Pendulum: Balancing Life and Climbing with Rob Pizem
Rob Pizem is driven, regimented and compulsively productive. How else could he fit the roles of husband, father, fitness coach, high school teacher and professional climber into daily life?
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Rob Pizem is driven, regimented and compulsively productive. How else could he fit the roles of husband, father, fitness coach, high school teacher and professional climber into daily life? It’s a balance, and one that occasionally suffers.
“I’m constantly juggling,” he says. “I get buried just like everybody else.”