Badasses

Today I stumbled across an article about speed climber Rolando Garibotti who recently completed the Grand Traverse in a stunning 6 hours and 49 minutes. The Grand Traverse climbs 10 peaks in Grand Teton National Park; it usually takes mortal 2 or 3 days to climb to the top of ONE of these peaks. This man is clearly badass and I love the description of the end of his day:

"Garibotti soon strolled into the Exum office near the south shore of Jenny Lake carrying two ice cream bars, two bottles of Gatorade and a can of Red Bull energy drink in his arms. "He showed up like he was going to work," said Exum office worker Cyndy Hargis. "He didn't even look tired."

Badass.

I also admire him for his perspective on things:

"I don't view [the record] as something particularly special," he said. "Anyone can walk up to Amphitheater Lake for the first time and have the same richness of experience."

and

"The time really doesn't matter. The fun exercise that day was searching within me for everything there was and making sure it all got out."

So true! Jea! Go outside! Full article: http://www.exumguides.com/news/garibotti2.shtml



Some of the peaks in the Grand Traverse (I think, this is as close as I got )

I also saw the end of Crocodile Dundee II today and confirmed that Dundee is pure badass too. I wish he had more of a TV show so perhaps he could have gained the prominence of Chuck Norris.