Mountaineering and Climbing – Jim Thurmond

Jim Thurmond is well known in the rock climbing community and has helped with the development of rock climbing crags in the Midwest.  In recent years he has purchased Fountain Bluff in Southern Ill and made that available to rock climbers.

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Jim Thurmond

Growing as a Muslim in the US w/ CiCi

CiCi is from Indonesia.  She enjoys rock climbing, and she enjoys her religion of Islam.  We talk about Islam and some of the ways it contrasts or is similar to my religion, Christianity.  And we also talk a bit about Indonesia and rock climbing.

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Rock Climbing, Tragedy, Providence w/ Norm

Norm has been rock climbing since the 70’s.  He has experienced the tragic fall and death of a rock climbing partner.  Norm talks about recovering from that and seeing God’s providence.

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Absurdism, Religion, Rock Climbing w/ Alex

Alex is a Navy veteran, studying in exercise science, a rock climber, and holds to the philosophical theory of absurdism.  We talk about that and religion as well.

In the conversation I mention Alex O’Connor (atheist), Gavin Ortlund (theist) as well as Alvin Plantinga (philosopher). This video on animal suffering mentions all 3, for anyone interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxUu4ncP-JM

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Alex