Fiction vs Reality
I'm about a third of the way into Atlas Shrugged, and I can't help but laugh when I see headlines about government stimulus packages and their intended benefits.
Curtis Jones
Denali 2010 Changes
My part-time (ha ha) team from Denali this year has renewed their interest in a return visit in 2010. Somehow I managed to contain my squeals of delight. I was thinking that I would probably bring entirely separate gear if it happens; tent and everything. It'll make it
Background Pictures
I'm picky about my desktop pictures, usually settling on just a plain grey instead of a distracting picture; and once I find a suitable picture, it usually stays there for months.
I was reading Atlas Shrugged this evening when I noticed the moon right behind this figurehead statue
High[er] Resolution
Google finally added some higher resolution imagery of Denali, but only this little strip ... which conveniently misses the summit by not much more than a couple of miles. Stupid. Why bother, if they're going to miss the summit? What else could they possibly have been aiming for in
Not a Workout
If you have the ability to sing along with your music while working out, then, to the lady on the treadmill beside me: 3.5mph for five minutes is _not_ actually working out in any meaningful sense. Your singing did make me want to go faster, in an effort to
The Money Shot
Call me hopelessly optimistic, but since 1) I love my watch and 2) I forgot to leave it in Talkeetna, I figured I'd take the opportunity to photograph it on the summit - and send the photo to Tag Heuer, since, you know, they'd be inclined
Pig Hill
So, the path from High Camp (camp 5) to the summit includes climbing Denali Pass, then a bunch of smaller and winding "hills", followed by dropping down into the Football Field, climbing Pig Hill and then finally the Summit Ridge. Altogether it's about three thousand vertical
Ender's Game
I had prematurely finished my reading material (Anthem) while hanging out in Anchorage (it was a 2.4 mile walk between the hotel and the movie theater, and I was reading while walking), so I picked up my first Orson Scott Card book, Ender's Game. Highly entertaining. The
Heading Home
Not very fast though. I couldn't get a flight back to New York until Saturday. I floated around in the hotel pool for a few blissful moments. That was fun. Here's my obligatory gps-pic from the summit.
I walked 2.4 miles to the closest theater
Star Trek
Star Trek came out today. But I'm not watching it. Because I'm stuck on a mountain in Alaska. Instead, I get to see it after it's been sitting in a theater for a month, getting all stale. I guess it's all for