Thanksgiving walk in the woods: Clay Meadow - Five Mile Point via Fifth Peak.
Took some pictures while out in the storm.
After an approach through St. Elmo's Pass to Winthrop, our intrepid heroes set out for the Liberty Ridge Route, only to find that Mr. Melon was going to wet his pants. Turning around they slogged up the Winthrop to Camp Shurman to try to beat a closing weather window. After a few hours sleep, at 1:00am they set out to summit via Emmons only to be turned around at 13,000 ft by bad weather and reports of poor visibility. Of the attempts from Emmons that night, only one was successful. Half of that party were evacuated by helicopter due to heart trouble. Out of food and fuel, the boys trudged back to the car to regroup, drink beer and eat pie. Over beer and pie, (it's unclear which was more persuasive) the decision was made to attempt the summit via Muir camp. The weather was perfect, the calories were loaded, it all made sense. Friday afternoon, they set out arriving at Muir Camp approximately 6:30pm, dug snow caves, melted snow, ate and slept for 1 hour before a 12:00am departure to beat the horde of other climbers. Through a crystal clear evening complete with partially eclipsed moon, they reached the summit at 6:30 am.
Colin John played at the reception...
[Acoustic]
[Colin John Band]
Daigo's media
[Geoff's wedding in 5 min]
[Photos]
[Slideshow]
[Video of Colin John: Hawaiian Slide - Blues Slide demo at Reception]
Here's the first two days of the latest hike before I fell in a
stream and destroyed my camera...
[Grand Canyon 3.22.08]
Attempted to climb Mt. Edith Cavell via the East Ridge and turned
around. I blame
global warming but it could have been the fear of death. We managed
three other scrambles on the off days and much noodling on the guitar
and ukelele (good idea Nate). 
Spent some time above the Rhone valley examining ruins and losing at
board games.
My neighbor
found this in the front yard. Sounding Stone is taking suggestions as to what this might be a fossil of...
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...and while it gets lost in the U.S. media's hunt
for a product spokesperson, Tyler Hamilton's first year as captain:
Team CSC - first place.
[WP: No I] [USPS Pro Cycling: 2003 Tour] [Team CSC] |
