So I'm sittin at work, I've got my laptop behind my desk. I get up to go use the restroom, making sure there's no customers in the lobby first. When I come out of the restroom I go to start working on a job application, only to find that my laptop has been jacked (once again the lobby is empty). So there's how my day went, some motherfucker ( Read more... )

The lower gorge on the Kalama River in southwest Washington is one of my favorite places to be. With class 3 and 4 rapids in a deep gorge that has a scenic and remote feel despite the fact that the road is rarely more than 200 feet from the river, this run always leaves me smiling.

( Trip Report and Pictures )

Happy birthday Reece, Alisha, and any of you other former fetuses who escaped the womb today.

Just got home from doing a run on the skykomish. Some fun rapids, and a nice relaxing day on the river (for the record I didn't run boulder drop. The entrance was a little too bony for my tastes). Now I'm tired, sore, and kind of cold. Great day.

Did my first night dive last night. We went up to Les Davis park in Tacoma. Did a 45 minute dive with a max depth of 69 feet. For about 15 minutes of the dive we had a seal following us around, waiting for our lights to stun fish, then he'd swoop in and eat them. He came within a foot of me a few times. Definately a cool experience.

Took a trip down to Portland today. Bought a new paddle to replace my poor missing paddle that was left behind on the Sultan. Decided to spend the extra money and get an AT carbon fiber bentshaft paddle. Also picked up an inflatable bulkhead for the sub 7 (foot support is nice). Afterwards met up with Julianne and we headed up to Mt Hood. Got ( Read more... )

Met up with two of the boaters I met at last night's pool session today. We decided to demo some boats (I tried a Bliss Stick Huka)on the Sultan River (guidebook calls it a Class 3+). I got blown into the first rapid before I was ready. I pulled into an eddy right at the start of the rapid and took a quick look. The main obstacles were two huge ( Read more... )

Well, the rains have finally hit. Drove down and looked at the Chehalis River yesterday. Both the main chehalis and the west fork looked like fun (they were both running pretty high). I didn't get a good look at Cape Horn rapid (the toughest on the run) but the Covered Bridge rapid looked like a fun one, with a twisty drop around a boulder on ( Read more... )

Well, I'm out of a job as of January (Rick got back from being deployed to Iraq, so he gets his old job back). I've started applying to different places, and pretty much decided that this would be a good opportunity for a change of scenery ( Read more... )

Hooooooooooooly shit! Dropkick Murphys were AMAZING! We had a big old rowdy pit going, and tons of sing alongs. Any of you who didn't go really missed out. Now I'm really looking forward to seeing Street Dogs on the 16th of november (yep, the day before my birthday, so all you fuckers better come up and celebrate with me). Sore, tired, and ( Read more... )