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Snowy Evening in New Haven |
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 22:59 |
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We got a nice little snow early this morning until the afternoon. It was the nice sticky kind that would make phenomenal snowballs or an amazing snowman. Though I did neither I did take a few pictures because it looked really nice. I haven't taken any night shots like this in a while so it was nice to practice again.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 18 February 2010 18:41 |
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 21:57 |
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Chrystal and me headed up to Newfound Lake on Feb. 7, 2010 for another Boston BMW Club ice race. We had lots of fun last year so we thought we'd give it a go again. Our thought was that because of the snow, and more importantly, the lack of rain that we'd get a nice snowy lack to rip up. Unfortunately that was not the case.
After staying at my parents house Saturday we arrived to Bristol, NH and saw that not only was the lake just as smooth and glassy as last year, there weren't even any snow banks outlining the course!
With the parade lap we figured out that when there aren't any borders to the course the organizers keep it simple, really simple. The course was only a right handed loop. Essentially out straight to the first cones, then sharp right. Straighten out again to come back then slow way down for a tight right sweeper. In all it was disappointing for a course. I guess maybe there's just not much they can do when the ice is like glass, but it still was a little disappointing.
Luckily the practice course was available again. This course was even bigger than the timed course. With my iPhone I was able to get two GPS tracks from Chrystal and I.
On this course we were able to build up a bit more speed but still not too much. There is just no way to turn without the right tires! Even so we had fun sliding helplessly especially at the finish.
For the actual timed runs I'm not really sure where we finished up. Similar to last year, and many other years, it looks like the results don't get posted. However, I do have a good idea of our times, within a second or so because I took video of our runs on my phone. So for the first time checkout the gallery link below to go to the pictures and video! Be sure to check out the picture of the huge Caddy that showed up. This thing must have been over 20 feet long! And it had homemade studded tires. This thing kicked ass on the course! I wish I had caught it on video.
| Chrystal Run 1 |
95 sec |
| Chrystal Run 2 |
92 sec |
| Chrystal Run 3 |
91 sec |
| Pete Run 1 |
102 sec |
| Pete Run 2 |
72 sec |
| Pete Run 3 |
71 sec |
| Pete Re-Run 3 |
70 sec |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 14 February 2010 15:02 |
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AMC Intro to Mountaineering |
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Friday, 05 February 2010 21:35 |
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Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, and Reinhold Messner. These are people that I will never be compared to. They have braved countless unclimbed peaks in the harshest of weather and have are pillars of the mountaineering community. Myself, I went on a little mountaineering trip to the White Mountains over the weekend of January 30-31st and could barely keep up with the rest of my team. The experience removed all fantasies that I might one day be able to climb high peaks.
While I have a good amount of rock climbing experience and some backpacking experience, I've never done any mountaineering even though it combines skills from both. I've been reading about it in Freedom of the Hills and was happy to see that the CT Chapter of the AMC would be holding an Intro to Mountaineering Weekend. After filling the last available spot a mere week and a half before the trip I started checking the Mt. Washington weather. While the weather a week out was mild, only in the mid-20's the weather predicted for the trip would be cold.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 February 2010 22:22 |
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AT - Bull's Bridge to Ten Mile Hill |
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Friday, 08 January 2010 19:00 |
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On January 9th Ben and I made an improptu day hike out to Ten Mile Hill. The weather was predicted to be cold, in the teens, but not much wind. The hike took us from the historic Bull's Bridge in Kent, CT. The bridge is a single lane, covered bridge that has been around since the 1840's. The bridge is still part of a public road and carries some traffic, at least as much as a single lane can carry.
From the snow we got at the end of 2009 and beginning 2010 all that remained was 3 or so inches. This made the hike pretty easy, no snowshoes required. The beginning of the trail was wide and seemed like it was an old railroad bed that wound along the Housatonic River. Before long it broke off into a smaller, more typical, AT trail. Shortly thereafter the trail crosses the Ten Mile River by way of a large steel bridge specifically for the trail. From the river the trail starts to gain elevation. After about two hours from our car we "summited" Ten Mile hill, which is exactly 2/3 of the way from Georgia on the AT. After a short rest we headed back which was significantly quicker than the way up. To kill some time we stopped at the Ten Mile Hill shelter. There we found 4 guys who trekked in a cast iron dutch oven, Coleman stove, and beers. They were cooking up some spicy sausage and swilling some brews. The sausage looked good but the beers seemed a little too cold, especially since it was going to be in the single digits that night. But hey they brought a saw and cut down wood to make a fire. Not that fires are allowed in CT...
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Last Updated on Friday, 22 January 2010 18:08 |
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