


When I am high up on a climbing route and I am calculating how much more time we have until the sun goes down, I perhaps should be worried about things like rappelling down in the dark. Sometimes I get headaches from not drinking enough coffee.

Coffee fuels nearly everything I do in the outdoors, and 100% of the writing I do. If coffee were a football team, I would be that shirtless guy standing in the end zone stands with my entire body and head painted to match my team’s uniform, going completely batshit for all three televised hours, as if my actions could help my team win. It’s like saying you’re the “#1 Fan” of an NFL football team, which is, of course, not validated by any ranking system. This is not a control issue it is a coffee issue.ĭo you like coffee? Do you LOVE coffee? How much? Of course, it is not quantifiable. When you go on a climbing or backpacking trip and someone says, “I’ll bring the coffee,” do you secretly bring your own stash to supplement whatever they’re bringing, because you know you’re going to drink double the amount of coffee they think you’re going to drink, and then some? I do too.
