19 things Sam Reiter from Boulder, CO actually loves
- The first move off the ground on a new route
- The Diamond on Longs Peak
- Chalk on your hands when the air is dry and cold
- My partner Jess, who belays like she means it
- Tommy Caldwell's book The Push
- Breakfast burritos from Santiago's, the green chile
- The Flatirons at first light
- A bomber hand jam in perfect Vedauwoo granite
- Patagonia, the place, not the brand
- Black coffee from a thermos at the base of a wall
- The Grateful Dead, specifically American Beauty
- My La Sportiva Miuras, resoled twice
- Indian Creek in October
- The moment you clip the chains and look down
- Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian
- The commitment of stepping above your last piece of gear
- Elk on the trail at dawn
- Rest days, really committing to them
- Stars above camp, no light pollution, no sound