So, what exactly do you need to spend your fourth of July on Mt Rainier? Protective eyewear… check. Protective headgear… check. Jacket… check. Gloves… check. Protective facial hair… check. Obnoxious colors… check. Well done, sir.
Category Archives: Sport Action
New year, new adventures! Halfway through the first month of the year and already getting into a new sport: cross-country skiing! Thank goodness for the snow up in the mountains. I haven’t skied in a good ten years, so it was quite an experience getting into more flexible boots on top of much thinner skis. I’m not […]
For more information about this particular route/climb, take a look at this PDF off the REI site (link). — — The best part about the trip? We were there for the Orionid meteor shower (supposedly the best of the year, we’ve been out a total of THREE times now for various meteor showers – Perseid […]
Picked up a new hobby, involving bows and arrows and Robin Hood (only one of those is a partial lie). Definitely not Hunger Games. Judging by the target, I’d say sometimes I’m a pretty good shot – in terms of groupings. Hey, I said grouping, not groupies. Next time we’ll see if I can’t dust […]