Buddha's Belly, v4

Hi, my name is Ben Ramsey, and I spend a lot of my time climbing rocks and thinking about climbing rocks. I do some other things too. I work in software. I cook. I play video games and board games. There's plenty of things that I do, but the goal of this blog is not to dwell on those things, but instead think about why I do them, and how they bring me happiness and enrichment. The title of this blog references a specific boulder problem at the Lilly Boulders in the Obed National Forest. I climbed this rock once, while I was out alone in the woods. It was an extremely interesting and satisfying experience, mostly because of preconceptions I had about this rock and how they differed from the actual process of climbing to the top. In terms of bouldering, it's far from a classic "proud" line, which are usually tall, intimidating, and have long stylish moves. This boulder is short (the top of it isn't even at head height for me), the moves are a little thrutchy, and it