Up and Coming: The Worlds Longest Blog

I realize it's been a long...long...long while since I've made a post.
(Ignore the date of the last post...that was back in February) Many of
you may have come to believe that I was in fact dead. However, this is
not true, I simply don't think about Blogging all day long. The White
Skinned Goddess on the otherhand...
http://www.katietimothy.blogspot.com/ is a very reliable blog. She
pretty much lives for blogging, I don't know how she has time for
anything else! My lack of posting is all about to change though...for
I have discovered a new bit of software caled Performancing. It's an
add in for Firefox that sits at the bottom of your browser that you can
bring up at anytime, write a bit, paste a picture here or there and
post. Bam! Done! It's rediculously easy! I HIGHLY advise you all to
check it out. If you're not using Firefox...well...I'm surprised that
you're even able to use a computer if you don't use Firefox, so check
that out as well (it'll take your browsing experience to the next
level).

Anyway, I've been working on a blog for several days now
(a bit here and there) to catch up on some very exciting happenings:
gradumication, vacations, wedding, honeymoon, more vacations, climbing,
mountainbiking, aggressive eating, etc. So stay tuned, it'll probably
only be a couple days. I just need to up load several hundred pictures
off of my camera to prepare for the worlds biggest and longest (which
is no indication of quality, mind you...) blog.

While
you're waiting, check out this site: www.mountainbikingbill.com and
check out the video of the guy falling off the cliff.

Very entertaining to say the least. I almost barfed.

Climbing at Green Mountain (The Sacred Cliffs)

Lesley, Nathan, Amber and I went climbing at Green Mountain last Sunday after a fine morning of church. The hike in was approximately 1 mile, and was fairly easy until the last quarter mile or so when the trail quickly ascended to the top of Green Mountain. Nathan and I found a boulder that was not in either of our bouldering books (Colorado Bouldering vol. 1 and The Best of Boulder Bouldering). It was just to the north east of the "Sub-Boulder." We did a little adjustment of the natural state of the route (moved the dead tree away that was leaning over the top of the route, removed a dead bush that was at the base of the route, and brushed the lichen and moss locally from the foot and hand holds on our soon to be sent route). The route's first move is a dynamic move with the left hand, no feet to start. Once you find your feet on the minute little features down below, the next move is to reach for a small crystal protruding from the boulder and adjust your feet such that you can get a high right foot. The last difficult pull is to a fairly large pocket for your left hand. Find the rail for your right hand, and the route is done. I was the first to send, so I named the route "Obstruction" (thanks to the help of Lesley, who noted all of the trees obstructing the top-out of the boulder) and give it a rating of ~V4 not a real difficult one, but fun nonetheless.



We started the hike back to our vehicles once dusk was creeping upon us
and most of our extremeties had gone numb. The hike out seemed much
longer than the hike in, and it was fully night by the time we got back
to the road where we parked. The moon was very helpful in enabling us
to follow the trail. After this little adventure, I thought about how
blessed I am to have a future wife and good friends that have the same
love for crazy adventures as I do, and I look forward to the many
adventures that lie ahead.

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