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Guyz Blog: April 2008
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Ascent of the Kleine Matterhorn. Before we started the Haute Route, the guys and I spent a fun day of skiing at Zermatt. For fun, we made an "ascent" of the Kleine Matterhorn . The route to the summit is very challenging . you first have to take a lift up . Then, walk through a tunnel in the mountain . The crux of the route is the final pitch to the summit. Here, the team prepares to use extreme aid to get up the hard part:. The final snow slopes mean an easy final ascent:.
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Guyz Blog: The Bike
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Thursday, August 27, 2009. Here it is, all decked out for a ride across the Himalaya:. The story of . "the bike" . For the Himalaya, the preferred ride is one that is robust and easily repairable. Although I've got two other mountain bikes, the fact that both of them are alumnimum frame (can't be welded in the field), have hydraulic disk brakes (I have no idea how to repair those! And shocks (something else to go wrong) meant that they weren't quite appropriate for a trip like this. Replaced one of the s...
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Guyz Blog: October 2008
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Monday, October 13, 2008. Wake Up, Freak Out - then Get a Grip. Here's a really good little video on the causes, impacts and solutions of climate change:. Wake Up, Freak Out - then Get a Grip. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Keeping friends and family up to date on what I've been up to. On Mount Sir Richard, April 2007. Wake Up, Freak Out - then Get a Grip. Tweedsmuir Park - Rainbow Range. Deserts and Mountains - SE California. Melanie Fricot (in Bhutan). Ron and Carole's Travel Blog.
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Guyz Blog: July 2008
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Monday, July 28, 2008. An End to Finger Tapping . I've wanted to start drumming for a long, long time. I finally managed to snag a set of Roland V-Drums. In great condition through Craigslist. Tucked into a corner of the suite kitchen / laundry room for now! Links to this post. Finally up Mount Price. January, 2004 - about to run out of time on Mount Price. The biggest challenge with the peak is just the distance - it's about a 28km round trip, with about 1700m of elevation gain. The trail from the lake ...
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Guyz Blog: March 2008
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Saturday, March 1, 2008. Must Read Article - The True Cost of the Iraq War. Here is an exceptional article from the Guardian Online:. The True Cost of War. The article is a review of the work of Joseph Stiglitz, a nobel prize winning economist who took a close look at the true cost of the war in Iraq. The true cost of the Iraq war, to the US economy alone, will be (conservatively) $3 trillion;. The Iraq war has already cost more than 12 years of war in Vietnam;. Since the savings rate of the American peo...
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Guyz Blog: August 2008
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Thursday, August 21, 2008. My Friends Have an Adventure. Some "as of yet unnamed" friends of mine had an adventure on a "big route on a sizable peak" somewhere in a Canadian mountain range. This is how it ended up:. They're totally fine, though they have retired from big routes for a while. Points if you can identify the mountain range, area, peak or the names of these folks! Links to this post. Good Article on Short Rope Effectiveness. Links to this post. Tuesday, August 19, 2008. Links to this post.
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Guyz Blog: Finally in Leh!
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Thursday, September 24, 2009. I've finally made it to Leh! Rewinding a bit to my last blog posting . after making that posting and saying that I was going to store my bike and just travel around northern India, I went back to the hotel and stared at my bike - it stared back at me (we've been spedning too much time together), and we jointly decided -what the heck, let's go to Manali and see how far we can cycle to Leh! Mail has the best spam protection around. Http:/ mail.yahoo.com. Now, Plan E .
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Guyz Blog: May 2008
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Friday, May 23, 2008. For those of you who may have noticed that I haven't published anything since, like, the beginning of March - well, things have been a little busy! Some brief highlights that I hope to elaborate on in the future:. Went to Boston to watch Killaine finish the Boston Marathon (and, re qualify for next year! Did the Haute Route in Switzerland/France/Italy with Greg, Mike and Simon. Converted my Xbox into a media center;. Final preparations for my rope rescue examination - this weekend!
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Guyz Blog: September 2009
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Thursday, September 24, 2009. I've finally made it to Leh! Rewinding a bit to my last blog posting . after making that posting and saying that I was going to store my bike and just travel around northern India, I went back to the hotel and stared at my bike - it stared back at me (we've been spedning too much time together), and we jointly decided -what the heck, let's go to Manali and see how far we can cycle to Leh! Mail has the best spam protection around. Http:/ mail.yahoo.com. Links to this post.
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Guyz Blog: January 2009
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009. Very Cool Fog Pictures. Very cool pictures of the fog that's been sitting over Vancouver for some time now - both were taken from Cypress Mountain and were not taken by me (forwarded on to me from other friends):. Links to this post. Sunday, January 18, 2009. Tweedsmuir Park - Rainbow Range. Finally finished the story on our trip to Tweedsmuir park back in August. Links to this post. Saturday, January 17, 2009. There was only really one steep (but short) slope to traverse whi...
