I really like riding my bike to work along the waterfront. Other than freight trains and cargo container hauling lorries, I’m pretty safe. And I often wonder about the agitation between bicyclists and car drivers, and obviously, I tend to lean towards the bike side. Here’s me with my Fuji Police patrol bike.

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A trip back to North Bend for my birthday

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After being cooked once already, time for a repeat roast

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Leavenworth is way into the Cascades, and in 1962 they decided that the whole place would become a mock Bavarian village. It's pretty weird, everything, even Safeway, Starbucks, all have to use the standard germanic fonts for their logos.

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Went back to Exit 38 in North Bend with the group and this time, made my very first lead climbs outdoors.

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Because everything is better when it has a soundtrack, I started taking tutorials in Premiere and began generating some montages from recent climbing trips.

First go

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Then I decided to play with some older photos

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And my latest effort

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After the exploits at Exit 38, we went down the road to Exit 32 and Mount Si, to try the areas therein…

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Which is just down the road from where we snowboard during the winter months and now clamber here when it’s toasty out. Washington is awesome.

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Some pictures from the crawfish food, booze, and sun fest at Leif’s wilderness compound

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