On Oct 9th, 2009, Brian wrote :
The hallmark of the journey that has taken us away from “real world” things like jobs and into the climbing bum counterculture are the happiness that we experience while climbing and living in natural places, and the personal growth that we experience while expanding our comfort zones on the rock. We avoid making arbitrary goals [...]
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On Oct 9th, 2009, Brian wrote :
Last Sunday Yosemite was hit by a big storm so we didn’t climb at the base of El Cap as planned. But the storm left the valley looking spectacular, with a mist hanging over the snow dusted walls, and we enjoyed an extra rest day and went for a walk. On Monday we headed to [...]
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On Oct 3rd, 2009, Brian wrote :
We’ve been cragging the last two days. On Thursday we went to Knob Hill and yesterday we went to Church Bowl. I’m keeping a list of most of the climbs that we’ve done on Mountain Project. The slick, polished rock and tendency for wide cracks and awkward flares has created a steep learning curve for [...]
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On Sep 30th, 2009, Brian wrote :
We left Seattle on Sunday afternoon for our big climbing road trip that will hopefully take us through the Southwest and beyond. We got a later than planned start due to the fact that we spent Saturday visiting with friends instead of packing, and we ended up driving through the night. We arrived at Camp [...]
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On Sep 30th, 2009, Brian wrote :
On September 7-19 we went on a road trip through the Sierras with my mom. In addition to being a great opportunity to spend time with my mom, we also got to see lots of out of the way sights that Bridgid and I may not have taken the time to drive to otherwise. Click [...]
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