The Challenge
TBD The 12-Step Birthday
Challenge Program 1. Honesty 2. Faith 3. Integrity 4. Surrender 5. Acceptance 6. Willingness 7. Forgiveness 8. Maintenance 9. Service 10. Humility 11. Making
Contact 12. Soul
Searching name:
steve edwards
born: november 22,
1960
occupation:
renaissance man or slacker, depending on your interpretation
training diaries
2005
2004
(10,000 challenge and training for world's)
challenge
history
2003
2002
2000
pre-2000
big days in 04/05
everest
challenge - furnace creek 508
el
muertito grande
7
samuri
4
formations
the stainless interview
2002
hardball
with aaron baker
steve's links
beachbody
steveedwardsonline
wall rats
yegg
central
contact
steve
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The
12-Steps Defined
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- unfinished business. private little war, sb
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| Honesty
- In an honest evaluation
of my life this is what I want. To accomplish more, to
"work" less (meaning in an office), to be fitter, to
do some stuff in the Sierra's because if I leave California
I'll miss them more than anything, except my friends, which
I'll still see because most of 'em will come along.
Therefore, my first step is to
plan some stuff in the Sierras and train for them. That and
quit working in the office.
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| Faith
- The 'ol "jump and
the net will appear' approach never sat too well with me.
Whatever, show some friggin' faith, right? I once told my
brother that I would never climb 5.14. There was a time when,
perhaps, I could have but I didn't and it's long gone. Who
gives a shit? We're talkin' about faith.
Step 2: find a 5.14 and work
out all of the moves.
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| Integrity
- Hey, there's a route
called Integrity. It just happens to be 5.14
Step 3: get on Integrity and
figure out how to do it.
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| Surrender
- to the 12 steps, I guess.
Step 4: Complete the 12-step
martini drinking program.
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| Acceptance
- I must accept that,
currently, I still work in an office and that I'm also in grad
school.
Step 5: work 45 hours a week
and study 4 hours/5 days per week.
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Willingness - To
accept doing things that I don't like.
Step 6: 5 days per week I will
do 4 things that I don't like: stretch, workout early in the
morning, workout late at night, not drink alcohol or coffee or
eat meat.
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| Forgiveness
- I will accept people's
moronicness.
Step 7: and this could be hard
- For 5 days per week for 4 weeks I will not bash anyone for
being republican, supporting war, driving poorly, trying to
kill me when I'm on my bike, or shooting their friends
whilst hunting (maybe this one should go under 'faith'.)
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| Maintenance
- I will faithfully do all
of my rehab work.
Step 8: 4 days per week I will
do the 5 following things: ice, shoulder rehab exercises,
knee/hip exercises, core exercises, knee and shoulder specific
stretches.
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| Service
- I will take part in our
consumer lifestyle by selling things I don't need.
Step 9: sell 45 things.
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| Humility
- Since I'm humbled daily,
I'll attempt more service.
Step 10: give away 45 things to
those less fortunate.
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| Making
Contact - om.
Step 11: Perform 4.5 minutes of
yoga and meditation daily (hey, it's something!)
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| Soul
Searching - Where'd you
think that exercise was going to fit in? I can't make
performance part of this because it's training while in rehab.
Step 12: bike 4.5 hours per
week. run 45 miles per week, complete 4 climbing specific
training workouts per week (only two can be hard), jump rope
4,500 reps per week, liquid fast 4.5 days (total), lose 4.5
pounds
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