Courtney B. Giles

Since Courtney is usually the one posting on this here blog, there are seldom stories proclaiming her greatness. So I, her loving, handsome and Mr. Universe-esque husband, have decided to highjack cyberspace and make it known how freakin' awesome she really is!

The picture to the left is Courtney dominating an 70 foot rock climb called "the Itch" which is rated a 5.9+ (editors note: I realize the vast majority of this blogs readers have no idea what 5.9+ means. Just say to yourself "WOW, that sounds hard! Courtney must be a tremendous climber!). So far, she is the only member of our wilderness staff to complete this climb clean (again, let's not get bogged down in climbing terminology. However, it means she didn't fall or use the rope in anyway). That's right, this girl is the mother of two and has not climbed anything in two years. And still she out climbs our staff. Including the writer of this post, which I would like to remain anonymous please.

This week she is out camping and leading one of our three groups. She is overseeing over 55 people camping, hiking, rock climbing, rappelling and rafting. And still has time to "never ever let me forget I'm a man. Because she is a woman." I don't know what that means it just used to be a TV commercial and got stuck in my head. She pretty much does everything for the ministry of Compass, she is an incredible mother to our sirelings and is the best wife a man could ever ask for. All this and she cleanly climbs a 5.9+ after a two year layoff! Unbelieveable this woman!

Anyway, I am getting tired and should go to bed. The bed that is in the condo that I am in right now while Courtney is out camping in the wild wilderness.