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I know I'm just as mortal as everybody else and I think about that quite a bit, but I really do feel like everyone lives with this - they're just not aware of it.
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I want my health to be perfect when I'm pushing the edge.
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When you do things that are different and extreme, some people like it and some people don't. I don't really care if I am liked or not liked.
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I know it's insane to think that I could fly. But to make it possible, you truly have to believe in it - to go to a place that's not accepted.
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I do yoga. I meditate, and when I'm not climbing, I focus on breathing deeply all day long.
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My fear is with the onset of mainstream interest in extreme sports that diversity will be subdued and eventually snubbed out within our great outdoor community. Shouldn't we question when the leaders of our community try to manipulate our culture into a mono crop?
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Thirty guys equals five percent die-off among active wingsuit base jumpers. That means there's a flaw in our system and you're an idiot if you think anything else. I'm smart enough to know that five percent means it could be me.
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In climbing, if you injure just one finger you can't do it. But with slacklining as long as you can walk, you can walk the line.
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I was having all these thoughts, not really sure what I was doing in school. And I just said, 'I'm gonna go out and climb.' I had this great day with a friend, bouldering and rooting each other on, and I came back thinking, 'I don't like the way it feels to be competitive. I don't want to be ruled by it.'
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