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El Potrero Chico Part 2: A Breakthrough
Everything at EPC changed once I met Ryan, and through Ryan, Sean. Ryan and Sean were roommates from Ohio who were meeting a crew of friends down at EPC for a week of climbing multi-pitch. Ryan and I hit up a multi-pitch called TNT, a five pitch 10a. I ended up leading the 10a pitch, Read more
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Spanish Struggles, Urchin Roe
I had my first exposure to language submersion on my second day in San Juan del Sur. My two Spanish speaking friends and I decided to take a walk up the hill to where Jesus stood looking out over the small city. The night before we had befriended a couple from Argentina, Chaly and Nati. Read more
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A Shout-Out to Tea and Bread
September 8th and 9th Lake Louise A hike was in order. I left Canmore and drove the beautiful Route 1 to Lake Louise, where, despite the sun in Canmore, it was even colder and stormier than the previous few days combined. There, I went up and joined the throngs of people getting their picture taken Read more
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CSA Friday 4: Paneer
Milk is not technically a part of my CSA, but I learned that one of the few raw dairies in the Front Range makes it products available at the 63rd Street Farm on Thursdays. The veggies in the CSA this week inspired me to do some Indian style cooking, and so I set out in search of Read more
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Let’s Talk About Paradigms
Firstly I’d like to direct you to THIS TEDx talk from 2012. If you have the time, please do watch the talk. Jayson Lusk is a professor and agricultural economist at Oklahoma State University and has authored many books about food, technology, and the benefits of the industrial food system. I’ve read that Dr. Lusk Read more
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CSA Friday 3: Bok Choy
Bok choy, the asian vegetable that may have many people scratching their heads- until they taste the deliciousness of this black sheep of the brassica family. That’s right; brassica. That means that it’s relatives include the likes of broccoli, cabbage, kale, and brussel sprouts, or, as I like to call them, the fart veggies. The fart Read more
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There Is No Sleep Like the Sleep of a Camp Counselor
To all of those who are in college or simply elect to be paid ten dollars an hour for the pure joy of working outside and fostering love of the natural world in the next generation, I salute you. Read more
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CSA Friday 2: Turnip Leaf Pesto
Permaculture Design Principle: Produce No Waste. When you have an extra bit of vegetable matter such a the tops of radishes, turnips, carrots, etc., it’s always important to remember that these things can still be eaten! There are hard-earned vitamins and minerals in those leaves. Those little plants spend weeks photosynthesizing their hearts out through Read more
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These Are Days to Be Appreciated
The rock was at once sharp and slippery on my clammy hands and my breath puffed out in little jets as I worked to maintain control of my mind and my body. I was working on the “Monkey Traverse” on Flagstaff Road in Boulder, a bouldering problem perfectly designed (by…Mother Earth?) for a climber like Read more
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