Sticky Granite

Mr. Hardage stopped into town a few weeks ago. Bobby (AKA little Bobby) now hails from Verhampshire, but is always traveling. He dropped into SLC via a trip up to the Wind Rivers.



Without a car, going out to the boulders is an all day affair.




I hope to do more climbing in combination with bike touring this year.

Russian Free Soloing

The whole village, Mom, Pop, and the kids out for a day of free soloing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwCyM84HCcA

September is basically ski season

September is here and that is ski season for all intensive purposes. You see, in September it starts cooling off, the caterpillars start growing that extra fur, animals start gathering nuts and such, and people start gathering the necessary supplies for ski season. Bobby has purchased some new skis, I have a new set purchased last spring, and Lis is canning everything she can find at the farmer's market in advance of the Winter.

September is a long time to December you say? Not really, if you see it with the following Seinfeldian logic: September can get a freak snow storm like last year, but more to the point, September is climbing season, and we all know that climbing time goes much faster than normal time. This makes the 30 days in September more like 2 1/2 hours. The same logic applies to October and November, adding up to about 30 minutes after you factor in sleeping and time in the bathroom.