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Vedauwoo – Plumb Line
Before leaving for a short trip to Fort Collins we drive visit the Plumb Line crag. The climbs here are short but brutal. The first works me hard, and the classic Plumb Line utterly defeats me, leaving me wanting to return for a better effort. When will steep hand jams start to feel solid? Routes:…
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Book: Brick Lane / Monica Ali
I don’t know if I’ll ever need to understand the perspective of Bangladeshi immigrants living in London, but this book brought this totally foreign view much closer, and made the opportunities and pitfalls awaiting these people tangible. Glad Ann recommended it to me.
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Vedauwoo – Turtle Rock Loop Barefoot
The sharp crystals of Vedauwoo granite are a little rough on the feet, but I manage to run my favorite loop trail barefoot from our campsite. The variety of flowers in bloom keeps me dazzled the whole way.
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Vedauwoo – Blair III
Kate, Mark, and Sean join us for camping and climbing. Campsites in Vedauwoo have a lot of trash left over from the fourth of July weekend, so we spend some time cleaning up our site and pulling nails out of a huge leftover pile of pallet wood. Pulling Nails Climbing starts out well for me.…
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Living in Vedauwoo
Vedauwoo is one of our favorite places, so why not live there for a while when it’s nicest? We’ve always dreamed about doing it, and now we’re there!
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Gypset Atlas and Suggestion Form
This site extolling a gypsy jetset lifestyle had a few special Geo Mashup requests for its atlas: custom markers, tabbed info windows, and a user submission form. I decided to do the form using a standard WordPress page template – almost everything needed is already available right there. A little extra help from the cookies…
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Craters of the Moon National Park
We make a brief overnight stay in this gigantic lava bed in southern Idaho, finding the sparse landscapes punctuated by spry limber pines and stark wildflowers appealing. A nice stretch of trail runs from our campsite past the rims of a few craters and down to the smaller “snow cone”, a crater that preserves snowpack…
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Visit Victor, Idaho
An old friend who may wish to remain anonymous lives in this vicinity.
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Zimmer Creek Hike
Plans refuse to be realized today. Confused by a wrong mileage in our guide, we fail to find the first trailhead we look for, even walking half a mile up a dirt road to make sure. Left with less time we try a shorter hike, but even after starting at the right trailhead on the…
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Hike up Tamarack Ski Resort
George W. Bush made a well-promoted visit via helicopter to this up-and-coming Idaho ski area, but then the economy tanked, bankruptcy struck, and construction stopped. We start amidst monstrous Tyvek-wrapped shells of buildings to do a nice strenuous hike up the ski hill with Ann’s brother Randy. Intermittent rain showers keep patches of mushrooms fresh,…