Little Falls!

A couple of weekends ago, John (my hairy roommate) led a climbing trip to Little Falls. Little Falls is a sweet top-rope-able area about an hour and a half West of RPI. As I am essentially a rock climbing newb, this trip was a pretty good time. We set up five ropes and I climbed four of them probably up to a 5.6/7 ish range (with several easier). Here's some pictures:




That's Chris climbing and Dan belaying. Chris has officially acquired the I'm-going-to-beat-this-thing angry face. I'm becoming more convinced that success rock climbing is proportional to one's grunting and angry face factor.



Dan then went huge and climbed this route. Is that a cast on Dan's arm? Yes, he climbed the route one-handed (and with the other dangling like a club). There's nothing more humbling than watching a gimped person school you.

Going on an overnight canoe trip this weekend. I hope you enjoy the long weekend if you have one!

Mmmm Carrots

Carrots are strange. At first glance, I can't help but think they're going to be kinda nasty. I think some sort of conditioning has taught me that vegetables taste bad. No exceptions. And yet, whenever I start eating carrots, I can't stop until they're gone. The taste isn't really good. But it's not bad and I keep coming back. There's my deep thoughts on vegetables for the day.

I passed a nursing home positioned across the street from a graveyard while running a couple of days ago. I hope that if I'm ever stuck in a nursing home (please, no), I'm not right next to a graveyard. A room with a view just wouldn't be the same.

Funky Solutions

I was procrastinating and reading the September issue of Backpacker magazine (which is their "global warming" issue) when I stumbled across a part on poison ivy. Apparently, Ecologist Jacqueline Mohan "used a pipe system to boost CO2 levels in a North Carolina forest to the exact concentration expected by the year 2050" she then concludes that "the vines grew three times larger and produced a more potent form of [the stuff that makes you itchy]".

This report is terrifying. I'm mostly terrified to hike in North Carolina now. We've spawned a poison ivy MONSTER down there in the name of science. I bet it's breeding it's way north now to destroy us all.

An advertisement later in the magazine is for a gold pendant filled with snow from the summit of Kilimanjaro. The tag is "act now before the snows of Kilimanjaro are gone forever (Proceeds will help fight global warming)"

So, by melting the snow... from the summit... and sending it to people in little key chains... we'll help put more snow up there? That we already melted? Come again?

A Cookie Blackhole

My apartment has a cookie problem. We can't stop eating cookies. We've been trying to rotate who has to buy the apartment cookies but a box never lasts more than a night and then desperation strikes.

After Fall Lake George (a huge camping trip) we scored 12 boxes of cookies from the left-over food. They were gone in two days. That means we're eating at a rate more than 1 box per person per day.

We're hosting a BBQ today for people who helped with FLG and the organizer (who doesn't live at the house) included in his e-mail:

"WARNING: 2210 is a cookie black hole. If you bring cookies to 2210 they will most likely vanish within seconds. Bring cookies at your own risk."

So now the world (and internet knows). We are 2210 and we have a problem.

A list

So much to update... so little time.

QUICK! In no particular order....

-Cookies!
-Milk!
-Hiking!
-Rock Climbing!
-Classes (WHAT?!?!)!
-Burgers
-Ruck
-Toilet (again!?!?)
-Wall!
-TWUCK!

Tomorrow!

Flug a dug dug.

Elaboration next week.

An UPDATE of EPIC Proportions

Seriously... it's about freaking time.

School is school. There's homework and such things. The new apartment is pretty nice and it's good to have my own room off campus. Only clogged the toilet twice. Although the first may be aptly titled "Walking In Scott's Crap 2007." Ah, that was fun. Thanks Jeff, your crap cleaning skillz are quality.

Done a bit of hiking in the Adirondacks since I got back. Two weekends ago I climbed Black Mountain in the Lake George region and last weekend I climbed Mt. Hadley in the Sothern Daks. Both were repeat summits that were pretty chill and easy. Good to be outside and such.

Cooking in the apartment is sketchy schnazzy. I learned how to make lasagna the other night... never realized it was that freaking easy. We've also got some quality beer bread in here. After one trial run with NA beer and one with fully loaded beer the difference seems to be minimal (although results are inconclusive).

Yeah! Wicked!

Hello RPI..... One more...

Already a week into Senior year?

Well, yeah. It's strange to be back at school. I miss Utah more than I imagined I would (and I was pretty darn sure I would). Alas, this whole graduation thing has to happen (well, not necessarily, but don't tempt me).

Apartment life is good. Only one flood so far. We don't have internet in the place yet because the cable company is a slow moving, money robbing giant (grumble...). This means I feel kind of out of touch with everything. Good and bad.

Went for a morning mountain biking ride this morning around Pittstown State Forest with Jim and some other Outing Clubbers. Good times!