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...of the reflections and refractions of our lives. Photos of adventures, misadventures and just plain ventures. Maybe even some raves and rants for friends to catch up and keep up with the journey...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-88000876026945725432019-04-21T14:21:00.001-07:002019-04-21T14:44:41.888-07:00Thorn Fascination Weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
A weekend of fascinators with Thorn family and friends.</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-44368247415375671752009-12-24T17:51:00.000-08:002009-12-24T17:59:39.676-08:001959<h2 style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://jazz24.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/1959-50-years-ago-and-still-the-best-year-in-jazz/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: 1959 – 50 Years Ago and Still the Best Year in Jazz">50 Years Ago and Still the Best Year in Jazz</a></h2><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">50 years ago certainly told some sad stories in jazz, including the death of Billie Holiday and Lester Young. But 1959 still appears to be the year that produced some of the most influential albums in jazz history. Here is a list of the best from 1959 (and thanks to Robin Lloyd for the list, and pointing out their similar anniversary).</p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>1. Kind of Blue – Miles Davis</strong></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-422" title="kind of blue" src="http://jazz24.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/kind-of-blue.jpg?w=150&h=150" alt="kind of blue" width="150" height="150" />The most legendary album in jazz history easily takes the top spot on this list. The original album still sells 5,000 copies a week. A two-CD “Legacy Edition” version of this album was released celebrating the 50th anniversary, including alternate takes, false starts, and a 17-minute live version of <em>So What</em>.<code><br /></code></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>2. Time Out – Dave Brubeck</strong></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-423" title="time out" src="http://jazz24.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/time-out.jpg?w=150&h=150" alt="time out" width="150" height="150" />The album that left the 4/4 time signature behind, was the first jazz album to have a single (<em>Take Five</em>) that sold one million copies. Sony will release its own 50th Anniversary edition of Time Out this Tuesday, featuring three discs. Disc one will feature a newly remastered edition of the original. Disc two is a 30-minute DVD interview with Dave Brubeck talking about the making of Time Out, with never before seen footage, and Disc three is a compilation of recently discovered tapes at the Newport Jazz Festival from 1961, 1963, and 1964.</p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>3. Giant Steps – John Coltrane</strong></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-424" title="giant steps" src="http://jazz24.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/giant-steps.jpg?w=150&h=150" alt="giant steps" width="150" height="150" />Another great album where every song became a jazz standard. The album features two different trios, with bassist Paul Chambers being the only member to participate in both. Constant chord changes and wonderful improvisation made this a classic.</p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>4. Mingus Ah Um – Charles Mingus</strong></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-425" title="mingus" src="http://jazz24.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/mingus.jpg?w=150&h=150" alt="mingus" width="150" height="150" />As mentioned earlier, the great Lester Young died in 1959, and Mingus Ah Um is highlighted with a wonderful tribute to Young called <em>Good Bye Pork Pie Hat</em>. Columbia has also released a two disc “Legacy Edition” of this album this year, featuring unedited versions of tunes that were shortened for the original version, as well as some great outtakes.</p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>5. The Shape of Jazz to Come – Ornette Coleman</strong></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-426" title="shape of jazz" src="http://jazz24.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/shape-of-jazz.jpg?w=150&h=150" alt="shape of jazz" width="150" height="150" />Released exactly 50 years ago last Friday, The Shape of Jazz to Come basically said “forget about the rules, just let me play”. That might sound sloppy (the description, not the music), but Coleman might have just looked at things differently than those before him. He always heard a melody, and managed to create great jazz with freedom that didn’t sound chaotic.</p><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">This post is a post on Groove Notes by Kevin Kniestedt who hosts Grooveyard show on KPLU, as well as host on Jazz24</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-21078120168373682272009-06-15T00:24:00.000-07:002009-06-15T00:26:03.959-07:00Girlz<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtAnrRDfPCIHfSJ45XiLYhHzSzMzcXvtXSs_-ULRjAwS9-eVyFK_JYGdhirj5NnJc09vF4CNAWxr0JxFiITQV4EQPT_K8krcJWV-t3Yl68etmLzB3zxLfm6OIotHoMXhiR1nBOwU3s8A/s1600-h/IMG_8782.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtAnrRDfPCIHfSJ45XiLYhHzSzMzcXvtXSs_-ULRjAwS9-eVyFK_JYGdhirj5NnJc09vF4CNAWxr0JxFiITQV4EQPT_K8krcJWV-t3Yl68etmLzB3zxLfm6OIotHoMXhiR1nBOwU3s8A/s320/IMG_8782.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347452182091684626" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-43429223328715511552008-11-10T22:06:00.000-08:002008-11-10T23:41:51.422-08:00Parents Weekend, St Johns CollegeThe next weekend I flew to Annapolis to attend "Parents Weekend" at <a href="http://sjca.edu/">St. Johns College</a> What a buzz that was...<br />Couch crashing, auditing classes and much revelry...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LhgjozYCIRGoKp3ChgVoH-U1sI3DNYRkv-lmj0Bf7i2c2KBiuuhtQkdAybSLCj3EcNGUMW77lC4-oRdIKzOV3Gzc9I4KNnsdpeTtFgqhtFT3apx5MVv2INzCLgQdZN3aulD8L5MYxY4/s1600-h/00059.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LhgjozYCIRGoKp3ChgVoH-U1sI3DNYRkv-lmj0Bf7i2c2KBiuuhtQkdAybSLCj3EcNGUMW77lC4-oRdIKzOV3Gzc9I4KNnsdpeTtFgqhtFT3apx5MVv2INzCLgQdZN3aulD8L5MYxY4/s320/00059.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267281264757155554" border="0" /></a><br />Jet lagging in the kitchen<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyvNVXaHvSRiZuEWE_9LgfFWG-2abcR_6F_970AtWQ90J6PZoiqZN4tGWRkou8SznHUJFLs7rhY2eQ3sdF9QMBE0A6SvZ4shl983i1fR59Guln49-j4Qoo3Q0X2SwiiGdbpU_HFxGsKs/s1600-h/00061.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyvNVXaHvSRiZuEWE_9LgfFWG-2abcR_6F_970AtWQ90J6PZoiqZN4tGWRkou8SznHUJFLs7rhY2eQ3sdF9QMBE0A6SvZ4shl983i1fR59Guln49-j4Qoo3Q0X2SwiiGdbpU_HFxGsKs/s320/00061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267281268716085138" border="0" /></a><br />Home, away from home...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyg4HhQQWevCPFyaSmwUSG5-OdETOuNHEzdM2tnf1-c_9ZK69MQz9LTdD1t5T_zol0n7AFgxpetHieLcZ9lmxmgAJe-5jmdnAGl29Tf1RxpdVXYVgp-5pq8AWXZDh0Xh3VVWMb9uk29h4/s1600-h/00066.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyg4HhQQWevCPFyaSmwUSG5-OdETOuNHEzdM2tnf1-c_9ZK69MQz9LTdD1t5T_zol0n7AFgxpetHieLcZ9lmxmgAJe-5jmdnAGl29Tf1RxpdVXYVgp-5pq8AWXZDh0Xh3VVWMb9uk29h4/s320/00066.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267281279381469842" border="0" /></a><br />The cool painting in the foyer next to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solid">five Platonic solids</a> ( Euclid Book 13)<br />Tetrahedron; Hexahedron or Cube; Octahedron; Dodecahedron; Icosahedron.<br />The name of each figure is derived from the number of its faces: respectively 4, 6, 8, 12, and 20.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1W7T06kgDL86PK2QTvDKHiyvxHSL0ybG6b4_s0I6EIPahqKM0-FtmgMNzxflJQ7s2ZLSQbzMzlNRKVJGCQ2L1S3cSj-jiX5Iwsn_JzJWFo1r3xlSPGws1rudNDP3mCyiMszE2XPg004/s1600-h/00068.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1W7T06kgDL86PK2QTvDKHiyvxHSL0ybG6b4_s0I6EIPahqKM0-FtmgMNzxflJQ7s2ZLSQbzMzlNRKVJGCQ2L1S3cSj-jiX5Iwsn_JzJWFo1r3xlSPGws1rudNDP3mCyiMszE2XPg004/s320/00068.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267281282659488498" border="0" /></a><br />Mr. Russell (amazing jazz musician/singer) and Acacia<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUukjNPPLHhp12CSNpU_IDYqHsn6iRgpURVDWGzM13maWvybXZvz8EShCOR2x5TiZpTvGfYw96gwMOHCK0qW9c1Xu0btFFn0w08dX5CmGaaN_F7v7gso6a8aDKiRjuSOPFCaZJ8XMQzlU/s1600-h/00118.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUukjNPPLHhp12CSNpU_IDYqHsn6iRgpURVDWGzM13maWvybXZvz8EShCOR2x5TiZpTvGfYw96gwMOHCK0qW9c1Xu0btFFn0w08dX5CmGaaN_F7v7gso6a8aDKiRjuSOPFCaZJ8XMQzlU/s320/00118.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267283353989699698" border="0" /></a><br />Athena... slayer guarding the entrance to campus<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmc1Y0pA_RmAZo6Ddii3C880nmI6f2bDNJ6gpWq9qs-Bbqb97UBVpOkf99Rra4LYSMY-1UoTSGFC4BLs3PKxDA4CrQq_bLbeDn-0v33vd8283mIAXiZMxodk52B-FKBmsXif2FHP6Hsc/s1600-h/00076.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmc1Y0pA_RmAZo6Ddii3C880nmI6f2bDNJ6gpWq9qs-Bbqb97UBVpOkf99Rra4LYSMY-1UoTSGFC4BLs3PKxDA4CrQq_bLbeDn-0v33vd8283mIAXiZMxodk52B-FKBmsXif2FHP6Hsc/s320/00076.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267281287866418562" border="0" /></a><br />St Johns College<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2634WsZA9K_U0ngpiub1Xh1MMI9cqnA4uG2_zCAxs1UzV533RTjeR5paRjLqp3710fepebfKwOayHlWyeH7MtVkIWLp7kn8Ckh3GdTZ24Nspz3E3QVkDbDXmMDHP3-U1aTgqg4zt9H4/s1600-h/00078.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2634WsZA9K_U0ngpiub1Xh1MMI9cqnA4uG2_zCAxs1UzV533RTjeR5paRjLqp3710fepebfKwOayHlWyeH7MtVkIWLp7kn8Ckh3GdTZ24Nspz3E3QVkDbDXmMDHP3-U1aTgqg4zt9H4/s320/00078.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267283331447125730" border="0" /></a><br />Who are those parents?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipuenM-1e1c0lXjgScSnGXHja_Ew9K4AGa41SLyG4i05czQDP39OXM-pZW_nlSWmQhi1s6gUqH-FEkD65-q66aHKXPd8ElHyaqcsSIn1cHBq7Z2BnR6uZuntDZlYT-faolMvQyyYh_95E/s1600-h/00134.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipuenM-1e1c0lXjgScSnGXHja_Ew9K4AGa41SLyG4i05czQDP39OXM-pZW_nlSWmQhi1s6gUqH-FEkD65-q66aHKXPd8ElHyaqcsSIn1cHBq7Z2BnR6uZuntDZlYT-faolMvQyyYh_95E/s320/00134.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267283358179598914" border="0" /></a><br />the Spartans pretty much rule in DC<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_wcNMX8VhImY84zKUVS_Oxg9PqCGk3icXkZT6Gk82l05o0maxIvr17L70S63Os-iLhyphenhyphenpi0YSH4MBJGfsiCGbdH54kKRGA57j7hXWP4UYjFePWHCnwaWPBKClIkND8ZlPQYa4f6tmT3o/s1600-h/00140.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_wcNMX8VhImY84zKUVS_Oxg9PqCGk3icXkZT6Gk82l05o0maxIvr17L70S63Os-iLhyphenhyphenpi0YSH4MBJGfsiCGbdH54kKRGA57j7hXWP4UYjFePWHCnwaWPBKClIkND8ZlPQYa4f6tmT3o/s320/00140.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267283770814387026" border="0" /></a><br />Hermes<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGk2v8hsmhvgEwv2rBB5hqA2mmIO2KdYD2h-IW4LW5GJGwShWtNuV2DkVlblGwOpNtQ5NkIfkA6IMHjNmD4fC6Wc29CPFqUj7TR0Si6gDBC2QNZ_3es1WsCpuyxZPqHxVcGk0i4Rsrcw/s1600-h/00116.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGk2v8hsmhvgEwv2rBB5hqA2mmIO2KdYD2h-IW4LW5GJGwShWtNuV2DkVlblGwOpNtQ5NkIfkA6IMHjNmD4fC6Wc29CPFqUj7TR0Si6gDBC2QNZ_3es1WsCpuyxZPqHxVcGk0i4Rsrcw/s320/00116.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267283350359252034" border="0" /></a><br />Acacia dancing with the devil at the waltz party.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkopexAN4YzE1yD782ClHrRf4z39cfYEbkxbhzLKWTohFdAfG0aH2LIZRl-U6mDJXF6PaQDymtNXy3iaJ2qE5VyIIieYINdlOc1NeFmg4d6b-xb4dxXs2smOqm8urDb6AgyrnSO_UfxYk/s1600-h/00142.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkopexAN4YzE1yD782ClHrRf4z39cfYEbkxbhzLKWTohFdAfG0aH2LIZRl-U6mDJXF6PaQDymtNXy3iaJ2qE5VyIIieYINdlOc1NeFmg4d6b-xb4dxXs2smOqm8urDb6AgyrnSO_UfxYk/s320/00142.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267283779619018530" border="0" /></a><br />On the mall, DCUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-11435463355413343662008-11-10T21:54:00.000-08:002008-11-10T22:06:34.731-08:00A few weeks ago I got together with Ade and we zipped up to Mt. Baker to catch the seasonal window for ice on Colfax Peak.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLiiafXDSkqHFWHt8_dcz4g3CdKeXqIslR7ZeI-jUnaAGWXEq7zfhVz8IuznOdtHb6JT5THOCya2QUNJCLDt1CtznTTzndsalYWUGYWRRfJWR40xQL110XV0eQxb80D1Z7yqcvsWWL1U/s1600-h/colfax_002.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLiiafXDSkqHFWHt8_dcz4g3CdKeXqIslR7ZeI-jUnaAGWXEq7zfhVz8IuznOdtHb6JT5THOCya2QUNJCLDt1CtznTTzndsalYWUGYWRRfJWR40xQL110XV0eQxb80D1Z7yqcvsWWL1U/s320/colfax_002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267275359794866898" border="0" /></a><br />Looking pretty ominous on the approach.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2TqI0UfUmjanXeNJV2nxRda4qLVqqIKer9_yHZHkJrPGyRrJ7asTvLtosz9E_JVud77nnrdNFMjGlbII7YTZM-5_jXMHG6fD7OfJeGtLPR5W8xIQLrB0yCe0GAMk0-P6_W_ROcd3ctE/s1600-h/colfax_014.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2TqI0UfUmjanXeNJV2nxRda4qLVqqIKer9_yHZHkJrPGyRrJ7asTvLtosz9E_JVud77nnrdNFMjGlbII7YTZM-5_jXMHG6fD7OfJeGtLPR5W8xIQLrB0yCe0GAMk0-P6_W_ROcd3ctE/s320/colfax_014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267275354587840194" border="0" /></a><br />Following one of the upper pitches.<br /><br />Photos courtesy of <a href="http://www.ademiller.com/climbing/gallery/cascades/colfax_2008/index.htm">AdeMiller.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-30376918721370366732008-08-31T23:26:00.000-07:002008-11-10T23:28:01.906-08:00CrossFit Kids cert weekendKallista and I took a trip to San Diego for a CrossFit Kids Certification. We arrived a couple days early and were able to make the rounds visiting with friends and dropping in on affiliates.<br /><br />First stop, <a href="http://www.fitnessbeyondthebox.typepad.com/">Fitness Beyond the Box</a> for a workout (mini-Murph) with Susan Robinson.<br /><br />In the afternoon some lifting at <a href="http://www.mikesgym.org/">Mike's Gym</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCR7X6WW5qWyuuviRO4-cJOHYaEP2BRJRSvRp24NjGKoYEcsA4lE3sCsa9zthpXuUwvkuGDd0EEZl8HUkS5PVa35_1dl6c5jUtcol6PEZxQIZMMw0-RaOoKoWlkBYxu3cLDxXpk2ExcA/s1600-h/00014.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCR7X6WW5qWyuuviRO4-cJOHYaEP2BRJRSvRp24NjGKoYEcsA4lE3sCsa9zthpXuUwvkuGDd0EEZl8HUkS5PVa35_1dl6c5jUtcol6PEZxQIZMMw0-RaOoKoWlkBYxu3cLDxXpk2ExcA/s320/00014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240936279960621442" border="0" /></a>Video review with Coach B<br /><br />The next day a stop at <a href="http://training.ustactical.com/">US Crossfitl</a> in Encinitas<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wy6oYKZ6Q2Zz8ekOBo1sxidtbOuSzUUcDhxTndXxSR8S5HxLgupuAFxNrTHTBcIbNEQn7YH9KBr0qyiNeO_aHeT6udCtZNaqmESNJOQC2rFeEYFmhppZIbchGNnfgfgnaSzM3VBuyOY/s1600-h/00025.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wy6oYKZ6Q2Zz8ekOBo1sxidtbOuSzUUcDhxTndXxSR8S5HxLgupuAFxNrTHTBcIbNEQn7YH9KBr0qyiNeO_aHeT6udCtZNaqmESNJOQC2rFeEYFmhppZIbchGNnfgfgnaSzM3VBuyOY/s320/00025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240936284453325378" border="0" /></a>with Randy.<br /><br /><br />At the Cert.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGQonvJ3EevKMiLkWomPAjV5WiOfwdW4VWBAdihHh-OJs38FWxeaEfHIPY0ub3dqYtj5nir80t9r-sla6jLWV8ZG2Dg5EUdDhKjUeT_-hyykuG3rFVdZGGtKPf7-AGJfsBfE-PObUO1A/s1600-h/00041.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGQonvJ3EevKMiLkWomPAjV5WiOfwdW4VWBAdihHh-OJs38FWxeaEfHIPY0ub3dqYtj5nir80t9r-sla6jLWV8ZG2Dg5EUdDhKjUeT_-hyykuG3rFVdZGGtKPf7-AGJfsBfE-PObUO1A/s320/00041.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240936290365611282" border="0" /></a>...with Eric LeClair of <a href="http://www.teamcrossfitacademy.com/">Elite Fitness<br /></a><br />Kallista <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4uMKi6Ho-goaI1nRXdCYGN-in2z0KwyIFGK90CUqilr-g1aq7Yj2Uz3ik_ZpfXQ8l2RRxJuwJN6DvqNNP46xBkbdpsYAm3P25lYZ31cnfHMorLs2HJjVBmvFw8S-stp0tMQT4cBpGy8s/s1600-h/00110.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4uMKi6Ho-goaI1nRXdCYGN-in2z0KwyIFGK90CUqilr-g1aq7Yj2Uz3ik_ZpfXQ8l2RRxJuwJN6DvqNNP46xBkbdpsYAm3P25lYZ31cnfHMorLs2HJjVBmvFw8S-stp0tMQT4cBpGy8s/s320/00110.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241309245674987042" border="0" /></a>with Beth of <a href="http://crossfithollister.com/">Crossfit Hollister</a><br /><br />Showdown...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFcExGbAQG7GiyWuY-wp62wjrX_Kv1N6AkAnQKn76yrvxlSYmT9AsFEZwKNic7WFaNpGnz7bJVgbuDhwyemvBMXpnZqtR-U3pVDFxkWVXRGrimN_eQxv5BcqfJoQ5spp3Yc0s36odP1U/s1600-h/00086.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFcExGbAQG7GiyWuY-wp62wjrX_Kv1N6AkAnQKn76yrvxlSYmT9AsFEZwKNic7WFaNpGnz7bJVgbuDhwyemvBMXpnZqtR-U3pVDFxkWVXRGrimN_eQxv5BcqfJoQ5spp3Yc0s36odP1U/s320/00086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240936299142174914" border="0" /></a>with Keegan of <a href="http://www.brandxmartialarts.com/">BrandX/CrossFit Kids</a><br /><br />Get some...<br />3 Rounds<br />3 Burpee/ front tuck<br />10 hang power snatch<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxp0UcqlXgKzz-YCgtLhR5a1jAXnj1U8W200smEIjwARRb4HvL0cPczWNUd8YgQbdossJh8lWfCxUf-5vufow6zElRDBNuSGu3HK1liTs4xnV0DHlQELUgNLNB8Zecdu3FAKvZx0sZn8/s1600-h/00100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxp0UcqlXgKzz-YCgtLhR5a1jAXnj1U8W200smEIjwARRb4HvL0cPczWNUd8YgQbdossJh8lWfCxUf-5vufow6zElRDBNuSGu3HK1liTs4xnV0DHlQELUgNLNB8Zecdu3FAKvZx0sZn8/s320/00100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240936303945829362" border="0" /></a><br />Great weekend, great people, fun times.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-32238025005661295802008-08-24T23:27:00.000-07:002008-08-24T23:48:34.729-07:00Orbit, again...Back to the Snow Creek wall for one of the best routes in Washington at its grade, not to mention a little spice, too. A visiting climbing friend of Kurts, Keren and I zoomed out to Leavenworth for a day of climbing. A super fun day of climbing with exceptional weather sandwiched between two storm cycles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDEVEpAemf4WervEWDArRLDKgf6onReTk3BmSXkHOW4qTstwSjgfPcCGBE0xrzRUJag8kMFba-jnB9EIoUAf873U5XQZov0XV5KCNU4qwiMpk78zTa4mA_ERy9D4WxEQVEQEoFueyF2M/s1600-h/00017.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDEVEpAemf4WervEWDArRLDKgf6onReTk3BmSXkHOW4qTstwSjgfPcCGBE0xrzRUJag8kMFba-jnB9EIoUAf873U5XQZov0XV5KCNU4qwiMpk78zTa4mA_ERy9D4WxEQVEQEoFueyF2M/s320/00017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238340324662463570" border="0" /></a>Leading off P2<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0Gg3i8E9F4Dy6E0B4XU6CBEkby2ygpfQUa3S54lXyb-apji_aYK3UYb7554yAFlVzxwjN1pjCarJCONhCeTBIJbZEArtLAipNr21QXdGGz2zoUsKeZxkEN9um6EJ5j34E8klEBm_4WQ/s1600-h/00020.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0Gg3i8E9F4Dy6E0B4XU6CBEkby2ygpfQUa3S54lXyb-apji_aYK3UYb7554yAFlVzxwjN1pjCarJCONhCeTBIJbZEArtLAipNr21QXdGGz2zoUsKeZxkEN9um6EJ5j34E8klEBm_4WQ/s320/00020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238340335045519266" border="0" /></a>Crux pitch.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheKhVcFVOZcadvzNZaKjbXEKPPbjV41oL0k_Zp_bdi2GCBTcHZNi6Qc7UdV8DjKW6VOB6jFf1vF_IgdT8nQ0Ebg3CuHMU6-9qG_cs7c0NSKNxjMtsjmz0gtQ0copvqq0Qrij_wCMbMXiQ/s1600-h/00034.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheKhVcFVOZcadvzNZaKjbXEKPPbjV41oL0k_Zp_bdi2GCBTcHZNi6Qc7UdV8DjKW6VOB6jFf1vF_IgdT8nQ0Ebg3CuHMU6-9qG_cs7c0NSKNxjMtsjmz0gtQ0copvqq0Qrij_wCMbMXiQ/s320/00034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238341381775903746" border="0" /></a>Top of the 5th...<br /><br />Another great day, climbing in Washington!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-70995003537491861362008-08-17T23:00:00.000-07:002008-08-24T23:26:52.996-07:00Black MountainCan-Am Fly-in.<br />I got my second flight of the month in over three years...<br />No wind launch, sled ride and slid in on a no wind landing. Probably scared the crap out of the local pilots when I ended up drifting out of position on base and threading it through a slot in the trees where somebody cratered some time ago.<br />I chowed down at the barbecue and headed home. I spite of a rumor of improving conditions tomorrow, I didn't want to "burn" up another day, it was +90 deg. and 90% humidity.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyUuCFueHP4sw6srZdTqxTbsZp2kedaK2jFSND7wKvQgcX8X31UB8Q2tF4zfzuB5iRav-TgU06gIEmBVkWh4b_NFydCT6IsvBIfzyshq6lnhyk7yOE0ARw-86dquhmYNU_WrIhui375I/s1600-h/00009.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyUuCFueHP4sw6srZdTqxTbsZp2kedaK2jFSND7wKvQgcX8X31UB8Q2tF4zfzuB5iRav-TgU06gIEmBVkWh4b_NFydCT6IsvBIfzyshq6lnhyk7yOE0ARw-86dquhmYNU_WrIhui375I/s320/00009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238336915148548818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-DKqxuBCrzrpgfj6p5pUMz9D7ANq0j4ELYLqzKLpkgI6j2OTlY8jmzzTJJxc3Wx94wriCinOEOb1dJzH08FMXiGadq6ok1rx8k5d10kxzlg-JBLIgsZnYR7phqWe8t7JsnC4mXS4qG0/s1600-h/00015.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-DKqxuBCrzrpgfj6p5pUMz9D7ANq0j4ELYLqzKLpkgI6j2OTlY8jmzzTJJxc3Wx94wriCinOEOb1dJzH08FMXiGadq6ok1rx8k5d10kxzlg-JBLIgsZnYR7phqWe8t7JsnC4mXS4qG0/s320/00015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238337294014911554" border="0" /></a><br />To ease my conscience, it was monsoonish and starting to OD the next morning in Seattle.<br /><br />One more step to some serious soaring, again...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-80262940553724088262008-07-21T22:36:00.000-07:002008-11-17T22:47:48.202-08:00Prusik Peak - West Ridge (not)Acacia and I brashly attempted the West Ridge of Prusik, well kind of, well ok, not at all. We unrealistically started at 5:00am and didn't push the pace on the way in then by the time we missed the short cut to the base it was kind of late to start. That is if we intended to return to the car before 10:00pm, best case. Not too dismayed over this we decided to go ahead and finish the "Traverse of the Enchantments" since we were pretty much half way there already. Good times.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheyohPEsFpRaKGq5lAun6rauSpueFoscN6TxZVVv9rdSpH80DvOqb4iFBPBWwR7OyXOHV2EwGHB_fIb6WxC8nC8H08WQphynrdQxNg7Wzm4Ty5NPlXF89M8Km5POW8Tkgck0Jsc5W63mU/s1600-h/00008.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheyohPEsFpRaKGq5lAun6rauSpueFoscN6TxZVVv9rdSpH80DvOqb4iFBPBWwR7OyXOHV2EwGHB_fIb6WxC8nC8H08WQphynrdQxNg7Wzm4Ty5NPlXF89M8Km5POW8Tkgck0Jsc5W63mU/s320/00008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225710215750404850" border="0" /></a><br />Prusik Peak<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRODMLCwj3qoPFDgd6JlhUIiq9kfcYMVLVeNRKj5i61JD-gcV-n2Bv20SZMF95YD4YEnClT1H2MRK6QtC5BjH_F3Kz2Vi5-IveL7_evC5dDIL4FnlnSkSWYj1lhPvt3-OOBz4YsdTttpU/s1600-h/00031.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRODMLCwj3qoPFDgd6JlhUIiq9kfcYMVLVeNRKj5i61JD-gcV-n2Bv20SZMF95YD4YEnClT1H2MRK6QtC5BjH_F3Kz2Vi5-IveL7_evC5dDIL4FnlnSkSWYj1lhPvt3-OOBz4YsdTttpU/s320/00031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225710222462435618" border="0" /></a><br />Half way?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTr62vb7v_RUnEFAn7OPBKWFiHra4XW4zbglZEBuRaIbdJkIXXJDXLKTEzlB_jB2wbvvjPVW1pHin6-mD-uKaDC_W52Iw_q_GXLgOosyklb_Slsy5gDpr2FHvfcsWPMYMm9kpH3QTiLg/s1600-h/00040.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTr62vb7v_RUnEFAn7OPBKWFiHra4XW4zbglZEBuRaIbdJkIXXJDXLKTEzlB_jB2wbvvjPVW1pHin6-mD-uKaDC_W52Iw_q_GXLgOosyklb_Slsy5gDpr2FHvfcsWPMYMm9kpH3QTiLg/s320/00040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225710231198775538" border="0" /></a><br />Asgard Pass and Colchuck Lake below<br /><br />We figured on hitching a ride back to Snow Creek parking lot. We were back at the car by 6:00pm after our 20 mile ramble through the mountains.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-57223128559051282692008-07-08T22:41:00.000-07:002008-07-16T21:34:46.238-07:00Crossfit Games<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEits9zr0ET2HmeA2tg4BfiZcU2PKQthPuGW2AGomHEbqitNP4-9lIRSNYGB_4ExvQW1Rz9RCA6MgcZb-yD6qKfC8NQQLU6ULSsqBfcQQe4EGVb-1_Vb9igSny_BrtzxuYpv03m6-ZfmSsw/s1600-h/Games08TheWorldsFittest.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEits9zr0ET2HmeA2tg4BfiZcU2PKQthPuGW2AGomHEbqitNP4-9lIRSNYGB_4ExvQW1Rz9RCA6MgcZb-yD6qKfC8NQQLU6ULSsqBfcQQe4EGVb-1_Vb9igSny_BrtzxuYpv03m6-ZfmSsw/s320/Games08TheWorldsFittest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223488275323188322" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Games were spectacular. What can I say, it's always a pleasure hanging out with all of the great folks of the CrossFit community and seeing amazing athletes compete for the title of "Fittest Stud(ette) in the World". Pretentious. Maybe. But arguable and plausible.<br /><br />You can see the Games promo <a href="http://games.crossfit.com/">HERE</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjad_JWWMSCpZmodYFHEKMrag2FWimBkADb38DlsUodHOaiyfWVbMebQlDOlVQN53cohlGpSqpw3zOR3jB3FhZI8b_SHREUHd5HOghQwlT_6RT3x-CYs569sQJHBlu9KYtj8Ov_RVXOadQ/s1600-h/Games08KallistaThruster.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjad_JWWMSCpZmodYFHEKMrag2FWimBkADb38DlsUodHOaiyfWVbMebQlDOlVQN53cohlGpSqpw3zOR3jB3FhZI8b_SHREUHd5HOghQwlT_6RT3x-CYs569sQJHBlu9KYtj8Ov_RVXOadQ/s320/Games08KallistaThruster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223483373542826194" border="0" /></a><br />Workout #1<br />21-15-9<br />95/65# Thruster/Pullup<br /><br />Workout #2<br />5 Rounds<br />5 Deadlift 275/185#<br />10 Burpees<br /><br />Workout #3<br />720m run (two concentric loops on the side of a hill)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmc28clexGMrCNdILe_LcGLYNSr34NbWYLLIw2SjqtTWflN88SVTOucWmV3I1M0E2EXR9regYjvCgQCD4jRyUCrfS3LVGXyZg12bRoUfI0rN9k6C5_pqVPl07JrGzcAFGPUKv9XuLszUk/s1600-h/Games08KallistaCJFinals.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmc28clexGMrCNdILe_LcGLYNSr34NbWYLLIw2SjqtTWflN88SVTOucWmV3I1M0E2EXR9regYjvCgQCD4jRyUCrfS3LVGXyZg12bRoUfI0rN9k6C5_pqVPl07JrGzcAFGPUKv9XuLszUk/s320/Games08KallistaCJFinals.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223483374752330082" border="0" /></a><br />Final event<br />155/100# Clean & Jerk 30 reps<br /><br />Kallista came to play and stepped it up for every event. She PR'd in every workout in terms of the loads. Undaunted she went out and tackled the 30 body weight C&J's without a word, well maybe a little power scream. It was a sight to behold, I was speechless.<br />Check out the video of last few lifts <a href="http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFitGames08_KallistaCJFinals.wmv">HERE</a><br />Also see Sevan and Kallista in the pre-event <a href="http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFitGames08_SevanKallistaPre.wmv">interview</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-30757132596150041782008-06-28T22:17:00.000-07:002008-07-15T22:40:22.797-07:00Dragontail PeakSerpentine Arete<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WRHgpWOIn4NsX2OiKk7qmCr2DI1ygHjlHIqqst7ApFh-Pk14o68u6Qh2VEwzvCOLtD6FcJGMwxEnVlGdLLm4CqGDBtpMK67xCBHX8nTHg09zm8cL3TVWPgiRHUL-X-ex5vCKuZbzSog/s1600-h/IMG_1339.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WRHgpWOIn4NsX2OiKk7qmCr2DI1ygHjlHIqqst7ApFh-Pk14o68u6Qh2VEwzvCOLtD6FcJGMwxEnVlGdLLm4CqGDBtpMK67xCBHX8nTHg09zm8cL3TVWPgiRHUL-X-ex5vCKuZbzSog/s320/IMG_1339.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223478467441219858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LR0tPb9MuICmD6UNbF23rE6rgZ9zF48Sr3O78_Sl1Ldh_3jNDbtqTSNM2IcAq2qhEBxx8PhY4rZu74JXNYaAk1UXlvy9-i6CcSkBlxbjBUP5XxClFpNAXx8ISnlbS0SPXeimrQtE6_Y/s1600-h/00010.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LR0tPb9MuICmD6UNbF23rE6rgZ9zF48Sr3O78_Sl1Ldh_3jNDbtqTSNM2IcAq2qhEBxx8PhY4rZu74JXNYaAk1UXlvy9-i6CcSkBlxbjBUP5XxClFpNAXx8ISnlbS0SPXeimrQtE6_Y/s320/00010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223476980823595906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx7RgZXrWYfUwj9afSQtNhltoJkRHjxGRX3iMKJrBJkfa3HCqT3eGtZYiWg1RGtW9vPhG-eL4Z3Fxk-FLv4yB88xR08ssQuLtHbqBWcNfO3hXjkvAiBD6NattGmLWHPW9uldSeTcwHIhc/s1600-h/IMG_1346.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx7RgZXrWYfUwj9afSQtNhltoJkRHjxGRX3iMKJrBJkfa3HCqT3eGtZYiWg1RGtW9vPhG-eL4Z3Fxk-FLv4yB88xR08ssQuLtHbqBWcNfO3hXjkvAiBD6NattGmLWHPW9uldSeTcwHIhc/s320/IMG_1346.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223478472790504754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OnwYN8I76FM_tx2JSxZoTNAtF7W9wGtnDHWcWhBOLm4ZQE7goKJHObTBgR_v-ZcF0P1t-AfVcnsf0kocOfbc77fjOH4yvDfmM6FiiJB5irCvwgqKmOpw4Aa9UltutZEXIhUVq1pj2g4/s1600-h/00020.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OnwYN8I76FM_tx2JSxZoTNAtF7W9wGtnDHWcWhBOLm4ZQE7goKJHObTBgR_v-ZcF0P1t-AfVcnsf0kocOfbc77fjOH4yvDfmM6FiiJB5irCvwgqKmOpw4Aa9UltutZEXIhUVq1pj2g4/s320/00020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223476984131441602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSeZjDyXC7eCeVlRTFh0AXhGzT1bkjjMhxNnmIBHt2i-6sgTkim5JNLC2E8WQyU7bEg3cXz04jMiYR8FGw6_a9H0Qh92qnM1D3SLH0CHKQXhnvZYWy0KV_cdaRfwr4A-5idrChCZqVA4/s1600-h/00030.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSeZjDyXC7eCeVlRTFh0AXhGzT1bkjjMhxNnmIBHt2i-6sgTkim5JNLC2E8WQyU7bEg3cXz04jMiYR8FGw6_a9H0Qh92qnM1D3SLH0CHKQXhnvZYWy0KV_cdaRfwr4A-5idrChCZqVA4/s320/00030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223476999247725378" border="0" /></a><br />car-to-car <13:20Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-3324258278603472762008-06-14T00:09:00.000-07:002008-06-15T17:27:01.986-07:00Countdown to 3-2-1-GO!Just a reminder.<br /><br />Get out the dixie cups and head down to Aromas, CA where the Kool Aid will be flowing freely . . .<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1aqXGzTqS0ZY94Ko4UL7ocWvuL0oesHAKe-gd0RA2L0iks-9K7yL5mKuYmmvs8He68Fk4QvyDCpWYHXbgZwKnNqAWTjm8Gwv4RQ4V_ymnjyaglG_krKiXpght_elRDblU3I5YhpHFVc/s1600-h/header.background.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1aqXGzTqS0ZY94Ko4UL7ocWvuL0oesHAKe-gd0RA2L0iks-9K7yL5mKuYmmvs8He68Fk4QvyDCpWYHXbgZwKnNqAWTjm8Gwv4RQ4V_ymnjyaglG_krKiXpght_elRDblU3I5YhpHFVc/s320/header.background.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211775643407040386" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Call 911. There will be a meltdown on July 5-6, no not from fireworks on Independence Day, the <a href="http://games.crossfit.com/">2nd CrossFit Games</a> will going off. Over 150 of the most fit stud(ette)s in the world from all over the<a href="http://www.crossfit.com/cf-affiliates/"> WORLD</a> will be converging on the Central Valley of California to compete in the Sport of Fitness.<br /><br />Get off your elliptical and step away from the mirror to see what fit REALLY is . . .<br /><br />By the way you to could have that for <a href="http://crossfit.com/">FREE!</a> Real results.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-46046598862146630132008-06-09T22:48:00.000-07:002008-06-14T00:29:52.127-07:00Vancouver<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiksvXqfBKV4Gi8PhIqMTR58SY-JYeLcPPNglLuldnGyKNEEXAA1SuTjDBtKOUHl4de9_rRR19XTkPbJU1ME3MkrRKaKsszZA8UWoCdtlOQ_o2m6FKI3zSnj7NDiTnOChtRcONW6Zz-9zI/s1600-h/CIMG2064.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiksvXqfBKV4Gi8PhIqMTR58SY-JYeLcPPNglLuldnGyKNEEXAA1SuTjDBtKOUHl4de9_rRR19XTkPbJU1ME3MkrRKaKsszZA8UWoCdtlOQ_o2m6FKI3zSnj7NDiTnOChtRcONW6Zz-9zI/s320/CIMG2064.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211626964012460066" border="0" /></a><br />This last weekend I went to a CrossFit Run Endurance Cert hosted by <a href="http://www.crossfit.ca/">CrossFit Vancouver</a>. Presented by Brian Mackenzie and Carl Borg of <a href="http://www.crossfitnb.com/">CrossFit Newport Beach</a>. All of you joggers and tri-folks out there resisting CrossFit, stop wasting your time getting slower and s-l-o-w-e-r check this out. Of course, now I will now persuade you with my most potent diplomatic charm. . . get the @#$#@ over it, drink the Kool Aid, now! Otherwise serve your life sentence of wasted time, ruined relationships, over training, chronic injury, doing your LSD.<br /><br />It's not like they had to twist my arm, I'm in the choir screaming "preach it, amen!" This Cert involved CrossFit's application to the classic endurance sports but more specifically running. By the way running is skill... duh. Like all skills some us naturally click with them but fortunately for the rest of us, it can be learned. But you say, what's the "right" way? I won't waste time debating . . . just say Dr. Romanov, POSE Method. However if you wish to debate, not with me, reinvent the wheel and do your own common sense research of barefoot running (Kenyans, Aboriginies, Tarahumara) or try running on ice. I'll be down the down road . . .<br /><br />Check out <a href="http://www.crossfitendurance.com/">CrossFit Endurance</a> to see how to effectively apply CrossFit in a sports specific application.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-27735251953106219832008-06-02T22:34:00.000-07:002008-06-13T22:46:10.458-07:00Castle Rock<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaoUr0ZLSfKR9skX0hT1OkxF9S_I1iCEKJh5XKfSzSyWiHLipd2n64kOc_Z6gq1thhm35tsNLKdGDBXFheSZrxGP4AyIqZeFEAftP_Zus66cZZ9jE-NWeRvy-T73LRTQBmzHbYB1McTjo/s1600-h/00004.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaoUr0ZLSfKR9skX0hT1OkxF9S_I1iCEKJh5XKfSzSyWiHLipd2n64kOc_Z6gq1thhm35tsNLKdGDBXFheSZrxGP4AyIqZeFEAftP_Zus66cZZ9jE-NWeRvy-T73LRTQBmzHbYB1McTjo/s320/00004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211607059344467186" border="0" /></a><br />Mike following the "5.7"...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodXWI26uu8M9Uq3sf8tUpTKPUv-fWFjT-rp9yA26KRNqkbIocmcRMEk_3awP6rWQathJ1KlCJCmNHCXODvJpSP6Wk8A2DQe7oLjZM1MG_etkIZnaEUrskhhyphenhyphenpiLv20d_Rdwt6BDuE3gc/s1600-h/00013.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodXWI26uu8M9Uq3sf8tUpTKPUv-fWFjT-rp9yA26KRNqkbIocmcRMEk_3awP6rWQathJ1KlCJCmNHCXODvJpSP6Wk8A2DQe7oLjZM1MG_etkIZnaEUrskhhyphenhyphenpiLv20d_Rdwt6BDuE3gc/s320/00013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211607282444793442" border="0" /></a><br />MK leading the "Scary" Canary...<br /><br />Constantly impressed with the stiffness of the grades or maybe just the stiffness of our bones.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-2001727129996757122008-05-27T17:53:00.000-07:002008-06-13T22:24:11.019-07:00Static Point - Memorial Day<div style="text-align: justify;"><span>This is a day Kalli and I went to Static Point with Dave and Jesse who I met at Index a couple of days back. The excursion involved the legendary slab in Central Washington that's not too easy to get to, as is the case for most of the "best" in Washington. Yee ha! Here we come alpine peaks with all those multi-day bushwhacking before the climbing even starts. </span><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9auk0v5vG1wPaQ0xoyWVp_gfc6cCZpLFi72xwHzdU_n03jJt4faeZ_HEPlarjP1DGnXuNt2YdIcmoalr7SJWOH3ORnSGS6FJRUMADLI0YMT7CSP9_GndcKYQ9TiSD4EMtYR8tmZOHog/s1600-h/00011_tg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9auk0v5vG1wPaQ0xoyWVp_gfc6cCZpLFi72xwHzdU_n03jJt4faeZ_HEPlarjP1DGnXuNt2YdIcmoalr7SJWOH3ORnSGS6FJRUMADLI0YMT7CSP9_GndcKYQ9TiSD4EMtYR8tmZOHog/s320/00011_tg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205225823305147922" border="0" /></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8b5ke_nmiffzVTgFACekWfeuhzTQRX_NH4yiTAq3yA2WsZR5QwaIk_Mgwbx9a3jd8szLs1BT2DBoLOEd1HZpSniN_-Z2eXLCAnmLthdi2CbG6CSn_5iNbmO3uZJ27Q1FicFWiYYRa28/s1600-h/00022_tg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8b5ke_nmiffzVTgFACekWfeuhzTQRX_NH4yiTAq3yA2WsZR5QwaIk_Mgwbx9a3jd8szLs1BT2DBoLOEd1HZpSniN_-Z2eXLCAnmLthdi2CbG6CSn_5iNbmO3uZJ27Q1FicFWiYYRa28/s320/00022_tg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205225823305147938" border="0" /></a><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnKYasM85J6Cmvm9tULPgI6P3tpc2sKM00Yfq4QNarpgU2uakI4jrddUsDq6uc4pO80rhZt0rWdlCIYaKHegKiivxYj9xSPq0QhrAGx7xCl2DOUOKZwwUfKTXG0L7Sf_4Tdk3fjnGIpU/s1600-h/00023_tg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnKYasM85J6Cmvm9tULPgI6P3tpc2sKM00Yfq4QNarpgU2uakI4jrddUsDq6uc4pO80rhZt0rWdlCIYaKHegKiivxYj9xSPq0QhrAGx7xCl2DOUOKZwwUfKTXG0L7Sf_4Tdk3fjnGIpU/s320/00023_tg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205225831895082546" border="0" /></a><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMK2vzI8f-bW9UkUyWkJs79Cdfzk7uT9QAxCbJMliadGAOm6nSUdzvt8s-Y-pccjvnUAQtIYSNFqvYRzQi1rkpi7Rr_UJTMQ-hurPDGMOAV_ZflC2W_D3I6NUjBsVmHHC0Cxnt7NXbMkc/s1600-h/00020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMK2vzI8f-bW9UkUyWkJs79Cdfzk7uT9QAxCbJMliadGAOm6nSUdzvt8s-Y-pccjvnUAQtIYSNFqvYRzQi1rkpi7Rr_UJTMQ-hurPDGMOAV_ZflC2W_D3I6NUjBsVmHHC0Cxnt7NXbMkc/s320/00020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211593837273842578" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We did some pitches on the "Right Line" only to get turned back on the spicy old school, old rusty bolt 10b slab crux. But it was a good day out exploring new territory with good company.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-8028000477996605452007-12-22T22:40:00.000-08:002007-12-22T22:52:40.187-08:00Brian Turner, Poet...<p> <strong>Cole's Guitar</strong> </p> <p> It's the sound from the aid station that wakes me,<br />thin steel from Doc Cole's six-string,<br />a 4 a.m. sound of sour whiskey,<br />heroin and sex and dying,<br />that's the sound I'm hearing now,<br />slow as smoke from a factory in Pittsburgh,<br />slow as a needle in the vein,<br />slow as steam off the bath or a lover with only the blues to sing. </p> <p> I'm hearing America now.<br />I'm hearing jake brakes off the Grapevine,<br />county highways with wheat shocks and Indian summergrass whispering,<br />foghorns under the Golden Gate bridge,<br />Ella Fitzgerald from a 4th floor window in Birmingham,<br />the handles of a suitcase swinging on the downbeat<br />of a man's footsteps walking out from a Greyhound in Sante Fe. </p> <p> I'm in Wyoming. I'm in New York.<br />I'm leaning in to kiss a woman in the cornfields down by the river.<br />I'm with children drawing portraits in the sand,<br />old men watching fireflies the way Muhammad Ali lay on canvas and dreamed.<br />That's what I'm hearing,<br />the wind on the redwood coast,<br />old as the ocean and hushed by sheets of fallen snow. </p> <p> Palm-mute the strings, Doc,<br />strum that song until I can see the breath on a bus window,<br />the faces of strangers in the rain,<br />my own hands tracing the features of every one of them,<br />the way ghosts might visit the ones they love,<br />as I am now, listening to America,<br />touching the cold glass.</p><a href="http://www.alicejamesbooks.org/here_bullet.html">Brian Turner<br /></a><p>Also see <a href="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/12/21/poet/">Weekend America story</a>.<br /></p><p>More Poetry from Brian's book... <a href="http://www.alicejamesbooks.org/turner_poem.html">Here, Bullet</a><br /> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-59047205706358594452007-09-11T16:34:00.000-07:002007-09-11T17:37:11.714-07:00Stoned FishFish that don't smoke...<br /><br />Fishy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4JV_lM5Qqr6PZ0LmMAQtCk2crk29AT4xvuID2qoBLlQDC5ZLmnMrPWv0ocmZR-WMe971A89w7wCWGSSMcMw4Jd6HvXxVLvVlwcl0zaa2gOLp7DgipHK_s4mTYT6OOuaLUMereYVPhRwQ/s1600-h/00001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4JV_lM5Qqr6PZ0LmMAQtCk2crk29AT4xvuID2qoBLlQDC5ZLmnMrPWv0ocmZR-WMe971A89w7wCWGSSMcMw4Jd6HvXxVLvVlwcl0zaa2gOLp7DgipHK_s4mTYT6OOuaLUMereYVPhRwQ/s320/00001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109106796158064210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />...and fishy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1QAv6znwxh8OSvzjAzhOlmCtrWAAJ7jyVP_7uQ9EH3k0YaZFivMFUhHridT7xba7jML3hBInSZhcunn0_rm-0m62XttLIubTL7u15-xWTmnyDh7r4lkekFPRM68mLjVg4V4fwBpFDK4/s1600-h/00003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1QAv6znwxh8OSvzjAzhOlmCtrWAAJ7jyVP_7uQ9EH3k0YaZFivMFUhHridT7xba7jML3hBInSZhcunn0_rm-0m62XttLIubTL7u15-xWTmnyDh7r4lkekFPRM68mLjVg4V4fwBpFDK4/s320/00003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109101985794692658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />...and fishy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcC2hUROqm20s-UlYZPMr7WvjQxKiIG-iDDQTFWuG3NH-TLe-6NUi3QLP6MCrztWaidJOiq3zJMr4RJVp1Yx70g0Yp0o6VPS9jBHmbG2z5dFvrRMjP9Sbd8xmdKk6gz5c8XJNY-LVcV8/s1600-h/00002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcC2hUROqm20s-UlYZPMr7WvjQxKiIG-iDDQTFWuG3NH-TLe-6NUi3QLP6MCrztWaidJOiq3zJMr4RJVp1Yx70g0Yp0o6VPS9jBHmbG2z5dFvrRMjP9Sbd8xmdKk6gz5c8XJNY-LVcV8/s320/00002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109095633538061794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Moldy cheese wheel? Fishy? Sand dollar?<br />No silly, just a table.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPRLGTxPMc3gaXaYR_iBk3zM5RbKLynnPyF0FeOHvLazriulK2qRdUyi1uCQCuJg9EXZqCySPQJ_a7HHKO7R6OYLIUT3Tw2hyphenhyphenq07k2gcWs9eIS5fWBKYgJw6mlZGSg1ZJiN0FSjMTGNU/s1600-h/00004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPRLGTxPMc3gaXaYR_iBk3zM5RbKLynnPyF0FeOHvLazriulK2qRdUyi1uCQCuJg9EXZqCySPQJ_a7HHKO7R6OYLIUT3Tw2hyphenhyphenq07k2gcWs9eIS5fWBKYgJw6mlZGSg1ZJiN0FSjMTGNU/s320/00004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109102020154431042" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Garden stepping stones...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg3avyGT1HW1m8tLYuns0wDKu6NGhDEISmA88JNbeQKSZCaR2dGDr37w-6rRFBk5-zgSLFNydUJcWHAVIphEMFlrCw4Zorbx7fvh4c3lmOlcESbjtX2-i4DhNhOTFn8ZMuyv7ySb6hDmI/s1600-h/00007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg3avyGT1HW1m8tLYuns0wDKu6NGhDEISmA88JNbeQKSZCaR2dGDr37w-6rRFBk5-zgSLFNydUJcWHAVIphEMFlrCw4Zorbx7fvh4c3lmOlcESbjtX2-i4DhNhOTFn8ZMuyv7ySb6hDmI/s320/00007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109098219108374034" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-12502807100829658712007-09-06T19:29:00.000-07:002007-09-06T19:32:39.185-07:00Get Serious!This is what it's really about...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.metropolitangym.com/coaches/coaches.asp">Metropolitan Gymnastics</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-58543427500361726282007-09-04T10:07:00.001-07:002007-09-04T12:37:05.035-07:00Seattle, Hmmm...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZh_XrX4K8ZJuUkFyjaMuJhYD3WeETN1FczLZdZuHrVfpggJiteWcRUkwD2ZHzRElqD1DMcXZAupG5EELKbgarRtpR5SbX_mFcyt8HQyYSG21jE0WIcw6BP-sd8n1p6jJ5Hy-7Co-KrSw/s1600-h/00013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZh_XrX4K8ZJuUkFyjaMuJhYD3WeETN1FczLZdZuHrVfpggJiteWcRUkwD2ZHzRElqD1DMcXZAupG5EELKbgarRtpR5SbX_mFcyt8HQyYSG21jE0WIcw6BP-sd8n1p6jJ5Hy-7Co-KrSw/s320/00013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106419332041741666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sailboats racing on Puget Sound<br />Olympic range in the west<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1S_JxTsx92lPk4cFor_TJPIgLhEamp1Jy1ERTZEU7Dp9wt7gfi0iE0hyphenhyphen9jY2NJGnxINKQIyCCL43q6Mv1qdCWRIpywuYXhwbOLWMzf65I3EuzQBfHscS52DrQmkbyRbftfF-kLkoUeo/s1600-h/00006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1S_JxTsx92lPk4cFor_TJPIgLhEamp1Jy1ERTZEU7Dp9wt7gfi0iE0hyphenhyphen9jY2NJGnxINKQIyCCL43q6Mv1qdCWRIpywuYXhwbOLWMzf65I3EuzQBfHscS52DrQmkbyRbftfF-kLkoUeo/s320/00006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106419340631676274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Seattle skyline<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rZpI4dX3VOWfM_y3K-G_9tfBJzZVXwfBxx1lhsGyVRLdQujDDDM0l4bVPjH5s8qY1o3KNJkALIlfQacTB7gtvOGbA4Cbns0VKRjYPCywz6AJvLO9caiLQanQ1BbkMcSmQKPqdc4fyOk/s1600-h/00003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rZpI4dX3VOWfM_y3K-G_9tfBJzZVXwfBxx1lhsGyVRLdQujDDDM0l4bVPjH5s8qY1o3KNJkALIlfQacTB7gtvOGbA4Cbns0VKRjYPCywz6AJvLO9caiLQanQ1BbkMcSmQKPqdc4fyOk/s320/00003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106419344926643586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />X-man<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-t3OZ3HD3e3VwE3pOXPW5Xgb3V95svwfUEfVrfcxIGeEjoEBfeUj4EGWykiT3VOw9Ubm07mDbc_z5zFKcqpve63R_a8nwSM7G23ht8N40dT8KP7tIkdq6ne28LaBXV6wTWZdZeW55e4/s1600-h/00004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-t3OZ3HD3e3VwE3pOXPW5Xgb3V95svwfUEfVrfcxIGeEjoEBfeUj4EGWykiT3VOw9Ubm07mDbc_z5zFKcqpve63R_a8nwSM7G23ht8N40dT8KP7tIkdq6ne28LaBXV6wTWZdZeW55e4/s320/00004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106433204786107842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />CFT Rubber-man<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwzuPU0JPjiz6zX84TwimjSclZ3J9Esq1tCmeo6Yed526S7ZgH9L0SV6VrXePO4DyCQ2k1zuKMN22_7l4l1sAq6p2YHWSNblolMRbPrYS6tPBG61cVq5OzawimiyNltrhhYeTq5bYm-o/s1600-h/00036.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwzuPU0JPjiz6zX84TwimjSclZ3J9Esq1tCmeo6Yed526S7ZgH9L0SV6VrXePO4DyCQ2k1zuKMN22_7l4l1sAq6p2YHWSNblolMRbPrYS6tPBG61cVq5OzawimiyNltrhhYeTq5bYm-o/s320/00036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106419349221610898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Lake Washington<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKew8d9Gm7yfVNMaPRyZTxJkBHHR6QbXvIAc9SPlJrutn4F1u_wjdC4qbrwMaO3Cum3s6681eYHsmXrp_FcSwRS9xIdA-qvJqp4sfswldhAm6OTAhbI8vT6vpSSnuLHZb06rha2mR7wc/s1600-h/00003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKew8d9Gm7yfVNMaPRyZTxJkBHHR6QbXvIAc9SPlJrutn4F1u_wjdC4qbrwMaO3Cum3s6681eYHsmXrp_FcSwRS9xIdA-qvJqp4sfswldhAm6OTAhbI8vT6vpSSnuLHZb06rha2mR7wc/s320/00003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106416325564634450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.crossfitseattle.com/">CrossFit Seattle</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-16517459597244915062007-08-14T09:53:00.000-07:002007-09-04T09:56:48.357-07:00Mt. Whitney in a day...<a href="http://crossfitednavalley.com/whitney.html">Some of the story...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159262492036405377.post-32197116689382068552007-08-13T21:49:00.000-07:002007-08-21T13:02:39.278-07:00Cottonwood Lakes Boyscout Trip August 2007<div style="text-align: left;">Inlet of Sky Blue Lake<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNs205o9yceG8GzVyHvhTwDqq_CI0HFdUt3X2-OvEJmDNtohKnS0RGbFBdMNby40SiM4-qX60CdW81GgKuF_TVoHYN4WxJ_kBg_2KocwHhs3DjmH5iF5E5u0uizE8-3htQTkV8vjhplxg/s1600-h/IMG_0659.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNs205o9yceG8GzVyHvhTwDqq_CI0HFdUt3X2-OvEJmDNtohKnS0RGbFBdMNby40SiM4-qX60CdW81GgKuF_TVoHYN4WxJ_kBg_2KocwHhs3DjmH5iF5E5u0uizE8-3htQTkV8vjhplxg/s320/IMG_0659.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099707878706058434" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Campsite at the head of Mitre Basin<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3mYmaryImj5R7zHMgeUlSuqZ_2Mq7e4WpH5zVg5eJb3DKhia7w9bn4RQWLo_Ha8GxxBvq86DMrtRPRlaWoy1LoJXr0bxFJ_KUD1eyuPoIhSpAO2rQRh9w5XZZaGyN5aWnPyQQeMEGmrQ/s1600-h/IMG_0663.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPX5LfAPYuWYF9WJLyud4gnuIhCc5bX2GOKyyVwSUktMKYCKaYqTVkZZHJ4ITGYu-SSq8QeTRtqa76g8taJmhqLo1LIWjEQ-v6c6T7j6EqEfMvPf7U-_1tgfJjAFdHgx9AwRHT26ZXTY/s320/IMG_0566.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098427087925783826" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />...bees.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5unSXIGvo-rAwf87xYi-45SQ5MQnqcY9-7cB1ps3YNu05yd8bk7tU5g8ufH_m8j81ItCC4XZktv8MjLv9aXBYmLw4NYcBjiVCDp6pCWTs4dnKEGPXF0ZtAAWqaACNuee8T6jpZ6CVVE/s1600-h/IMG_0574.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5unSXIGvo-rAwf87xYi-45SQ5MQnqcY9-7cB1ps3YNu05yd8bk7tU5g8ufH_m8j81ItCC4XZktv8MjLv9aXBYmLw4NYcBjiVCDp6pCWTs4dnKEGPXF0ZtAAWqaACNuee8T6jpZ6CVVE/s320/IMG_0574.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098427092220751138" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hiking Upper Mitre Basin<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJQLtveCM5expyMQSiCBR4d19HKn87F8EQ55exqRV9J1leR6uGmZvDDgjpitfMq96axsk3V9xLT5EvwFyj4ThUKWdS9XZ8YNLawGSCnaN_HOlW2uzOs52PF_FdRnqt6kB7o9w5_r_29I/s1600-h/IMG_0582.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2XjRcuTTAHYHBOsat1bVkJSBgxDmH6UvZeVCmNg3kb18nduSHII6NIHk4Sssv-PaxFUjOj-mVvhGkhX6VRhtKjxKienwmr4BarGSCCgjDikw3gAZSe6Z3SchisMNqizdcMCrqX-ACY6M/s320/IMG_0583.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098427109400620354" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hiking to Cottonwood Lakes...<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJ9lgU6kH_BQ1QBBBGvzKJtaiGcyR4rwm7fI563ztjZCjEANJE9f2yt9QxU5r4AVWXysWSj76bz0N0I4HwpAoi0iCPw6ANwsoOE8wdZQPJdXANPhyphenhyphenuf0FABfqwQwiAZFiMQW_aN2x7GQ/s1600-h/IMG_0543.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJ9lgU6kH_BQ1QBBBGvzKJtaiGcyR4rwm7fI563ztjZCjEANJE9f2yt9QxU5r4AVWXysWSj76bz0N0I4HwpAoi0iCPw6ANwsoOE8wdZQPJdXANPhyphenhyphenuf0FABfqwQwiAZFiMQW_aN2x7GQ/s320/IMG_0543.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098419953985105106" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />...the views.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRheDWXHm48iPKJBmqafCSVO2cxwKiYiY7UHMNXyAdc6Wl6dBX04H2APbp5oB_HaoH11Es3xW3tivgvzwjVBjj2o4TxTAY4qzHhchvR5GmeTSqwcHfwU1gTNxYIEn879ycDunvaLd-uGI/s1600-h/IMG_0545.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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Langley<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdg6-OG3RwO8obmC-ROY671Nr99n7HRFrJf22XDkBw_iHrHBGNNPim8p-aS-bWXfZEOBeGD-qKX3Hr9vrlZjwvHDS3JlH127bdwX56BBOvohoRs8MvCnK6P0nlKZCyEyBWLgNa2ktkg_E/s1600-h/IMG_0552.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdg6-OG3RwO8obmC-ROY671Nr99n7HRFrJf22XDkBw_iHrHBGNNPim8p-aS-bWXfZEOBeGD-qKX3Hr9vrlZjwvHDS3JlH127bdwX56BBOvohoRs8MvCnK6P0nlKZCyEyBWLgNa2ktkg_E/s320/IMG_0552.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098419966870007026" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mt. 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