fell in love with a sport and fell more in love with one another. Climbing has fueled our friendship and our love. I can't picture a more perfect day than sending routes with my wife.
I Love you Kita.
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