Kevin Jorgeson Quotes

#1. I'm practical, very data-driven, and process-oriented. If I look at a radar and see a giant green blob coming toward me, I'm thinking it's probably going to snow.

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#2. I like to control the risk I take. And when risk is taken out of my hands, it frustrates me.

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#3. Every athlete at his peak is going to perform with a different mental cocktail. I thrive in the underdog, reserved, it's-not-over-till-it's-over mindset.

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#4. It would be really easy to write off the Dawn Wall as impossible. In terms of climbing technique, I'm learning a new language on this granite.

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#5. I'm learning new levels of patience, perseverance and desire,

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#6. When you're climbing with someone who always sees the bright spot, even if there is no bright spot, that attitude is really helpful.

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#7. Climbing has a lot of themes that are applicable to people, no matter who you are.

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#8. I think everyone has their own secret Dawn Wall to complete one day, and maybe they can put this project in their own context.

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#9. When you would grab that last hole you could literally feel all of the hope, desire and stress drop off of you.

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#10. I climbed brick facades as a kid. You'd kind of stick your fingers in there.

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#11. I don't want to be guy that almost climbed Dawn Wall.

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