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Archive for October, 2008

Mon
27
Oct '08

Round Two

Another great weekend at the creek got wrapped up last night at the Dolores Brew Pub with my climbing partners Jared & Justin..along with several other Telluride mountain bikers that had gone down to Durango and Phil’s world for some warm temperature biking. The brew pub is revving up for its big halloween bashthis Friday, [...]

Mon
20
Oct '08

Feeding the Rat- Creek Season Begins

Always being one of those folks that subscribed to the old adage that sport climbing is Neither, now, in recent forays to Rifle, the Pool Wall in Ouray, and a few sport routes in Ophir, I may have changed my mind. Sport climbers have been saying this continually- it makes you stronger, you can push [...]

Fri
17
Oct '08

Further Reflections on Gasherbrum

As the weeks pass, and snow begins to fly, I have slowly processed more from the big mountain experience. Remembering images of the small children running up to our jeeps as we briskly breezed through and pasttheir fields and towns. Their small hands outreached and mournful eyes asking us for “pins”- pens. How I wished [...]

Fri
17
Oct '08

River Ramblings- the Grand Canyon Wrapped

Floating the Grand Canyon is a stunningly beautiful booze cruise with some extraordinary hikes and adventuring for your downtime. For those rowing & paddling, there is a lot more work involved. For those not, it is one of the best ways possibleto relax without sitting on a beach for hours on end. Throw in some [...]

Wed
15
Oct '08

Documenting Plastics in America- "BagIT"

Telluride talent & film guru, Alexa Warren,and team are currently filming BagIT a documentary film on the world-wide use of plastic bags and their impact on the environment, human health with proposed alternatives and solutions for this growing problem. Several of the issues that they are uncovering include: Plastic bags are made from petroleum and [...]