Protension: the online journal of Tom Elgin

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

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.

check out a satellite view of the exact spot i camped at in Anza-Borrego a couple weeks ago. you can zoom in/out and scroll around to see the whole park; also switch to map view (link at the top-right of the page) to see road names and stuff, though most of the dirt roads are [...]

downhill mountain biking is scary shit! i don’t think i’m gonna do that too much more. it was hella fun and luckily i didn’t take any big falls. but i’m convinced i was goin places at speeds where if i did fall i woulda been lucky to have just a broken arm or something. i [...]