Last weekend Buddy and I watched King Lines, which I gave him for Christmas. It may be because it’s the only climbing movie I’ve ever seen, but I thought it was awesome and very inspirational. Watching Chris Sharma climb is like watching Spiderman climb — graceful and controlled, yet so powerful. It was also nice to see that things like fame and sponsorships were more like bonuses to him, and what really drives him is just a love of climbing. If I get to be a fraction of the climber that he is, I will be very, very happy. Now I just gotta go work on this 11a project at the gym…

(As an aside, while looking up info about Chris Sharma, I happened upon the website of Corey Rich, who has some really cool adventure photos, including the one that is on the cover on the King Lines DVD.)