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Entries from December 2007

Snow camping

December 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Went camping with Jeff and Ron yesterday. Snowshoed around Twin Lakes and camped on Upper Lake. Walked out this morning. Here is the full set of pictures.
This was a humbling experience for me. Many times I felt like I was kind of at the edge of my comfort level. It gave me new appreciation for [...]

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Tags: monthly hike

Rasslin’

December 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

Tru finished up a 6-week wresting clinic last week. It was pretty much his first exposure to real wrestling and he loved it. Video below (click the picture to play).

Flash | Quicktime

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Tags: Tru

Good books

December 16th, 2007 · No Comments

I’ve been juggling a few good books lately. Here are three that I’ve really loved during the last month or so:
Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard
Chouinard is the founder of Patagonia and this book is about his evolution as a businessman. I saw him speak at Lewis and Clark College a couple of [...]

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Commute video

December 2nd, 2007 · 4 Comments

I’ve been thinking about videotaping my bike commute. I don’t know why I would do that, other than because I find my life so very interesting. There are tons of bike commute videos on YouTube, btw.
Anyway, if I do it, I’m going to set up the big video camera on the handlebars and the small [...]

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