Inspire: Lincoln, Jefferson, Serraut, Coco Channel, Zeppelin, Thoreau, ..... all of us find inspiration in different places, things, but often it is easiest to find inspiration in people. It is easy to find inspiration in those who have biographies, publicity, A&E specials, features in magazines etc. However, inspiration is often much closer we just don't recognize it because it isn't photoshopped or televised, or held in large venues. Exhibit A: Jen Knezek. I could list off the traits: writter, storyteller, decorator, one who creates wonder with plants, a tour guide, a successful business owner, but that would take hours and I will stay brief. Jen inspires me because when she married DK {Darren Knezek} she didn't change who she was she simply expanded it and today she is one of the most knowledgable people in the climbing industry. She knows the ins and outs of gear, routes, terrain, ice, bouldering, mountaineering. She is one of the best and only a few even know it. Her finest trait within her craft is giving people the confidence that they can literally climb mountains. She can take a lanky, nerdy, nothing of a human and make them feel like they are Spartacus after a single outing with her and the climbing club. She gives you "beta" without making you feels small, and she helps you unleash your inner adventurer even if you thought that didn't exist. She is my sister, but more than that, she inspires all who cross her path and she brings wonder. (and if you've seen this commercial, ya she climbed the towers that the commercial neglects to show, the towers next to the one the chick is standing on that are twice as high. She makes the chick in that commercial look like a baby. And she is tackling Denali with her partner in climb Darren at the end of this month)