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Nice. As a summer camp camper and staff member myself, I found your post super relatable. Spot on.

Regarding the moment that tipped the scales in the dirtbag direction I am currently following, check out this post:

https://open.substack.com/pub/twdondanville/p/rock-climbing-changed-my-life?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=jcyrr

Read and responded to from inside my 1998 Ford E150 converted camper van. After another coffee and some breakfast, I'll be headed to the cliff to guide for the day.

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Really enjoyed the energy and rhythm of this! It also hit me how your story about falling in love with Sonia morphed into falling in love with your chosen life. Can't wait to read more!

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I fear too many of our young people today aren’t having magical experiences like this…

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And it appears that you’ve stayed in touch with Sonia all these years! How cool is that?

Cheers to you, Blake.

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Multiple Summers at multiple camps… and the feeling is still so evocative. Climbing Kilimanjaro at 57 and still trying to make the weird stuff in me sync with my day to day life. It has morphed… it is less normal… but you have captured the essence. I Look forward to the book. In the meantime, I wake up everyday with gratitude that the “adventure awaits”…

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Oh Blake - what a memory written to life. Your dirtbag man book is awaited. We just finished a year of travel... feeling like the Dirtbag Family @nowisbueno

Keep it up.

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