On Valentine's Day, Vickie and I went to the arboretum to shoot photos. We really enjoyed wandering around, setting up our cameras, and then scrambling through underbrush to find that just right angle. I have been shooting everything on full manual, which is working well except for focus ( Read more... )

For all y'all that aren't on facebook (or haven't friended me), I changed my status there. Since I have space to write here, let's use it ( Read more... )

Vickie and I took our first road trip this past weekend, driving up to Whistler to stay with many of our friends. Along the way we had many pleasant experiences and our relationship has grown despite (or perhaps because of) being forced to spend so many hours together ( Read more... )

On Saturday, I went out climbing for snow travel practice. I thought the plan was go up a short distance (1-2 miles, 1000' gain) and practice ice axe arrest, etc.

( Report + Photos )

Games on Friday at katmerlin. Played charades. I got a bunch of easy draws. Then played Settlers, where I played my rock strategy to good effect (i.e., winning).

Saturday took a hike up to Lake Serene in the 40s and rainy day we had. The lake looked rather nice ( Read more... )

The short version: I woke at 4am on Saturday and hiked 15 miles up 6000' and took in expansive views.

( Long version with photos )

Lots of stuff has happened that I keep forgetting to write about. Let's summarize ( Read more... )

Two weeks ago, I was part of a small group that attempted Mt Adams. This past weekend, I lead a larger group on Mt St Helens. We set out in four well defined groups, but set acceptable paces for each of us, scattering into 8 smaller groups. Each one had at least one experienced climber, so no worries ( Read more... )

Climb three mountains for a combined 30 miles and 12,000' of elevation gain ( Read more... )

I hiked up to Camp Muir today, then snowboarded back down to Paradise.

Very awesome weather. Very long day.