Up to My Ass in Crevasse

WOW! What a great and inspiring story!

"CrossFit like your life depends on it...because someday, maybe it will!"

Thanks for taking the time for a well written account of your adventure!

Robert

Jacksonville, FL

ps - what does snow look like?

I'm glad to hear you made it out of the hole okay.

One of the interesting points of your story, intentional or not, was the MENTAL edge Crossfit gave you, as well as the physical edge. Having done the tough workouts and pushed through pain, you KNEW you could rely on your body to pull you through. Without the mental toughness, the physical ability would not have been as effective.

Makes me want to get out there and get a work out in.

People ask me all the time what I'm training for when they see me doing Crossfit at the big box gym I belong to. I tell them "LIFE". Yours is a perfect example of how superior Crossfit training is for our everday life. I'll make sure I bring a rope on the next 14tnr I climb.

I love that David. I've had that same experience several times. Before I built my Garage Gym, I worked out at the local "health club". I'd be doing the CF WOD and people would come up to me afterwards as I was trying to gain my composure, asking me "What are you training for"? I'd say "Tomorrow". They'd look at me and ask real inquisitivly "What's tomorrow?". I'd say " I have no idea, but whatever it is, I'm going to ready for it"! In hindsight this obviosly turned out to be quite foreshadowing. This is where they would walk away and I could almost here the the voice in their head saying "ok, whatever freak", as they went back to the eliptical.

I didn't make that up myself but when I heard it I loved it so much I had to use it. I wish I remembered where I got it from so I could give credit. I actually think it was outside of the context of CF, but I'm not sure. If not, it's a perfect choice of words for what I feel CrossFit is all about.

Truth is, I honestly never thought of fitness as a potential life saver, only as a way of getting the most out of the things I enjoy.

I do have a different perspective of what CF is all about now. It's kind of like having a deadly weapon in the house. You never want to have to use it, unless it's to practice(WOD), but you know if you really need it, it's there. It's a good feeling.

Vince I remember reading that story on the 14er's website while selecting a 14er to hike this September... I remember thinking how easily this could happen to anyone who gets out and hikes into beauty - with beauty and solitude comes danger, your story is proof of that. All the more reason to keep crossfitting like our lives depend on it - thanks for the inspiration Vince!