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Mixed bag of snaps of cool, kind, and fun people from Q3 of Q3. Mostly film, some from a 19-year-old Canon digital point and shoot. Developed and scanned by @bodegafilmlab Mixed bag of snaps of cool, kind, and fun people from Q3 of Q3. Mostly film, some from a 19-year-old Canon digital point and shoot. Developed and scanned by @bodegafilmlab Mixed bag of snaps of cool, kind, and fun people from Q3 of Q3. Mostly film, some from a 19-year-old Canon digital point and shoot. Developed and scanned by @bodegafilmlab Mixed bag of snaps of cool, kind, and fun people from Q3 of Q3. Mostly film, some from a 19-year-old Canon digital point and shoot. Developed and scanned by @bodegafilmlab Mixed bag of snaps of cool, kind, and fun people from Q3 of Q3. Mostly film, some from a 16-year-old Canon digital point and shoot. Developed and scanned by @bodegafilmlab Mixed bag of snaps of cool, kind, and fun people from Q3 of Q3. Mostly film, some from a 19-year-old Canon digital point and shoot. Developed and scanned by @bodegafilmlab đŸ«Ș đŸ€” Mixed bag of snaps of cool, kind, and fun people from Q3 of Q3. Mostly film, some from a 19-year-old Canon digital point and shoot. Developed and scanned by @bodegafilmlab Mixed bag of snaps of cool, kind, and fun people from Q3 of Q3. Mostly film, some from a 19-year-old Canon digital point and shoot. Developed and scanned by @bodegafilmlab Mixed bag of snaps of cool, kind, and fun people from Q3 of Q3. Mostly film, some from a 19-year-old Canon digital point and shoot. Developed and scanned by @bodegafilmlab Dog in a backpack intermission. Mixed bag of snaps of cool, kind, and fun people from Q3 of Q3. Mostly film, some from a 19-year-old Canon digital point and shoot. Developed and scanned by @bodegafilmlab Mixed bag of snaps of cool, kind, and fun people from Q3 of Q3. Mostly film, some from a 19-year-old Canon digital point and shoot. Developed and scanned by @bodegafilmlab Mixed bag of snaps of cool, kind, and fun people from Q3 of Q3. Mostly film, some from a 19-year-old Canon digital point and shoot. Developed and scanned by @bodegafilmlab Mixed bag of snaps of cool, kind, and fun people from Q3 of Q3. Mostly
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Wore a hoodie today, Guess summers over đŸ€·â€â™‚ïž.
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“Good, Like It Should Be” by BER feels like one of those beautifully harmonized songs that softly finds its way into your thoughts when a certain person has stayed with you longer than expected. There’s something warm and dreamy about it, but underneath is that soft ache of remembering someone who left a deep impression you weren’t quite prepared for. Not regret. Not resentment. Just that strange tenderness of wondering whether some connections are meant to fade
 or simply meant to find their way back to each other when the timing is right. And maybe that’s what makes “good, like it should be” feel so beautiful—and a little dangerous. You can tell yourself everything is exactly as it should be, while somewhere underneath, you’re still wondering what might happen if two people who once felt something simply gave it another chance.
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One more summer/climbing film photo dump. 120mm Portra 400 on a Koni-Omega Rapid M. Developed and scanned by the kind folks @bodegafilmlab
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Climbing at NRG on 120mm film. I really struggled with figuring out how to present these images. The crops have intention and framing that’s more “my style” while showing off the detail that’s missed on the wider versions (especially on small screens), but I equally value the context the wider image brings to the scale of the walls. I know I’m being too precious and need to improve my editing for print/display, but for now you’ll have to deal with seeing some duplicates in both cropped and wide views. Anyway, enjoy cool people doing fun and impressive things. Developed and scanned by the lovely crew @bodegafilmlab
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Summer on 35mm photo dump Developed and scanned by @bodegafilmlab Climb. Relax. Climb more. Cumberland. Bikes. Detours. Survival. Completion. Best friends. Birthdays. Fry catch. Driving. Climb again. July 4th. Swim meet. Pool party.
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Horses don’t stop they keep goinnnn’. Summer on film by @kriscave.jpg
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155 miles. Part 3. The journey of biking from Cumberland, MD to Pittsburgh, PA (and then some) with @climbingandthings and @javy_climbs in a single day. Swipe to see and read about the ride. // Mile 123. 6:06pm. 13 hours after departure. Immediately upon getting off his bike, Tyler went vocally unresponsive and took a brief 5-minute nap. // Mile 123. 6:09pm. Laughing through the exhaustion as we will ourselves to find the energy to finish the ride. // Mile 123. 6:11pm. I like to think that in this moment Javier was questioning a lot of the decisions that lead up to this day. // Mile 123. 6:11pm. As a seemingly petty joke from the universe, this pump took way more effort than any of us wanted to exert at this point in the day. This would be the final water stop before Pittsburgh. // Mile 128. 6:45pm. 14 hours after departure. After climbing back on our bikes, we pushed onward. As conversation dwindles and the quiet moments in between grow longer, the crackling static of the crushed limestone grinding beneath our tires becomes our soundtrack and soon we’re no longer riding together, each of us finding our own pace. Eventually I lose sight of Tyler ahead and Javier behind; I was trying to be a relay point in the chain to make sure we didn’t get too spread out and lose someone. In short time I roll up on Tyler in Boston, casually propped up against a picnic table with a half grin on his face. We speculate for a moment on whether or not we lost Javier as we see him round the bend and roll by us without stopping. We share a smirk and jump back on our bikes to catch up. Remember those rules we came up with and how some of us were better at following than the others? I think it was around this point that a clearly struggling Javier decided he wasn’t going to drink or finish his water despite having a decently full bottle. Worried about cramps of doom, Tyler and I pleaded with him to drink and consume electrolytes or some form of energy to no avail. To this day his refusal remains a mystery to us. Somehow Javier pushed onward, and so did we. // Mile 134. 7:35pm. I can’t recall when, but the trail finally turns to pavement and the bikes feel lighter. W
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155 miles. Part 2. The journey of biking from Cumberland, MD to Pittsburgh, PA (and then some) with @climbingandthings and @javy_climbs in a single day. Swipe to see and read about the ride. // Mile 72. 1:05pm. Brought back to life by burgers, electrolytes, caffeine, and Advil, we got back on the trail with a renewed vigor. The desire to make progress in the mounting heat again resulted in a lack of photos. We stopped in Connelsville at mile 89 for more water and caffeine before setting our sights on mile 100. // Mile 100. 3:41pm. 11 hours since departure. We officially hit a century, the furthest any of us had ever ridden in a single day. I would later come to learn that prior to a couple of rides in the weeks leading up to this trip, Javier had never ridden more than 25 miles—an absolute madman and a testament to his character; if you’re in his circle, he’s ready to dive into anything with you and give his all. // Mile 100. 3:43pm. We initially took this photo 4 times and were starting to walk away before realizing we were making ‘001’. // Mile 100. 3:45pm. Our unofficial sponsor for this trip, along with the 3 tubes of chapstick that Javier brought. Still waiting on our check. // Mile 104. 4:11pm. In the miles after 100, our legs felt lighter, the tires seemed to spin faster, and the aches fell away as we rode the wave of newfound energy from our accomplishment. Or maybe it was the heaps of Tylenol and Advil starting to take effect. // Mile 104. 4:12pm. Tyler trying to keep me from pacing, probably. // Mile 110. 4:45pm. 12 hours since departure. Water and cool-down stop as we start to do the math on how long we’ve spent the day biking. We made 3 rules for this ride, two of which are relevant here — 2: don’t run over your water bottle (this was created very early in the day) and 3: finish your water at every refill stop. Some of us did better at these than others (foreshadowing). // Mile 110. 4:46pm. Snack goblin. // Mile 110. 4:47pm. Pep talk. // Mile 110. 4:52pm. Lacing up to get back on the saddle. // Mile 112. 5:05pm. Elixir of life. IYKYK. At this stage these were the primary fuel that kept me moving and motivated, rewarding myself
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155 miles. Part 1. The time-honored tradition of suffering through a physical challenge in honor of Tyler and Javier’s birthdays; this year they let me tag along for the journey of biking from Cumberland, MD to Pittsburgh, PA (and then some) in a single day. Swipe to see and read about the ride. // Mile -155. 3pm the day before. 3 bikes crammed onto a rack designed for 2, reinforced with ratchet straps for peace of mind. 📾: @chlloeolson // Mile 0. 7:15pm the day before. Arrival in Cumberland. Final packing of the bikes in the parking lot of the hotel before grabbing dinner at Baltimore Street Grill with Chloe before she drove back to Pittsburgh. Massive thank you to @chlloeolson for sacrificing sleep before an early morning shift and making this whole thing possible 🙏 // Mile 0. 8:15pm the night before. Enjoying last light on top of a parking garage in Cumberland after narrowly avoiding the bewildering trap of Lefty’s Place. // Mile 0. 4:15am the day of. We downed multiple cold brews to kickstart the day after staying up past midnight to watch the Argentina vs Switzerland match. Grabbed our bikes from the hotel lobby and made the short ride to the start of the GAP trail in Cumberland. 4:50am official departure time. 2,000+ ft of elevation gain over the first 23 miles awaits us. // Mile 8. 5:40am. Hazy light slowly creeps in after riding for an hour under light of headlamps. // Mile 9. 5:45am. Sticky but cool weather is welcome as we start to feel the impact of the steady gradual climb up hill. // Mile 10. 5:50am. Our climb starts to be rewarded with nice views after staring at darkness, train tracks, and trees for an hour. // Mile 11. 5:55am. First stop to rest, shed some clothing, and dig into snacks. // Mile 16. 6:50am. A trend begins to emerge of Tyler regularly adjusting the bungee cords on his pack for 5+ minutes. A fruitless endeavor as his bike eventually decides to eat and shred one of his cords. // Mile 24. 7:50am. Finally feeling what it’s like to ride downhill after constantly climbing for 3 hours. Suddenly the ride felt much more fun. // Mile 28. 8am. Probably flipping me off for violating Rule 1: Kris is not allowed to pa
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Finished mural for @greenheartcoop in the New River Gorge. Two days of painting rhododendrons and local birds. Huge thank you to Logan for giving me full artistic freedom, and for the opportunity to paint 3 different murals in this location, this being the 3rd. It's been special to paint here. I've learned so much about myself on these 3 projects and i think it has a lot do with timing. Ya know what's funny. When i started traveling here to climb in 2020, i was on a path toward getting my MFA in ceramics at Southern Illinois. Not a lot of people know that I accepted the offer and then backed out. I spent 3 years working with clay and rarely painting. But the choice felt wrong and everything was colliding. Clay quickly became a long lost friend and my relationship to it changed. The only things i began to care about were climbing and painting. I took a mural opportunity in 2021 and never looked back. Well maybe i looked back a few times 😅. I was 26 when this all changed and now I'm 32. I'm still an idiot just as i was then, but I'm a much more consistent, efficient, disciplined and resourceful idiot. So many lessons. And i don't lose my keys as often now. Of course the New River gorge is special. That's obvious to anyone who travels there and understands that place. But the meaning for me is evolving. Through these murals it's not just about climbing there. I finally have out of state mural work which has always been a career goal of mine - here i am, painting in a place that pulled me to it for a completely different reason. It's just cool how life can steer you in different directions based on choices. I used to feel guilty at times about not going to get my MFA. That finally stopped a few years ago. When i paint things like this, in a place i love for an entirely different reason, i get confident that I'm exactly where i need to be. It's just a stepping stone in the life long path of art. But it's a step that felt like needed to be reflected on and shared. And I love paint. #newrivergorgeart #pittsburghart #mural #artist #naturemural
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Local comp seasonđŸ”„ Big thanks to everyone at @ironcityboulders and @ascendclimbinggym !! The cooper cup and steeltown throwdown are always super fun and the community vibes are the best 📾@tarascends
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