Originally Posted by
dfw 
Humbled...you make me want to chase my dream of mountaineering.
It sounds like you're taking everything in stride and doing the best you can. Keep up the positive attitude!
dfw- You should do it! It has been one of the great passions of my life, led to some of my best friendships, and taken me all over the world. It can also occupy a lot of idle time in a positive manner. The only issue it has brought me in sobriety is that most climbers party as intensely as they play. Alcohol is strongly ingrained in the climbing culture, but I am dealing with that daily. American climbing culture is rooted in western Europe, where Italian machismo, Swiss precision, and French non-chalantness rule. So showing/admitting weakness isn't often observed. It's a challenge for me.