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rincon
climber
Coarsegold
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May 28, 2016 - 04:36pm PT
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Stepdaughter graduated Law School.
Woot!!!
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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May 28, 2016 - 06:41pm PT
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^^^^. Awesome....just think there might be a future Supreme Court Justice in that picture...maybe even her! Lots of women in that class! Neat!
Susan
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couchmaster
climber
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May 28, 2016 - 06:43pm PT
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Went to go find a hidden climbing area today way back in the upper hidden woods. Good times. Except the pup (ok, shes an elderly 13 year old dawg now) got some kind of stupid wandering lost look kind of like I imagine John (Norton) Schmidt has permanently when posting to Supertopo so I thought we should head back. I then had a similar experience to the dawg. Was a lot of work I guess. Had to pull over at the first market near civilization and drink a GD Coke to make it home and not fall asleep in the car. Never found the place but die connect with a Forest service trail that was shockingly 4-5 miles from where I thought it would be. Now we're drinking wine. Not the pup, she's trying to sleep although when she wakes up she's gone gimpy. Someone else just needs a bath and needs to get off the computer.
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Winemaker
Sport climber
Yakima, WA
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May 28, 2016 - 07:08pm PT
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I finally made the committing decision to start my own wine analysis lab. Only two more months with a steady salary as a winemaker, then it's on me. I almost did this two years ago, but money was an issue. Anyway, with the great support of my wife, I'll be running a LLC in Washington state and trying to make it on my own. Feels scary but good. I've spent about $35k on lab equipment in the last three months and converted a space in the basement into a lab. Hopefully I'll be able to move to a commercial spot in the next six months or so. Time for a change.
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feralfae
Boulder climber
in the midst of a metaphysical mystery
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May 28, 2016 - 07:18pm PT
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Sapphire-blue skies in Fairbanks; got the Caribou stamp on my passport at Poker Creek for going over Top of the World Road to get here. Earlier in the trip, the roads were lined on each margin with flowers, all the way from Whitehorse to the Dawson ferry which took me across the Mighty Yukon River. I saw many nesting Tundra swans, lots of great birds, a bear nonchalantly strolling in the middle of the road, and many caribou.
After four years of serious medical adventures, which I still can barely believe I survived, I am back in our living room, relaxing on one of the leather couches I rescued from a dumpster and restored. I am sipping some celebratory tea. I made it up here in my new (used, but new to me) Forrester, and it has been a great car for the drive. Photos of Doug and Waterman and Alaska's mountains on the walls around me, and so glad to be back home and slowly settling in.
A Great Something was most definitely driving up to Dawson and then taking the Top of the World Road across into Alaska. It was a new route for me, and this time I went through Chicken and Tok, but next time I may take the Eagle route. It was a great experience.
Susan, are you guys getting up to Fiarybanks when you get to Alaska? You are most welcome here. I just put four packages of fresh Copper River salmon in the freezer. (I'm eating the rest this weekend.) I am in and out with work this summer, but hope to be more settled in by September.
feralfae
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Josh Higgins
Trad climber
San Diego
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May 28, 2016 - 07:38pm PT
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Picture says it all!
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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May 28, 2016 - 07:49pm PT
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I caught the red-eye from Denver to NH Thursday night, joining my brother from TX and two other siblings from NH for my Dad's 80th b-day tomorrow.
Yesterday I met a Native American elder, who is a dear friend and mentor, for dinner out and then a ceremonial Healing Circle with old and new friends.
Got to catch up with an old partner, and despite high humidity managed to enjoy three climbs that we had FA'd four years ago and now see a ton of traffic.
Around dinner time, my second brother showed up, and we all ate together with no spouses, kids, grand kids, or other assorted hangers-on. Just my parents and their four kids, alone together. No one can remember when that last happened.
Oh, and in a fit of compassion for the small NH winged wildlife, I donated blood. It just makes you feel good...
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Stone Cowboy
Trad climber
Livermore, CA.
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May 29, 2016 - 05:54am PT
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found an inside gym with a wall in Arizona and got a good workout in. I am very grateful to see my mother and my sister. we go scorpion hunting at night.
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Roger Brown
climber
Oceano, California
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May 29, 2016 - 07:03am PT
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Got laid off from my job Friday. Looks like another summer in Yosemite:-)
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dikhed
climber
State of fugue and disbelief
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May 29, 2016 - 05:09pm PT
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bumping the guide book thread off the front page
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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May 30, 2016 - 05:00am PT
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hey there say, winemaker, congrats, on that new venture...
and wow, CONGRATS feralfae, being BACK HOME...
awww... i know the feel... but for me 'back home' means:
not my old one, but--just HAVING a home, again...
happy thank you, for all you folks that just shared your good news!!!
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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May 30, 2016 - 08:26am PT
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My son and I are are home at the same time! Haven't seen him in three months.
Happy. Happy. Momma
Susan
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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May 30, 2016 - 10:31am PT
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I planted a garden.
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Lollie
Social climber
I'm Lolli.
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Jun 12, 2016 - 03:37pm PT
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Very cool, Andy! :-)
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Jun 12, 2016 - 06:06pm PT
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kaukulators. Thanks Roy!
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Jun 12, 2016 - 08:30pm PT
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My wife Kelly! Well we met at 15, 43 years ago, married 36 this year. She's something great in my life.
Peace
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Jun 14, 2016 - 03:11am PT
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Just got back from a week in the Ditch. First time hands on rock in about 8 months, since I got sick.
Highlights included hanging with friends, hauling freight to Dinner Ledge and camping there so my buddies could blast Skull Queen, and teaching a newer climber how to jug and haul as we headed up to Heart for an overnight - which ended up being the first time I have been in a portaledge in a storm. Stayed dry and managed to get down the next day in between squalls, and got to the base just as it really started pouring. The best part is, for doing more physical work than I have in months, I feel pretty damn good.
Made some new friends, saw old ones. Took lots of pictures. Saw a rattlesnake, a marmot, wild horses with 2 foals, burros and a bear. And of course, got all that great vibe from being in the center of the universe. Life is good.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 14, 2016 - 05:22am PT
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Desiderata, Cowboy?
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Jun 19, 2016 - 04:23pm PT
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Not much yet, but I keep hoping.
Stay tuned and watch this space…
Paddy
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BigB
Trad climber
Red Rock
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Jun 19, 2016 - 09:19pm PT
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Fathers Day! :)
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