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THE DATE
Ok hobo fans, I believe it is “safe” to announce the date your cyberhobo will leave bachelorhood like an empty bindle by the road. I will marry Annie Fish on August 2, 2003 in Joshua Tree National Park. To be honest, I can hardly wait. Invitations have not gone out yet, but be warned, we…
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Bruce Lee on Bouldering
‘I’m moving and not moving at all. I’m like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It is not, “I am doing this,” but rahter, an inner realization that “this is happening through me,” or “it is doing this for me.” The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to…
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Alabama Hills
The flowers are starting to fade in the desert around Ridgecrest, but higher up the Owen’s Valley in the Alabama Hills they are going strong. Saturday was a day of good climbing, napping, soaking up sun and amazing views. It won’t be long before it’s time to venture up into the snowy peaks.
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hot wedding
Ok, it looks like I will be getting married in the middle of the desert in the heat of the summer! We may be quite mad, but it may also be a stroke of genius. More to come.
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didn’t want to stop
Of course Ann & I didn’t go to Tahquitz as we planned (it was snowing there I’m sure), but Ann was eager Sunday morning to climb something. So we headed to Big Rock again in drizzling rain, hoping for the best. It turned out to be perfect there, cool with brief spots of warm bright…
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Walter’s Crack
The day I started bouldering, a little over a year ago now, I squared off against this problem. It’s a slightly overhanging crack that is wide and flaring near the bottom, then narrows at shoulder height so there are only a few key spots my fingers will fit in. That first day I couldn’t get…
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Last Move of the Day
I never want to call it a day when I’m at Joshua Tree. The fatigue of climbing seems to take longer to set in there. I was jealous of this climber rappeling off of the Hauser Buttress while I was packing up to go – he got the last move that time. When the air…
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Joshua Tree in the Spring
Lots of things are blooming at Joshua Tree NP now and it’s pretty amazing just to walk around there. Ann & I warmed up at Quail Springs on the Poubelle (Trashcan Rock) on Tip Toe (5.7) and a few of the easy cracks there. We watch a little girl climb Tip Toe after we put…
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poisoned?
This weekend Ann and I hiked a 6-mile section of abandoned highway 38 along its previous route into the San Gorgonio mountains. It was surprisingly pretty, but even more surprising was that on a beautiful day, 30 minutes from major Inland Empire population centers, we encountered no one. No mountain bikers, no hikers, no trail…
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Mrs. Cyberhobo
First of all, if you haven�t heard, I�m getting married! I haven�t done an organized announcement, so my apologies if you�re reading it here when I should have told you personally. We haven�t set the exact date yet but it�s likely to be a while, probably March 2004. I am marrying a dark-haired, blue-eyed girl…