Life in New York
The single best description of life in New York I've read lately, courtesy of 15 Minute Lunch. I am decidedly not a city person, and no amount of talk about "culture" is going to change that. Read it.
Curtis Jones
New Hampshire Ice Climbing
Some ice climbing pictures from our warm-up at Auburn Ice Canyon. The approach is a slog, an easy fifteen-minute walk on packed snow, and we never would have found the place without somebody else's tracks to follow.
FindMeSpot Locator Alert!
Apparently we're still alive. The tracker puts us at Cinema Gully in Crawford Notch State Park, New Hampshire, about half a mile from the gully itself and not moving since last time.
FindMeSpot Locator Alert!
Apparently we're still alive. Another ping from Cinema Gully in Crawford Notch State Park, New Hampshire, now a tenth of a mile out and holding steady.
FindMeSpot Locator Alert!
Apparently we're still alive. The tracker has us near Worcester, Massachusetts, almost five miles from town and parked in place since the last check-in.
FindMeSpot Locator Alert!
Apparently we're still alive. This ping drops us in Boston, Massachusetts, about half a mile from the city center and barely an inch off from last time.
Frisbee Thieving Microsoft-ee & Mount-freakin'-Foraker
It amazes me how the gear for a 4-day ice climbing trip to New Hampshire isn't all that different from a month on a mountain in Alaska. Just a bigger pack, more food, more fuel. A photo from the house, terrible lighting and all.
Hippy
My father on the right, Steve Jobs on the left. Too bad they didn't hang out more.
New Hampshire
Leaving for Boston, then New Hampshire, on Thursday. Depending on the avalanche hazard from Wednesday's snow, we'll hit some or all of a list of mostly easy lines like Shoestring Gully. I've been out of practice since June. Can't wait.
Garmin Blows
I hope my main reason for blogging someday isn't blowing off steam, but Garmin makes it impossible. They're struggling financially, and it's no mystery why: handing them your money is the worst purchasing experience I can imagine. I paid the $99 and still can't download my maps.
