So about 3 weeks ago, I made a blog post titled “F**king shoes!”  I didn’t really expect much from it except some ‘likes’, maybe a comment here or there, or perhaps a few followers.  The following day, I received the following email and comment on my climbing blog (on the ‘About Me’ page if you want to see for yourself):

I like your last blog post. I would love to get you into another pair of Mad Rock shoes. Please send me your mailing info, contact info, along with model and size. Thanks for the honest insight.

 

~markmyhsieh

Mad Rock Climbing

12878 Florence Ave

Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

This was, by far, the awesomest email/comment/4sentences that anyone has EVER written to me!  It was on the same level as getting into college or getting a job.  Yeah.  I was that excited.  The 6 hours of sleep I was planning on having turned into 3 due to the excitement.  I mean, how often do you get expensive, free stuff?

So 2 weeks went by and couldn’t help but think it was a fake.  I know it sparked some controversial arguments, but what kind of person fakes the best comment ever from a real person and a real climbing shoe company?  Expecting it to be a scam for over a week, my excitement was replenished when I got a knock at the door.

Thanks Mark Hsieh from Mad Rock California for the awesome gift!  You are a good guy.  Thanks for the Concept 2.0s!  I even slept with them on last night to speed up the break-in process before the comp on Saturday.  Let this be a lesson to all you bloggers:  keep blogging.  keep climbing.  stay passionate.