Some of us wake up. Others roll over.

Some of us wake up. Others roll over.

Modern man is conditioned to expect instant gratification, but any success or triumph realized quickly, with only marginal effort, is necessarily shallow. Meaningful achievement takes time, hard work, persistence, patience, proper intent and self-awareness. The path to success is punctuated by failure, consolidation, and renewed effort.

So go ahead, break stuff. Break yourself on the once-hard edges of yourself. And recycle the debris into the foundation of your future.

Sometimes you must sacrifice yourself on the altar of effort to be reminded of what and who you could become if you applied yourself.

Crested Butte is for spectators; Chamonix is for participants.

Inconsistency, incompetence, and lies are all cut short by the ground. It will stop you if you can't stop yourself.