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August 31, 2020
During Yamabushi training, the conch is our alarm clock. When I first joined training, I would get so nervous waiting for the conch that I could hardly sleep. I would wake up probably an hour or so before the conch sounded, and then try and fail to get back to sleep. All that meant was …
August 30, 2020
The old saying live and learn is spot on. The only way to truly learn something is to live an experience of it. To learn is to grow. Therefore, the only way to grow is to live. That means you have to put yourself into situations where you live, sometimes uncomfortable situations, but they give …
August 27, 2020
Less reliance on paper in general. Less reliance on fax machines. Less reliance on stamps, both the kind that can be replaced by a signature, and the kind that they use to make payments official. We don’t have to get rid of them, just make it possible to get by without them. Less reliance on …
August 25, 2020
Mountains have the power to move. People who climb them regularly understand it, and I now think that being able to climb a mountain is a reliable litmus test for keeping active. I’m glad I became a Yamabushi because of this, as it means I’m basically forced to climb the mountain each year, besides the …
Here are a few posts of my adventures climbing the 100 Famous Mountains of Yamagata.
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