In this episode I use the PAIN section to tell the intense story of the first time I climbed a multi-pitch route outside Las Vegas, somehow avoiding catastrophe and liberating myself from the burden of fear. Most of my story takes place 3 times higher off the ground than the anchors shown in this video:

https://youtu.be/46b_BXWTv7c

In the MEAT section I discuss some of the particuar changes I am undergoing in the latest phase of my recovery. In the WEED section I give some of my personal thoughts and experience on addicition and breaking addiction. Even as I write I fail, but it is to be expected and will make for an interesting show #12.

Finally, I thank Dr. Thomas P. Janssen of the McBride Orthopedic Clinic in Oklahoma City for having the knowledge, skill, inclination and general disposition to help me out a couple of decades ago. Thank you for the use of my right lower leg.

Check out the Origami.Vancast Instagram page AND see some of my pretty campsites at free_space_propagation on Instagram.

Here is the paper on Tibialis Anterior immobilization.

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Episode #11 Timeline
0:00 Rights/Intro
0:59 Climbing Physical Graffiti with Shawn
4:56 Knocking out Pitch #1
6:31 I understimate how much farther I have to climb by 4x.
7:17 From a precarious position, I begin realizing I have made a mistake that could result in a 100ft+ fall
8:45 Shawn informs me of mistake #2
9:31 The universe informs me of several additional mistakes
10:51 The state of my underpants is henceforth undisclosed
11:56 A mind-warping perspective on my own actions
14:05 SPOILER: We Lived
16:22 MEAT SECTION
17:24 My leg needed a minor surgery after original reconstructure
19:00 Some notes from a stretching session somewhere in Utah
20:59 My tibialis anterior and the visibility of the Tib/Fib non-unions
24:20 Alternating tearing and re-orientation of the related bones
26:00 The quality of a motion matters to my body
28:00 WEED SECTION - ADDICTION BUMMER SEGMENT
29:55 Disrupting the routine
30:25 Have strength in bits
30:57 Be public AF
31:36 Replacing the time your addiction steals
33:05 We can break addiction, keep trying and do not beat yourself up. I've failed since recording this :(
36:45 My thanks to Dr. Thomas P. Janssen for the ongoing usage of my lower right leg