Gear I need:

-one person ultralight tent
-new/resoled climbing shoes
-crash pad
-dynamic dry rope of at least 50m
-sport rack
-trad rack
-new daypack
-vasque hiking boots
-mountaineering boots
-ice tools
-ice screws
-bivy bag
-helmet
-sweet gore-tex gloves
-roof racks for the subaru (system/ski rack acquired. still need a bike rack ( Read more... )

What a dumb semester.

Plans:
-Slog through the next five months.
-Philmont, if accepted. Asheville, if not.
-WEMT school if that works out. If not, immediate ski/climbingbumness.
-Don't look back.

Dear tidal wave of monetary, social, academic, romantic, and existential difficulties,

Can you be surfed?

Love,

Matt.

Something to be said for going to the mountains every weekend.
Something to be said for rarely sleeping in your own bed.
Something to be said for mostly living from the trunk of a car.
Something to be said for finding a new rush every day.

Something is not, "Man, my GPA is going to be so good this semester."

: )

next Saturday, Broken Social Scene, Ashe-Vegas. Be there.

chacun à sa manière

-finish French paper on Camus
-watch The Closet
-write another French paper on The Closet
-finish Philmont application
-talk to Justin from CHASE
-talk to hide from the Lenovo dudes (real jobs are for suckers)
-call that guy about JET
-call that other guy about the program in China
-don't freak out
-don't freak out

I mean, what does everyone else want from life?

Any excuse to sleep in a hammock is a good one. Especially when you get to run the lightshow.

Bands I liked (to be updated):
-Bearfoot

I forgot how awesome Blade Runner is.