a visual

20Aug09

one of the questions i get asked the most since i announced my summit for someone goals is, “so…what will you be doing?”  i’ve likened summit for someone to running a marathon and raising money for a charity, but pretty much everyone knows what a marathon looks like.  but climbing a mountain?  what’s that look [...]

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Tags: backpacker, long's peak, summit for someone

hello, old blog

20Jul09

i’ve been pre-occupied with facebook and neglecting the blog (and twitter, but i never used to update my twitter anyway).
but now i think i have a use for this thing again.
…maybe.
let me start at the beginning…
last month, i started a workout routine.  it consists of running one day, biking the next, then taking every wednesday [...]

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Tags: big city mountaineers, summit for someone, wolfman traithlon

lamentations of the father

26May09

i instantly want to read this book by this author after reading this review on this blog that i read via this rss reader.
i especially wanted to read the book after reading this excerpt:
I would like it known that I am not an ‘idiot.’ I am a person who suffers from idiocy. Nobody knows what [...]

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Tags: ian frazier, lamentations of the father, outside magazine

lent update

07Apr09

real quick, i’ve learned two things about lent this year.
1.  it needs to be prepared for.  it deserves to be prepared for.
2.  i shoulda given up steep and cheap instead of the snooze.

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backgrounds, desktops, those pictures you use behind your icons…

06Nov08

whatever you call them, national geographic has a series of them from our national parks.
check ‘em out.
pick your favorite, or if you have a mac, sport as many of them as you want!

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Tags: background, desktop, images, national geographic, national park

solo climbing

22Oct08

not silo climbing.  that’s different.
solo climbing is climbing without a rope.
this isn’t solo climbing (watch the video), even though it doesn’t use ropes.
i’m pretty sure that was invented by climbers as a joke about their non-climbing friends.
anybody remember soaps?
anybody admit to ever owning a pair of soaps?

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Tags: climbing, parkour, silo, soaps, solo