Moab, Utah - Day 5 of our Desert Climbing Road Trip
We had been given a detailed Google Map showing a scenic route from Zion to Indian Creek but decided to take the more direct route of using the 70 most of the way to Moab. It turns out this way was more scenic than we [...]
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Desert Climbing Road Trip - Part 2 - Indian Creek
Desert Climbing Road Trip - Part 1 - Red Rocks and Zion
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
“It’s snowing,” a woman to my right called out. I smiled, thinking, “Aha! There’s another climber who showers folks with a light dusting of chalk!”
Then I saw the white flakes floating from the sky. They melted a moment later on my face and hands. What!?! We were in the Nevada [...]
#JtreeTweetup - Gunsmoke Video Mix
I made a mix of video Luke, Lizzy and I took with my Flip MinoHD at Gunsmoke. The music was provided by Flip so sorry if it’s a little repetitious. It’s currently not in HD as the full file was over a gig in size and Vimeo (even the Pro version) wouldn’t take it. I’ll [...]
#JTreeTweetup - Joshua Tree Tweetup 2009
Oh boy. How am I gonna start this?
Well first I’ll say, “We pulled it off!” We got 20+ folks in Joshua Tree National Park, many who had never been to it before and we didn’t lose, injure or maim anyone. Some may have left with an indelible impression but that can’t be helped.
Setting up the [...]
Gore Experience More Blogger Summit Part 2 - Testing, Competition & Play
Day 2
The Moisture Transfer Rate Equation
After breakfast in the hotel the next order of the day was a visit to the Gore facilities in Elkton, Maryland. This is an actual testing and production plant so occasionally we were not allowed to take photos, such as on the production floor where laminate was being made (the [...]
Gore Experience More Blogger Summit - Part 1 - Why and Wherefore
For 3 days of last week I took part in a whirlwind of travel, learning and play as a guest at Gore’s “Experience More Blogger Summit”. It was an all expense paid trip designed by Gore to get to know their product users and to let folks know their new direction in focusing on connecting [...]
Guest Post: First Big Wall - The Regular Route on Half Dome’s Northwest Face
Note from Rockgrrl: This post is a guest post by Katie London, an awesome local rockgrrl who I met, along with her partner, Ben while climbing around my hometown. They did a write up of their Half Dome, Regular Route experience as a PDF and I asked if they’d mind sharing. They didn’t mind so [...]
Bishop / Mammoth Exploratory Trip Report
“Won’t it be hot?”
That was the number one question I got from people when I told them I was going to The Gorge as part of an extended weekend trip in August.
The answer is, it was, but not necessarily where we went.
Climbing Day 1
The first full day of climbing started early for me, too early [...]
High Sierra / Tuolumne Trip ‘09 - Part 3 Backcountry & Sport Climbs
Day 6 - 7/15
The Parade of climbers continued on Wednesday. Peter, Jamie and I started off by getting a Wilderness permit and going to Ellery Lake to do a 5.9 there but had to leave early to meet up again with the rest of the gang and new arrivals. We rendezvoused with Cliff and Vina [...]
High Sierra / Tuolumne Trip ‘09 - Part 2
Day 3 &4 - 7/12, 7/13
“Whoa! Hey!”
It was around 4 in the morning but I knew what that yelling meant — a bear.
That’s how Sunday started. With a mighty shake of the truck and a bang of a box (the bear was scared off quickly and didn’t get anything luckily) at a crazy hour in [...]
