June 19th, 2008
I saw an awesome poster today that showed a guy climbing a mountain and above it was just the word “GOAL.” Below the picture is defined the word as “decide what you want to do, and then do it.”
My first reaction was that this was over simplifying the concept of goals, but the more I […]
May 26th, 2008
I’ve got lots of pictures to post and stories to tell about the very first Yosemite Summit, but for those of you who like to read the last chapter of books first - I’ll start by telling you about a very cool thing that happened at the very end of the trip.
I’d been to Yosemite […]
May 15th, 2008
It’s hard to believe, but I am packin’ by bags for Yosemite Summit!
It’s quite a puzzle, trying to balance “trim down and take the minimum” with “be sure you don’t forget!” The front room looks like Base Camp for a trek up Mt. Everest! (I’m sad to leave so much climbing equipment behind, but we […]
April 30th, 2008
A while back I found the articles linked below on pastors.com and they were exactly what I needed at the time. I have since shared them with many men and I offer them here, not as something I think you might need, but as something I NEEDED that you just might too.
I recommend you read […]
April 19th, 2008
Time and nature, as experienced alone in the wilderness, are like huge hands massaging the soul and the mind, altering perception like a good massage therepist alters the condition of muscles.” - Burke Miller
The father of a friend of mine in my men’s group at church had a book published in 2005 titled, “Exploring the […]
March 24th, 2008
As mentioned in the video for the First Things First Kidology online training session, my pastor challenged us to consider what “re-creates” us, and to intentionally PLAN it into our lives. Up until that time I wrongly considered recreation to be equal to play and often said my recreation and my occupation were the […]
January 25th, 2008
Josh, the first Summiteer to to sign up, writes:
I was listening to Matthew West’s new album “Something to Say” yesterday and a song really touched me deep in my soul. I think it applies directly to the mission of Yosemite Summit.
We are all so very busy everyday and we don’t take time to spend time […]
January 3rd, 2008
It is true that God is not distant, but it is difficult to hear Him over the noise of daily life. I believe that is why God bothered to create such a magnificent planet! We are so busy doing so many things, and yet God waits for us to notice Him and make time for […]
December 14th, 2007
Steve Farrar in his book “Quiet Whispers from God’s Heart for Men” writes in the introduction:
If I’d been choosing the title for this book, I wouldn’t have chosen a phrase like Whispers for Men. I would have suggested Tow-by-Four’s for Men. It seems to me that it takes a two-by-four across the side of my […]
December 3rd, 2007
I was going through a sermon note notebook and found some notes under the caption “Why Climb?” I wrote down a question the pastor had asked, “Which are you? A valley dweller or a mountain climber?” Obviously, he was asking in regard to our spiritual life. Are you content to live in the valley with […]