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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Horse Pens is Magical

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Monday, June 28, 2010

Last Dance

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Tennessee Wall




So as most of you know my wife and I are moving to Japan. So next week we are taking our last trip to Chattanooga from NOLA. I actually am very sad that we are moving away from the amazing southeast sandstone. I learned how to climb on the wonderful cracks at T-Wall. I first saw bouldering at Horse Pens five years ago. I broke into the 11a's at Little River Canyon, and found out what 12a felt like the same day. I learned the importance of several spotters and multiple pads at Stone Fort. I have learned many more lessons from Rumbling Bald to Tallassee. I climbed Misty at Sandrock pulling off my first 10. I have traveled all over the world and I have to say that there is and will always be a place in my heart for the sandstone in the southeast.


Star and I are heading to Chatty on Wednesday through the 4Th. Sunset, Fosters, and DWS are in the future. Planning on meeting up with several friends along the way, including a close friend Bruce who is flying in from Houston. I am rigging a couple of ropes to take photos from the top for a better perspective. I hope to take lots of video too. After this trip we are off to the north west for some granite pulling. I am planning on hiking into the Stuart Range in the Cascades for some fun alpine adventuring. Star and her parents might come with some friends from the Alpine Institute. So we will see. I will be wearing my Snake River Pants the entire time. I hate to take them off!!!


Anyway, on the home front Star is 23 weeks prego and feeling great. I can not say how excited we are to welcome the little mountain sprout into our lives in Nov.

There is talk of a gym being built in NOLA soon. Which is great for the climbing community here. There are six house walls now and a gym in the city is greatly needed.


The oil spill is depressing. I have been down there working on some of the boats as a medic for the clean up effort. But now for the past week have been trying to organize the house so the movers can pick up our three different shipments. Our house is a wreck. But we see the light at the end of the tunnel now.


So long for now and I will post pictures next week.



Go Climb Something!!!
Monday, June 14, 2010

My baby and My Baby

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A picture taken at the tree of life in NOLA. The tree of life is also where Star and I had our wedding celebration. I thought it would make for a great spot for our first round of photos.
Sunday, June 13, 2010

Graduation and Zoo

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So yesterday my wife Star graduated from the residency program at Children's Hospital in NOLA. A very big day for our family. After we ate lunch at Deanie's restaurant in Metairie. Which has great fried and boiled seafood. Later that night we a had a small gathering of friends to continue to celebrate this special occasion.
Today we decided to go to the Audubon Zoo. What a great idea. Star finally was able to see that the animals are not a myth, urban legend, or animatronics. She seemed to believe that the animals were not real and that they were in fact a trick to make people come in and pay money for nothing.
Well, she was able to see real elephants, monkeys, giraffes, rhinos, flamingos, lions, tigers, and much more!!! Here are some cool photos from the last wonderful couple of days. I was even able to squeeze in two days of climbing too.


Enjoy.
Friday, June 11, 2010

Attempts at Art

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So last night when I walked through the door after a very long week and a half of working in Hopedale with the oil spill, I decided to take some photos. I was able to actually play with the setting in manual mode and snap a few good ones. I am searching for my identity in the photography world. There are so many variables in using a DSLR. I am over whelmed now but love the idea of taking great photos. Freezing a wonderful moment in time, or capturing a landscape in it's most natural untouched setting. I am trying to practice and acquaint myself with the aperture and shutter speed now so when we start our journey I will have a better handle on this D5000.










Enjoy these photos.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Nikon D5000

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So I finally pulled the trigger on a camera. Star and I bought the new Nikon D5000 after many a month of searching for "The Perfect Camera". I talked to several people and the general consensus was between a mid ranged Canon or Nikon. I handled both and it seemed that the Nikon felt the best in my hands. I originally wanted a single lens to have an 18-200mm range. The Nikon lens in this range is almost $700 and the equivalent from Tamron is $350. After learning more about lenses and ranges, I found out why the Nikon lens was so much more. VR control. Vibration Reduction. Anytime that you zoom in past 100mm, along with a seemingly infinite other situations, if there is any movement the photo will be blurry. After considering the majority of use that we will be using the camera for I knew that the VR function was a must. Out of my price range I was disappointed that I would have to wait even longer to buy our camera.
This past Sunday in the Best Buy ad, they advertised for a great package. The package included:


Nikon D5000
Nikon VR 18-55mm
Nikon VR 55-200mm
Nikon camera bag
8GB memory card
The Package was only 879.99!!!!!!! I jumped on it like stank-on-shit. I also bought a UV filter, polarizer filter and an extra batt. I am very excited to start using the camera and learning all of the features. I took 75 photos last night. All but one seemed to look OK. So I will be posting several entries now on my learning process.



Here is the only photo that Looked good.


Thursday, June 3, 2010

More Pictures from Zion

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More great pictures from Zion. Enjoy the beautiful photos.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Climbing and Canyoneering in Zion

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Chris on a 10c slab


Half Route


Eddie loving the seat on 1/2 Route




Steep wall in Kolob Canyon



Looking down Kolob




So this past weekend Star and another couple went to Zion for Star and Lori's Birthday. We stayed at a "green" bed and breakfast. It was an great memorial weekend. We climbed in the sometimes forgot about north end of Zion on the first day, Kolob Canyon. We hiked in through amazing terrain. We decided to climb on some slabby warm ups and then more steep rock. We ended the first day on some hard slab routes. Very fun day all-in-all.

The second day we did some canyoneering through the Subway. We did the top down option. What an adventure!!! It took us 9hrs. We rented dry suites because of the water temperature and shady sections of the canyon. The beginning was very cool. It was an hour hike through slick rock and a gulch to the start of the canyon. The canyon was amazing. We used our friends camera so I will post photos tomorrow from the Subway. I have to say that if you ever are considering the Subway hike do the top down. The bottom portion is nice but the upper portion makes for a better experience.

The last day we drove through Fire Valley State Park on the way back to NV. What an amazing place. If you have a few extra hours and are on the 15 north of Vegas you must check it out. Just like Red Rock Canyon is a must see too. There are some wonderful looking lines there in the Navajo sandstone. There is a mixture of Navajo and Aztec sandstone. The Aztec is very crumbly and death rock.


Here are some shots with more to come!!
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