Pendulum: How Rob Pizem Balances Life and Climbing

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.” A film by Lane Mathis.

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