Mike D, Ben Hein and I made and assault on Thor’s Hammer 5.9 at East Peak on a hot but beautiful day in August. This was Mike and I’s first time this season on the route. Ben was tackling it for the first time. After the three of us set up the climbing rope […]
Gunks – August 2008
Chrystal and I were finally able to sync up weekends so that we could go to the Gunks with Paul and Lauren. We carpooled out to New Paltz on the morning of August 16th. This was Chrystal’s first trip to the Gunks. We headed straight to the main climbing area and hit up a bunch […]
White Mountains, Zealand Falls Hiking
Chrystal had another retreat for her summer internship on July 18-20. The trip was again to the AMC huts in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. This year the trip was to the Zealand Falls hut which is much closer to the parking area than last year’s trip. However unlike last year we got some […]
Polo Match
Chrystal, me and a few friends went to a polo match this afternoon. Let me tell you it is a different world. Imagine all of those things you might normally associate with polo, affluent people, big hats, champagne, pretentiousness. All of those things are there. Despite those things it was a good time. […]
Ben’s place in Milford has great view of the fireworks wars that take place on the beach. His neighbors spend thousands of dollars on professional quality fireworks and try to show they have a better setup than the next guy. I wish I had my 20mm lens on me. I think they would have come […]