I know that the world is going to hell in a hand basket, but personally I'm in a good place at the moment. Maybe some of you are, too, so let's take stock of what's going well, at least on my end. I saw an old friend last week, who I haven't seen in ten... Continue Reading →
Promesse des Profondeurs
This is a climb we did back a while ago, eight years ago maybe. The name is the Promesse des Profondeurs at Castelvieil in the Calanques. My partner really, really wanted to climb it again, since we'd had some problems route finding the first time around. I really didn't want to do this climb again,... Continue Reading →
Solstice
I'm always a bit relieved when I make it to this part of the year, although this year I kind of gave up on trying to see the sun or get any air the last few months. It was a choice. I did get exercise -- the pool, a bit of climbing in the gym,... Continue Reading →
Neologisms
I've wanted some new words to describe things. ChatGPT is good for that, but I helped it along: 1 ) I need a word for the sort of weird hand waves people do in front of faucets with automatic sensors to get them to turn on: sink chi. For the automatic soap dispenser: clean chi.... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 