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23 August 2016 “I need to get you to sign some paperwork before I leave” he says. He is sitting on the counter in the…
24 July 2017–The waning gibbous moon provides ample early morning light as our crampons crunch on less than hard snow. Despite the ample ambient lighting,…
Damn her. Damn her for putting ideas in my head, ideas that had never crossed my mind. I was content to do what I do. …
Read the PostRuts and Roller Coasters (on being a NOLS instructor part IX)
My WordPress Dashboard tells me that the previous post The Reason (part III) was my 100th. Thank you to all who have continued to click…
As with so many of my vertically inclined endeavors, this one seemed doubtful from the start. It was to be a short afternoon of clipping…
It started the same way and ended the same way. Driving in, the road was still rough. Walking out the beers were still in the…
The cold, clear December night was in its infancy, early enough that Orion was still low on the eastern horizon, having just risen over the…
Editor’s Note–This is continuation of a post I wrote about a trip I took down Labyrinth Canyon in April of 2013 Find the first part…
“Man that line is awesome” I say to no one in particular. Of the king lines we have seen this one has by far drawn…
The fully primed, reassembled sign was ready for its first coat of paint. With a few hours left in the day and a few days…
31 December 2013 — I need to call Orbitz. “¿Puedo utilisar el telefono?” I query. “Si. Ahhh, number quatro” The woman at the desk of…
Editors Note: This is a blog post I wrote back in the Autumn of 2012 during my first sojourn south to New Zealand. Though slightly…
Read the PostSeven Months In Advance (on being a NOLS instructor part VIII)
They are the best of times, they are the worst of times, they are places of wisdom, they are places of foolishness, they are places…