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Ben Moon er brimbrettama\u00f0ur, klifrari, atvinnulj\u00f3smyndari og stundar reglulega yoga. Hann lifir vi\u00f0bur\u00f0arr\u00edku l\u00edfi \u00fear sem hann samtvinnar \u00e1hugam\u00e1l s\u00edn me\u00f0 atvinnu sinni, fer\u00f0ast heimshorna \u00e1 milli og lifir \u00fev\u00ed l\u00edfi sem hann \u00f3skar s\u00e9r.<\/p>\n
Hann er l\u00edka me\u00f0 ristilst\u00f3ma. En \u00fea\u00f0 truflar hann l\u00edti\u00f0<\/p>\n
\u00deegar hann var 29 \u00e1ra, \u00e1ri\u00f0 2004, greindist hann me\u00f0 ristilkrabbamein eftir a\u00f0 hafa gl\u00edmt vi\u00f0 \u00fer\u00e1l\u00e1ta \u00fereytu og bl\u00f3\u00f0ugar h\u00e6g\u00f0ir. Hann taldi \u00feetta vera \u00fat af stanslausum fer\u00f0al\u00f6gum og hugsanlegri s\u00fdkingu. Lukkulega benti hj\u00fakrunarfr\u00e6\u00f0ingur honum \u00e1 a\u00f0 fara \u00ed ristilspeglun og l\u00edklegast voru \u00feau r\u00e1\u00f0 honum til l\u00edfs.<\/p>\n
Vi\u00f0 t\u00f3k langt og erfitt ferli \u00fear sem hann f\u00f3r \u00ed geisla- og lyfjame\u00f0fer\u00f0ir og a\u00f0 lokum var fjarl\u00e6g\u00f0ur hluti af ristli og enda\u00fearmi. Hann var\u00f0 \u00f3neitanlega hr\u00e6ddur vi\u00f0 l\u00edf me\u00f0 st\u00f3ma og velti fyrir s\u00e9r hversu mikil \u00e1hrif \u00fea\u00f0 hef\u00f0i \u00e1 l\u00edf hans, sem til \u00feessa haf\u00f0i veri\u00f0 fullt af \u00e6vint\u00fdrum. Eftir a\u00f0 hafa kynnt s\u00e9r allar hli\u00f0ar ristilst\u00f3ma komst hann a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hann g\u00e6ti haft vissa stj\u00f3rn \u00e1 h\u00e6g\u00f0unum me\u00f0 skolun (irrigation) og s\u00e1 \u00fe\u00e1 a\u00f0 hann g\u00e6ti klifra\u00f0 og stunda\u00f0 brimbretti \u00e1n raunverulegra takmarkana.<\/p>\n
Vi\u00f0 t\u00f3k l\u00edfi\u00f0 og hann h\u00e9lt uppi fyrri l\u00edfst\u00edl. Hann f\u00f3r meira a\u00f0 segja a\u00f0 klifra \u00feegar hann var enn \u00ed lyfjame\u00f0fer\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 me\u00f0 lyfjalegg \u00ed hendi. Framhaldi\u00f0 var upp \u00e1 vi\u00f0 og l\u00edfi\u00f0 var\u00f0 \u00f3hindra\u00f0 af l\u00edfi me\u00f0 st\u00f3ma.<\/p>\n
L\u00edfsreynslan haf\u00f0i jafnframt sterk \u00e1hrif \u00e1 hann sem lj\u00f3smyndara \u00fear sem hann hefur sagt a\u00f0 n\u00fa fangi hann betur mannlegar tilfinningar, en \u00fea\u00f0 var eitthva\u00f0 se N\u00fdlega ger\u00f0i Ben myndband sem var nokkurs konar \u00f3\u00f0ur til n\u00fdl\u00e1tins hunds sem hann \u00e1tti, hundsins Denali. \u00cd \u00feessu myndbandi er Denali s\u00f6guma\u00f0urinn, \u00fear sem hann segir fr\u00e1 l\u00edfshlaupi s\u00ednu \u00a0me\u00f0 Ben, fr\u00e1 \u00e6vint\u00fdrum \u00feeirra og jafnframt veikindum. Myndbandi\u00f0 hefur hreyft vi\u00f0 m\u00f6rgum og \u00fev\u00ed er kj\u00f6ri\u00f0 a\u00f0 v\u00edsa \u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0 h\u00e9r.<\/p>\n Ben Moon er fr\u00e1b\u00e6rt d\u00e6mi um einstakling sem lifir innihaldsr\u00edku l\u00edfi me\u00f0 st\u00f3ma \u00fear sem hann s\u00fdnir a\u00f0 allt er h\u00e6gt. Spurningin er einfaldlega hversu st\u00f3ra drauma f\u00f3lk hefur.<\/p>\n![\"ben_collage\"](\"http:\/\/stoma.is\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ben_collage-300x273.jpg\")
m hann hafi\u00f0 ekki jafn gott skynbrag\u00f0 fyrir \u00e1\u00f0ur. Hugsanlega er heilmiki\u00f0 til \u00ed \u00feessu \u00fear sem lj\u00f3smyndir hans, sem sj\u00e1 m\u00e1 \u00e1 www.benmoon.com<\/a>, vir\u00f0ast s\u00fdna einhvern glampa \u00ed f\u00f3lki sem s\u00e9st sjaldan.<\/p>\n