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Some videos I’ve been waiting to go live on google video finally have. Here they are, in no particular order:
Montie skiing down a hill while we were cross-country skiing in NC:

Me falling off while snow tubing (this one cracks me up):

Ryan tubing:

Random redneck on the ropeswing at Suck Creek. Sadly, I didn’t […]

I’ve been climbing twice in the last week or so, and am enjoying the spring weather (finally) a great deal. The first trip out, my form was good until halfway through my second climb, when my arms gave out. Weak! Had fun anway. We went to Leda (aka Leeda, aka Leida, aka Lleda, etc…) in […]

I am leaving for Colorado in about an hour. We’re spending a week in Summit County: 4 days at Copper, and 2 elsewhere (yet to be determined). While I’m away, enjoy the header image of Copper and imagine me, about 2 pixels tall, riding blissfully down the right side.

I had a great weekend backpacking in Big Frog Wilderness this weekend with Jon Sharp and Phillip and Bruce from Nashville. Rather than write a trip report, I’m just going to present the data I’ve gathered on the trip. There are some pictures from our trip and below is a map (click on the labels […]

Montie, Heather and I just went in together on a new Thule cargo box to make our trip to Colorado more comfortable. Isn’t it beautiful?
Another pic

Montie and I went up the Cherohala Skyway on Saturday, and did some skiing. We called the gas station at the bottom of the mountains before leaving to see if they knew how much snow had fallen. They didn’t know, but guessed there would be about a foot on the ground. It had snowed several […]

We went to Sand Rock late on Friday and spent the night and Saturday there. As mentioned previously, I was excited about trying Jaws again. I climbed it successfully Friday night. It is a short, pumpy climb, and topping out felt great.
Montie and I set up climbs for everyone on Saturday. I forgot to lock […]

I have long wanted to learn multi-pitch climbing, and I recently read a site that recommended Linville Gorge as a good place to learn. I’ve talked to Montie and Jeremy and we’re planning a trip, though no date as yet. Jeremy is going to take Montie and I to T-Wall to teach us how to […]

Jeremy planned an overnight trip to Sand Rock Friday night. We arrived late Friday night and made camp. Saturday we climbed.
We set up three ropes that we rotated around some of Sand Rock’s easier cimbs throughout the day. Most of the day, we were on the Jaws block. At the end of the day, Jeremy […]

The rain is coming down, the rivers are coming up, and I am going paddling. Wheeee!

Went to Pigeon Mountain today with some friends (Heather, Montie, Jesse Malin, Mike Freeland, and Stoney and Linnea Stonecypher) today. It was a lovely day. After church we went up to Rock Town and did some bouldering. It was tres fun and we enjoyed the Stonecyphers, who we met today. When we were done climbing, […]

On Saturday, Mike Freeland and I went to Signal Mountain and rode. The weather was cooler and less humid than the usual TN summer weather. We started at one of the lower trailheads and rode to Edward’s Point, which overlooks the Tennessee River. Then we rode out a different way and back to the car […]

Friday I went to a Chattanooga Lookouts game with Montie and Evelyn. The Lookouts shut out the Columbia Mudcats, who have, coincidentally, the same owner as the Lookouts.
Saturday morning before church, Ryan and I went mountain biking at Harrison Bay. The loop we rode has a name. I don’t know what it is.
Saturday afternoon I […]

On Saturday I went with a group of friends, six of us total, to paddle the Hiwassee. I was in a Kingpin 6.3, the boat I’ve been paddling recently.
It was a little overcast, but the water at the Hiwassee was not very cold (it usually isn’t). I spent the day working on my surfing. Last […]

This weekend I went to North Carolina to camp, paddle, and mountain bike with friends. Also there were Heather, Montie Schmiege, Jeremy Malin, his girlfriend Kristen Camp, Ryan Camp, his girlfriend Kathy Stair, the Camp family, and some of their friends. The Camps planned the whole thing and were very generous throughout the weekend. It […]