Why You Aren’t Giving Yourself Enough Credit

Dan Kay
6 min readJul 11, 2019
Boulder seen from the 2nd Flatiron. My photo.

I was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, a town that’s *so* outdoorsy, it’s perfectly normal to show up to your Friday date night in a Patagonia hoodie and hiking boots.

Everyone in Boulder — or so it can seem — is an athlete. And not just an athlete, but an ultra-athlete. Boulderites fill their (seemingly abundant) free time with rock climbing, trail-running, backcountry skiing…

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Dan Kay

Always adventurous. Occasionally political. I write creative stories about life, love, climbing and travel. thisisyouth.org