Kevin Jorgeson

Kevin Jorgeson Instagram – Last night we hosted @reelrock as our annual fundraiser for the @b_radfoundation. We started the foundation in mourning and in celebration of one of my closest friends – the late, great Brad Parker. It felt appropriate to say a few words to the audience before playing the Race for the Nose segment, of which @bradgobright steals the show. Basically, if you’ve been climbing long enough, you learn to expect to get punched in the stomach with grief a few times a year. Some of the punches, from distant acquaintances, heal with time. Others, from dear friends, may leave a mark that never really heals. Even when you learn to expect that shock and grief are just around the corner, it never helps you catch your breath when the news hits you. As I watched the films, we are reminded just how many amazing souls we have lost recently: @deanpotter, @seanleary, @uelisteck, @mdre92 and now, @bradgobright. Anyway, I read a passage written by one of Brad’s early climbing partners that really seemed to capture who he was. This paragraph was my favorite part, but the entire piece is linked in my bio: “Society never had a chance with Brad, and neither did the Ranger. It couldn’t make him want to be someone or something else any more than the Ranger could. You couldn’t punish it out of him any more than you could sell him on an alternative. Brad was exactly himself, and the only person seemingly not concerned about that was him. No dilemma, just Brad. He simply couldn’t fathom any other way to live.”
📷:@steeppathproductions | Posted on 08/Dec/2019 06:00:02