Field camp. day 1 ( Read more... )

It's also my last final paper at UW and I can't bring myself to write the last page and a half, mostly because I'm afraid of trying to find sources on soils (it involves the NRCS website).

ghahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Straight up shit is real and any day could be your last in the jungle ( Read more... )

Ah procrastination. The closest thing to constant in my four years at UW ( Read more... )

I never thought I'd say this, but last night as I was parousing all sorts of archaeology journals, I actually wished that I was solving integrals. The illusion of absolutes is all too attractive ( Read more... )

CRAZY MOROCCAN DRIVING MUSIC!

Anyone else think archaeologists using Ar/Ar dating is a bit absurd?

We use this to date things in the archean for a reason.

Life, it seems, has taken a drastic turn for the better ( Read more... )

I'm all distraught.

High winds, near-record precipitation, weak layers and rain have set up the passes for some epic slides this year. This is a phenomenally dangerous time to think about going into the back country. Here are some pictures:


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