Arthur Dents is a father of three from California. He works as a counselor for traumatized teens in the Church of Vesta, having suffered significantly himself from bullying as a child. Arthur often takes his counselees on long walks in the mountains and encourages them to be hands-on and brave to recover from their trauma. Dents’ philosophy on counseling keeps these teens engaged: “Sometimes, the only way to get over the pain inside of you is to embrace the beauty around you.”
In his spare time between parenting and counseling, Arthur also enjoys rock-climbing and extreme spelunking, enjoying the rush from these adrenaline-packed activities: “When you’re out there on top of or inside of the earth, you really feel alive.” On multiple extreme expeditions, Arthur’s ability to heal the physically and mentally wounded has proven invaluable to his companions.
As a fan of extreme sports, Arthur has watched Xcrawl since he was a teenager. A couple of years ago, he decided to show his counselees what one can do with a little courage, determination, and resilience so he started training for Xcrawl. “I’m always telling these kids to follow their dreams. Xcrawl was my dream when I was 14 but then I grew up and there was never a perfect time or opportunity to do it. But 2 years ago I was going to try a dynamo and I kept waiting and waiting to make the jump. Finally, I realized that there’s never a perfect time. We just have to go for what we want sometimes. That’s what I want all my kids to see when they watch me.”
And Arthur puts a great deal of effort into chasing his dream. Despite splitting his time between parenting and counseling, he’s managed to make time for the training and performance Xcrawl demands, recently making his way up to Division 3 and showing that he can hang with serious crawlers.
“The jump from therapy to Xcrawl makes perfect sense to me. I’m just helping people get well and stay safe while continuing on this crazy adventure we call life.”
Arthur is not quite as much of the altruist as he would like to believe himself to be. The majority of his work is done for privileged children who's parents donate generously to the church of Vesta, helping pay his salary.
