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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 1
‘Tis the season for a return on an investment- that’s right, it’s growing season and farmers supported by CSAs are churnin’ out the good stuff. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a relatively new phenomenon (<40 years) brought on by the alternative food movement of the 1980s wherein a farmer is able to elicit one time Read more
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A Love Note to Wings America
Day three of the four day drive from New Hampshire to Colorado, and I was running into trouble. Aside from possibly spraining my peroneal retinacula (i.e. one of the ankle tendons) during a run down to a gorge in New York state, my trip had been uneventful. I had not injured my ankle so much as Read more
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American Robins: The Heroes We All Need
It was a common story around my house growing up, the story of Mom, Dad, and Rob. I’m sure I’ll get some of these details wrong, but according to my memory of the story, Mom and Dad found Rob at the base of the big old spruce tree that used to grow in the middle Read more
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Knowing When It’s Time to Turn Around
This past Monday I met up with my friend Eric (from I Love Inclement Weather) and a few of his buddies to go for a hike in the White Mountains. Eric and I are both back in NH from the west for a brief visit, and so it seemed a nice opportunity to catch up over our Read more
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When Road Tripping Isn’t So Fun…
Leaving Boulder was weirdly difficult. I find that the longer I stay in a place, the more it feels like I’ve got peanut butter on my feet when I try to leave. There are always a dozen little things that get in the way. I misplaced my phone charger, I needed to go pick up Read more
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Just in Case You Don’t Know About Jessamyn Stanley
I’m going to be a bit brief today and just tell you about a fantastic person whom I had the great opportunity to see and hear last week, and she is Jessamyn Stanley. To quote directly from her site, Jessamyn “…is a yoga teacher, body positivity advocate, and writer based in Durham, North Carolina.” In the Read more
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