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AT – Sheffield, MA to South Egremont, MA

After missing a fall 2009 backpacking trip I was itching to organize another for the spring.  The trip I took a couple weekends ago with Chrystal, Ben, and Eric was great and I really wanted to get out again.  After scouring my AT book and maps I was able to find a good section of […]

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Subaru Timing Belt Extravaganza

This weekend, April 17-18, Dave Forsberg and I finally got around to replacing our timing belts.  His 1997 Subaru Outback has over 200k miles on it and he doesn’t know when the belt was changed.  My 2004 WRX has 108k miles and Subaru recommends replacing it at 105k.  Rather than tackling this maintenance individually we […]

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Early April Backpacking

I wanted to take Chrystal out for her first backpacking trip.  I had thought about doing something really simple like just a couple miles, but she said she wanted to do something a little more challenging.  I found a great hike in my AMC’s Best Backpacking in New England book.  The book had a great […]

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Red Rock Climbing 2010

First off it isn’t Red Rocks it is Red Rock to the locals. Chris Constantino was heading to Red Rock with his brother who is the president of the Purdue Outing Club. This is the third trip Chris was attending. Two years ago Chrystal happened to meet up with them and had great time. Stories […]

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First Climb of 2010

It has been a long 5 months since I ventured outside for a climb.  I probably could have climbed more over the winter but I’m not Ken Nichols.  But this weekend, the first beautiful weekend of 2010, Chrystal and I headed out to the Gunks for a weekend getaway.  The temps were in the 50’s and […]