love.is.rife.

And if I loved then in giving myself, I finally became myself, since only love restores us. - Albert Camus

i love climbing. even on days like today when i fail REPEATEDLY at things i’ve done many times before and leave blood on the wall and my clothes … i love that it teaches me something about myself every single time i put on my shoes and attempt even one move. i love that it wears out my body and my mind and is a perfect marriage of mental and physical effort for me. it engages every fiber of my being. a friend of mine recently asserted that climbing is, perhaps, my meditation. maybe he’s on to something. …

wrapping up a long, good day :)

wrapping up a long, good day :)

Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know.

John Keats (via youngfolksociety)

and a bath tub, please :)

(Source: carouselinparis, via topographia)