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[Photo] Nat Gustafson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc2464e4b003bdba51a819/7bec12c7-b0af-45f6-ab76-7c22b3cec65c/Pingora+reflection-straightened-cropped.jpg The Open Heart Series - Rule #1 after heart surgery: Be Kind to Yourself - Make it stand out Morning after the storm, Wyoming, 2019. [Photo] Derek Franz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc2464e4b003bdba51a819/29ac079b-875b-4a64-9cb8-7dfb5b3c71da/P1040545-flowers+on+Mitchell.JPG The Open Heart Series - Rule #1 after heart surgery: Be Kind to Yourself - Make it stand out Resilient flowers are able to grow in the smallest possible crevice at nearly 12,000 feet on the granite face of Mitchell Peak, Wind River Range, Wyoming. [Photo] Derek Franz http://www.derekfranz.com/the-open-heart-series/2022/1/7/preparing-for-heart-surgery-2 monthly 0.5 2022-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc2464e4b003bdba51a819/99609908-1294-4616-8324-b19bc20f9571/0T3A3024.jpg The Open Heart Series - Preparing for Heart Surgery #2 - Make it stand out Competing in the Rifle Rendezspew Day At the Office competition in September 2021, where I won the advanced division with my partner Madalaine Sorkin and placed seventh overall, just behind the world-famous climber Emily Harrington in sixth place. In the weeks leading up to the competition I was already noticing a decline in my aerobic fitness. [Photo] Courtesy of Matt Blake (@crux_captures) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc2464e4b003bdba51a819/7783839a-50ba-4f18-8680-c457ef0f13f2/bivy+sunset+skyline+with+Cottontail.JPG The Open Heart Series - Preparing for Heart Surgery #2 - Make it stand out Sunset from my bivy in the Fisher Towers on Dec. 4, 2021, during my vision quest to come to grips with my mortality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc2464e4b003bdba51a819/f5961cae-cca6-4f98-b252-b9c0c64e4a5a/half+pano+with+El+Cap.jpg The Open Heart Series - Preparing for Heart Surgery #2 - Make it stand out What dreams may come? 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Photo by Chris Schulte. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc2464e4b003bdba51a819/1438565175920-MEW0BPQLEDL32QHDNF9A/image-asset.jpeg The Open Heart Series - Continued, Spectacular Recovery Kayaking the Numbers stretch of the Arkansas River for my first time in May 2015 after waiting 15 years to do it! Brian Wright, my good friend and fellow river rat, climber and writer, made that day possible. 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