Archive for the 'Outdoors' Category

Keep’em Coming

Tuesday, February 7th, 2006

Another weekend, another camping trip.

This time it was to Joshua Tree for OTL’s semesterly leader training. I didn’t think I was going to go, since I don’t technically work for OTL any more. But one of the current staff couldn’t make it, and I’ve done this a bunch and I like doing it [...]

Carpe Dies

Monday, January 30th, 2006

seems to mean there will always be loose ends.

I am having trouble making it past the top one or two priorities on my to-do list. Meaning I’ve still only done 2 out of 13 chapters of the statistics I would’ve liked to have finished in December.

On the bright side, I went mountain biking on [...]

Dancing for Rain

Thursday, November 24th, 2005

We’re losing daylight but I cant work any faster. Under the veil of dusk we go on, Don’t close your eyes. What if it all disappears in the shadows that reach for the stars?

The last six months have been great, but the last two days were amazing. Hard to [...]

Ant… ici… pation…

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005

I’m leaving this at the top of my blog until Mount Hood opens.

Then I get out my brand new (previously owned, unused) Burton Canyon 158 with Flow bindings and the new Vans Fargo Boa boots (no laces!).

Backpacking Oahu

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

I had promised to post more about my week and a half in Oahu… here goes.

This is the view I got one afternoon after doing some day hiking above Waikiki (which is the beach just east of Honolulu).

Panorama from above Waikiki Click the picture to see a bigger version.

More pictures are up on my .Mac account. I even captioned them!

Aloha from the North Shore!

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

I just came to O’ahu for my cousin Jeff’s wedding last Sunday and I’ve been touring the island on my own since then.

SCBMF

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

Black Canyon

I just returned from co-leading an Orientation Adventure trip for 12 incoming Pomona students. Guess what, it was awesome.

Disappointed

Saturday, August 6th, 2005

I feel a drop of warm liquid hit my hand. That better not be blood. I hear the hiss of air leaving a tire. Damn. On the bright side, I got excitement and an opportunity to practice.