Greetings from south of the equator, aka Ecuador,
Yep, I’m in South America again, this time to “walk up a hill for a long time while feeling bad” (a not-so unaccurate description of mountain climbing from a friend of mine). The big goal is to climb Cotopaxi, which wikipedia tells me is a volcano that is [...]
Not much time to write the nice end of the year blog post that I’d wanted to, due to an extremely hectic schedule.
Short story: After digging out of 23″ of snow in Fort Collins, Jenny and I managed to drive out to Las Vegas to meet up with my family for a reunion, where I [...]
Vail is raising the price of lift tickets to $85 this season. Awesome.
As they say in usenet, Ski Vail.
Jimmy was one of the coolest guys I’ve ever had the privilege to climb with. He was one of the regulars at Stoneworks Silos, the climbing gym in Carrollton, TX where I’ve whiled away too many sweltering, sultry summer nights to count.
In fact, that gym was my formative gym, and the guys who climbed there [...]
Jenny had her Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) thesis show on Friday, which bring a relieving end to a frantic, stress-filled few months. After writing her paper and defending it at orals, she had 2 out of 5 pieces done at that point, with only a few weeks to go before the show. Somehow, [...]
Two weekends ago, I went to Los Angeles / San Diego for my cousin Eric’s wedding. It was good to see that side of the family again, and surprising to see how quickly everyone is growing up.
The highlight of any trip to California is eating at In n’ Out burger. Delicious.