climbing

We had grand plans: a Winter traverse of the Presidential Range in the White Mountain National Forest. A little over eighteen miles (not a distance record for any of us). Nearly five days of food and fuel. Heavy packs filled with just-in-case gear to keep us alive and moderately comfortable

It's finally time. I have all of my gear in a large pile on the floor (soon to be in a duffel bag) and a reservation for a car to haul me (and my gear) to the airport at 6am tomorrow morning. US Airways will probably take much

It's beautiful. It's not stupid like pretty much everything post-Street Fighter 2; it has all of the good characters (and a really gay "Dan" character that I hadn't seen before - what's the deal?); and it seals my fate: I&

It was nearly midnight last night as I finally decided to go to sleep. I was in bed and I found that my fancy new two-way radio was within arm's reach. This didn't surprise me much because I intentionally put it within arm's reach

Until today the definite plan was to pick up an iPod Touch (32GB) and load it full of movies. What better way to spend day after day, stuck in a tent, enduring a storm? I could easily fit a few dozen movies and still have room for a decent supply

Just finished up a week of ice climbing. It's so much fun. My memory of ice climbing a year ago still had me believing that ice climbing was fun (although hard), and I was pleased to find that after another week of it, it definitely is fun (and

The day has come. I dusted off my half-sharpened crampons and threw on my new boots: I realized that I hadn't yet sized the crampons for these boots, so I got that taken care of. Then I opened up the trunks of climbing gear and pulled out everything

I think somethings wrong with me. Well, more wrong than normal. Cabin fever or something. But in reverse. But not. What I'm trying to say is that I just finished setting up my tent in the middle of my apartment. It's like escaping the confines of

I admit to having read this email several times. From: [email protected] To: [redacted] Sent: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 6:16 pm Subject: New England Climbers Denali 2009 Hello [redacted], All of your paperwork is in order and you should get your confirmation in the next few weeks.

Wow. Almost half way there. My climbing cohorts are on a cruise in the Caribbean, probably getting fat and lazy instead of studiously training. I did seven training sessions this past week: two on the stairs (one running, one climbing), and five trips to the gym. I doubt I'