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For those who find themselves seeking their life's path and grappling with a sense of stagnation, the journey into the depths of the winter season can be a transformative odyssey.

Much like the world draped in the serene white of snow, this voyage offers a canvas for profound inner exploration.

It is an opportunity to liberate oneself from the familiar routine, to venture into uncharted territories, and to reveal the concealed aspects of one's own existence.

Amidst the silence and purity of the surroundings, contemplation takes root, passions are unearthed, and the flame of purpose is kindled.

In the icy embrace of winter, the uncharted territory calls us to embrace change, often uncovering profound revelations within.

When feeling stagy in life, consider that the stillness of this season may hold the key to unlocking the path to one's true essence, for it is within the quiet moments that our most profound aspirations tend to resonate with our souls.

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Amidst towering alpine giants, a nameless climber embarked on a transformative journey. Ice walls challenged resolve, crevasses tested courage.

Each step forged an unbreakable bond with the rugged terrain.

At the summit, a triumphant cry echoed through valleys, a celebration of newfound strength. Descending, the climber carried nature's whisper within – an indelible mark etched in heart and memory.

Alpine climbing is an adventurous activity where people climb tall and often snowy mountains.

It's like a mix of hiking and climbing, but in more challenging conditions. Climbers use special tools like ropes, ice axes, and crampons to help them move on icy and rocky surfaces.

They need to be physically fit, learn safety techniques, and understand the weather and the mountain's challenges to have a safe and exciting experience.

It's a way to explore stunning landscapes, challenge yourself, and feel a deep connection with nature's beauty and power.

Here are some of the most magical rock climbing destinations on each continent! 🌎🌍🌏

North America: 🇺🇸

Yosemite Valley, USA: Famous for its sheer granite walls and iconic formations like El Capitan and Half Dome, Yosemite is a mecca for rock climbers.

South America: 🇲🇽

El Potrero Chico, Mexico: With its towering limestone cliffs, El Potrero Chico is a world-renowned sport climbing destination.

Europe: 🇫🇷

Fontainebleau, France: This massive forest near Paris offers superb sandstone bouldering, making it a favorite among boulderers.

Africa: 🇿🇦

Waterval Boven, South Africa: Known for its sport climbing and impressive quartzite walls, this area offers stunning routes and beautiful scenery.

Asia: 🇨🇳

Yangshuo, China: The karst limestone landscape of Yangshuo provides surreal climbing opportunities with its unique formations.

Australia: 🇦🇺

Grampians National Park, Australia: Aside from its magical landscapes, the Grampians offer diverse sandstone climbing routes for all skill levels.

Antarctica: 🇦🇶

Wolfs tooth, Antartica : On their Antartica expedition Alex Honnold, and Cedar Wright established a 1,200-foot rock route on the north Ridge of Mount Fenris. The mountain was named after Fenrir, the most infamous wolf in Norse mythology.

Have any suggestions I should have used instead?

Comment them down below! ⬇️⬇️

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Summit Peak Bio-Hacking : Nootropics 🧠

Nootropics are substances, like vitamins or herbs, that some people believe can help improve things like memory, focus, and thinking.

They're kind of like tools that might make your brain work better.

Not all nootropics are proven to work, so it's good to do some research and get advice before trying them out.

Here are some interesting Nootropics to look out for!

🌼 Rhodiola Rosea Reduces fatigue, improves mood, and enhances mental clarity.

🐟 Omega-3 Fatty Acids Supports brain
health, cognitive function, and mood.

🧠 Alpha-GPC Enhances memory and cognitive function by boosting acetylcholine levels.

🥩 Creatine Supports cognitive function and memory, especially in stressful situations.

🅱️-Vitamins Essential for brain health, energy metabolism, and cognitive function.

🌱 Ashwagandha Reduces stress, improves mood, and supports cognitive function.

Here are some tips to help improve your Endurance & Stamina for Climbing! 🧗🏻‍♂️

1. Endurance Sessions 💪🏻

2. Mindful Rest & Recovery 🧠

3.Aerobic Conditioning 🏃🏼‍♂️

4. Circuit Training 📍

5. Interval Training ⏱️

Comment down below if you have any Recommendations!

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Improving route reading and problem-solving are crucial skills for climbers.

Here are some additional tips to help you enhance these abilities

* 👀 🧗Observe Others: Watch experienced climbers tackle routes or bouldering problems. Pay attention to their movements, holds they use, and how they approach different sections of the climb.�
* 🧠 Visualize the Climb: Close your eyes and mentally rehearse the sequence of movements. Visualize yourself successfully completing the climb, step by step.�
* 🔊 Beta Sharing (with Caution): Discussing beta (sequence information) with other climbers can be helpful, but remember that everyone climbs differently. Adapt the beta to your own strengths and style.�
* 🧘🏻 Stay Calm: Maintain composure and manage stress while climbing. Panic can hinder your ability to read the route effectively.�
* ❌ Learn from Mistakes: If you fall or fail to complete a climb, take it as a learning opportunity. Analyze what went wrong and adjust your strategy accordingly.�
* 👀Practice Route Reading: Spend time observing routes you haven't attempted yet. Try to identify the holds and sequences from the ground before climbing.�
* 😅 Challenge Yourself: Gradually progress to more difficult routes or boulder problems to improve your route reading skills.�
* 📔 Keep a Climbing Journal: Record your thoughts and observations after each climb. Reviewing your notes can help you track your progress and identify patterns in your climbing.�
Remember that improving route reading and problem-solving takes time and practice.

Be patient with yourself and celebrate your progress along the way.

Happy climbing!

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CLIMBING MOTIVATION TIPS 🤩🧗

Smile 😁

Have fun & enjoy the process of climbing, falling & trying again!

Focus on progress 📍

Ex. climbing a grade harder, moving more smoothly on the rock, or getting one move farther on your current project.

Even if you aren’t back to your previous level, enjoy the process of getting stronger again.

Show up! 🧍

Put your climbing sessions in your calendar and make it a priority to get your body at the gym or crag.

Accept where you are 🗺️

This is just the nature of the sport. Don’t get frustrated when you can’t do moves you did 1 month ago. Instead, focus on what you can do, and work up from there.

If V5s are now difficult again, start by trying to climb every V4 in the gym or at your local area, then worry about the V5s.

Set goals ⭐️

Give your self markers along the journey to feel proud of. Don’t make them too far out of reach that they will take a year or longer but try to set monthly goals to aim after!

Ex. give yourself 3 months to get back to sending 5.11+ Then 6 months for 5.12. And a year to send 5.12+.

Delayed gratification, also known as deferred gratification, is defined as “the act of resisting an impulse to take an immediately available reward in the hope of obtaining a more-valued reward in the future.

Living happily below means for years is a superpower.

Aloe Vera
The name Aloe vera appears everywhere, ranging from drugstore products to organic or homemade reliefs. The gel inside the leaves is actually a special type of plant tissue with large water content.

Usage
Many demonstrations of the use include cutting the leaves, extracting the gel, and mixing it with other ingredients for conditions such as dry skin, irritations, or sunburn, but also for homemade body and hair beauty products.
Aloe juice, on the other hand, is made for oral use and has been linked with heartburn relief, anti-inflammation, and detoxifying properties.

about
Aloe vera is a thick, relatively short plant that uses its leaves for water storage (succulent plant). The fleshy, vibrant green leaves are used primarily in the cosmetic and beauty industry, but also in pharmacology and pharmacognosy. Additionally, the plant can be pot-planted and is easy to maintain, so many households opt for getting aloe and enjoying both its decorative and health-related purposes.

Originally, Aloe vera came from the Arabian Peninsula, but it became naturalized in tropical or arid habitats around the globe. It is cultivated for many commercial products, primarily for topical use.

Fun Facts
Ancient papyrus reports confirm that the Egyptians idolized aloe vera and called it the “immortality plant”. Both Cleopatra and Nefertiti used aloe in their daily beauty regimen.

PURPOSE

“Nothing gives a person inner wholeness and peace like a distinct understanding of where they are going.” – Thomas Oppong

Some of us go through each day searching for our “why”—the purpose of our existence.

The Major Benefits of Knowing Your “Why”

- provides clarity in your life
- Infuse you with passion for your goals
- keeps you focused on your goals
- helps you live healthier and longer.
- helps you develop resilience
- allows you to live a life with integrity

How to find you why?

Remember to be mindful of a guarded heart and traumatic experiences and that those are key to finding your purpose.

Why do you want to be successful?

Why do you want that?

Why does that matter to you?

And why do you want that?

Why was that important to you?

And why do you care about that?

Dig deep and you’ll find your purpose…

PURPOSE

“Nothing gives a person inner wholeness and peace like a distinct understanding of where they are going.” – Thomas Oppong

Some of us go through each day searching for our “why”—the purpose of our existence.

The Major Benefits of Knowing Your “Why”

- provides clarity in your life
- Infuse you with passion for your goals
- keeps you focused on your goals
- helps you live healthier and longer.
- helps you develop resilience
- allows you to live a life with integrity

How to find you why?

Remember to be mindful of a guarded heart and traumatic experiences and that those are key to finding your purpose.

Why do you want to be successful?

Why do you want that?

Why does that matter to you?

And why do you want that?

Why was that important to you?

And why do you care about that?

Dig deep and you’ll find your purpose…

Herbal Highlight : Dill

Nutritional Profile, Benefits of dill and how to add it to your diet!

You must understand that every action has an equal and opposite reaction and all that exists is cause and effect.

That which is considered chance is simply misunderstood cause and effect.

People think that there is such thing as chance, but it's just people who don't understand what the cause is.

You can't cheat the mirror. Believe me, I tried to cheat it for most of my life and I just got grilled. I got put through the ringer. Everyone I see that tries to cheat it just gets absolutely smashed.

All life follows patterns, but seems random chaotic and out of control until we understand it. Then all of a sudden it just becomes clear and obvious.

Via Sam Ovens

You might be seriously magnesium deficient and not even know!

magnesium deficiencies are very common and will result in pretty bad anxiety, insomnia and are heavily correlated with dissociative disorders.

How do I check if I'm deficient

Buy magnesium supplements, if it acts as a sedative, or really does anything noticeable, you're probably deficient. Effects are noticeable pretty quickly (10-30 min?)

Okay fine which kind should I buy

Ideally "fast absorption" or magnesium glycinate. Magnesium citrate is a laxative and magnesium oxide is okay but it's essentially the least potent kind, which will typically be the bulk of supplements not in the aforementioned categories

Should I check for any other deficiencies that may be related to DPDR/mood disorders?

B12, B6, D3, iron. If you frequently drink energy drinks they're usually loaded with B vitamins for whatever the hell that's worth.

How do I know if I'm taking too much?

You'll likely no joke s**t yourself, this occurs way before any potentially serious side effects and magnesium itself is metabolized pretty quickly.

Happy Motivational Monday!

Chirs Sharma is an American climber considered one of the greatest and most influential climbers in the history of the sport. He is well known for soloing the worlds first 9b (5.15b) deep-water solo route. Sharma is the founder of the rock climbing gym Sender One, headquartered in Santa Ana, California. He opened in 2013 as a business partnership with Walltopia, who was a sponsor of Sharma.

Sharma's parents were practising Zen Buddhists, and for long periods Sharma has followed Zen routines (including daily 5.45 am temple meditation).

He dominated the sport climbing scene for the decade after his 2001 ascent of "Realization/Biographie," the world's first-ever redpoint 9a+ (5.15a) graded route. He is one of the climbers who ushered in the "technical evolution" of the sport.

2008, Sharma red-pointed the world's first-ever consensus 9b (5.15b) route, "Jumbo Love." As well in 2013, he became the second-ever person to climb a 9b+ (5.15c) route, "La Dura Dura."

THE GREAT BENEFITS OF HIMALAYAN SHILAJIT

First of all, what is Himalayan Shilajit?

This substance is a mineral-rich resin sourced from high altitude in the Himalayas of Nepal and famed in Ayurvedic circles for its ability to promote health, strength, and vitality. Once the rock has been extracted, it is sent through a process of filtration until the water has been evaporated, and you are left with a resin.

3 Main Factors for Shilajit Potency!

1. Quality of collected Raw material
2. Quality of filtration and dehydration
3. Balance of trace elements and organic compounds

Benefits of taking Shilajit
- Supports mentally active or stressed people
- bone and joint nutrition
- Energy, Endurance, and improved Stamina
- Rejuvenation & Vitality

It supports a balanced function of all body systems, boosting or calming the body's inner energy as needed.

1-2 times daily recommended consumption in the early morning or during the day apart from a high calorie or fat food.

It is prevalent to take Shilajit for a month straight and then take a 1-2 month break, similar to other dietary supplements, but there is nothing wrong with taking it nonstop.

HERBAL HIGHLIGHT : Ashwagandha

For 6000 years, Ashwagandha has been used as a Rasayana - a rejuvenator.

Some herbalists refer to Ashwagandha as Indian ginseng. The plant extract has many bioactive compounds and thereby exerts antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory activities.

Regular consumption is believed to rectify abnormalities of the sense organs, hypotrophy of muscles, to rejuvenate the reproductive organs, and to increase fertility.

Ashwagandha contains various alkaloids, steroidal lactones, and saponins, and has been used for its purported antistress/adaptogenic, antitumor, tonic, anxiolytic, anti-inflammatory, and antiarthritic properties.

PEOPLE SHOULD ONLY TAKE THIS HERB IN SMALL DOSES.
Taking large amounts of ashwagandha can cause diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. Pregnant women should avoid using ashwagandha because it may cause distress for the fetus and premature labor.

Happy Motivational Monday! ⛰⭐️

ALEX MEGOS BIO 📝
Alex Megos is a german rock climber (born August 12, 1993). He comes in, weighing a lean 57kg (126LB) and is 173cm tall (5'8). Alex began climbing at six years old, and at just ten years old, he was climbing 300m multi-pitch routes with his father. He began his training in the mountainous region of his native Bavaria, known as Franconian Switzerland, and later at the German Alpine Club's national climbing center. After graduating high school, he dedicated his life to climbing.

NOTABLE ASCENTS 🧗🏻

Estado Critico 9a / 5.14d in 2013 (world’s first 9a onsight)
Perfecto Mundo 9b+ / 5.15c in 2018 (FA)
Bibliographie 9b+ / 5.15c in 2020 (FA)
King Capella 9b+ / 5.15c* in 2021 (second ascent)
Fightclub 9b/5.15b (FA)
First Round First Minute 9b / 5.15b (third ascent)
Supernova 9a+/b / 5.15a/b (FA)