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I started doing this mostly because it looks like so much fun and my girlfriend was into it. But to be honest, the thing I have gained the most appreciation for has been the dancing, aerial or otherwise. 20 years of climbing has made me strong enough to do what these people can do, but I look...

Wow, that's awesome Rich! I would absolutely love to hear some more stories about that.

it truly is magic. This particular circus doesn't do much traveling. Most of their shows are in Seattle. But what is really cool about them is that they don't just perform. They enact mythology from dead cultures. Each performance is more like a play, telling a story about people and places that...

My favorite is the 9 year old girl. She is probably the best climber I've ever seen. She can do 25 pull-ups without appearing to get tired, is afraid of nothing, and can learn a new knot on the first try every time.

The living arrangements with these people are as strange and as varied as the people themselves. Some live in their vans, some rent a house all together, and some are migratory, never staying in one place longer than a single show. My girlfriend was living in a dank and humid basement along with...

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Yeah, it sure is. I love all the weird people most of all. Every single person is extraordinary, not just ablemto do amazing things with their bodies but with gregarious and wildly extroverted personalities. Most of them are show boats, but then again so am I. Going out for drinks after a show...

So I started dating this woman (all good stories start out that way, right?), and she is an aerial circus performer, among other things (also a professional dancer, ski instructor, and USFS trail crew leader - I don't know what she's doing with me). I started going to circus practice with her in...