{"id":243,"date":"2007-05-25T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-25T22:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dawnalguard.com\/reading2\/?p=243"},"modified":"2007-05-25T22:17:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-25T22:17:00","slug":"rock-warriors-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dawnalguard.com\/reading\/2007\/05\/rock-warriors-way.html","title":{"rendered":"Rock Warrior&#8217;s Way by Arno Ilgner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0974011215\/tradgirl\" target=\"'new'\">Rock Warrior&#8217;s Way<\/a> a couple of years ago but my head wasn&#8217;t in the right place for it and I didn&#8217;t finish it.  The book tries to teach you to climb confidently by approaching climbing with an attitude of love, not fear.  It&#8217;s supposedly based on some warrior tradition (Don someone or other) but it reads a lot like Buddhism.  It&#8217;s about being in the moment, watching your thoughts, and staying centered on reality rather than wishful thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I was so wrapped up in fear when I first read it that I couldn&#8217;t even hear the message.  Plus, I didn&#8217;t know anything about Buddhism then.  This time around I found the book very wise and helpful and I&#8217;m really glad I went back and tried again.  I&#8217;ve been using the lessons I learned, most especially about engaging the climb (which is often the crux for me &#8211; just stepping up) and not trying to make the climb easier but to make myself more capable (rise to the level of the climb, don&#8217;t wish it down to your level).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started Rock Warrior&#8217;s Way a couple of years ago but my head wasn&#8217;t in the right place for it and I didn&#8217;t finish it. The book tries to teach you to climb confidently by approaching climbing with an attitude of love, not fear. It&#8217;s supposedly based on some warrior tradition (Don someone or other) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climbing","category-non-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dawnalguard.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dawnalguard.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dawnalguard.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dawnalguard.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dawnalguard.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dawnalguard.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dawnalguard.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dawnalguard.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dawnalguard.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}