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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Spring is in full swing with rain and sunshine, house parties and wind-scoured glaciers. Things only get better here in Portland. The hopeless romantic in me has come out again and I've found myself infatuated and involved with someone here. I started volunteering with Depave and building this neighborhood fruit forest where a parking lot once was ( Read more... ) -
Adjustment
In the past 36 hours I had a massive BBQ at my house, an hour nap, then climbed a (semi-)technical route on Mt Hood. This was followed by burritos, a nap with a friend of mine, and then 10 hours of fantastic sleep. In the time between burritos and napping, I got to sit in a reading chair and be left with my thoughts ( Read more... ) -
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Current reading list:
Challenge of the North Cascades by Fred Beckey
Native to Nowhere by Timothy Beatley
Mount Rainier Climbing Guide by Mike Gauthier
Hot Tubs, Saunas, & Steam Baths by Alan Sanderfoot
Alternative Construction by Lynne Elizabeth and Cassandra Adams
What about you kids? What are you all reading? Post it, suckas.
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Back in PDX
I spent the last 4 days out in Bozeman, MT on an ice climbing roadtrip with some friends from Portland. It was loads and loads of fun. Got to climb all sorts of neat water ice without the pain in the ass approaches of the Northwest. I'm getting my ice skills up to the level I was hoping to have them at by the end of the winter ( Read more... ) -
The Rain Has Come
This long dry winter is finally getting a dose of damp. I awoke to hearing the droplets of rain fall and hit against the back window of my room. It was cold and still when I woke up alone at 7:30. There still is no deluge of biblical scale coming from the heavens. Part of me wants it, part of me just wants the warmth and life of spring to come. My ( Read more... ) -
Weekend Adventures
Well, I had myself a plate full of adventure and excitement in the mountains this weekend.
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Answer
Dear world,
Why does male bonding have to involve so much whiskey? Or almost dying together?
Sincerely,
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Photos and a Write-Up
Here's my write up and some good photos of the epic on Mt Hood.
http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/862297/TR_Mt_Hood_Reid_Headwall_left_#Post862297
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Failure and Near-Death
I woke up this morning in Portland still pleasantly surprised to not be dead. My trip up to Mt Hood turned into a 21 hour epic. My friend Michael and I climbed a variation of the Reid Glacier headwall but up steeper gullies than usual. Superb ice runnels maybe 10 ft wide at the narrowest. The two of us soloed the bottom 2/3s of the route, with the ( Read more... )
