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Mt. Rose Slushy
Snowshoes or no showshoes? That’s the question of the day at the Mt. Rose trailhead. My cousin Dewey is visiting, and I don’t want too miserable an outing for him, but I decide we can do without the snowshoes. On the trail Most of the relay peak trail and road is just a little slushy.…
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Mom visits Reno
I finally get my opportunity to show my mom why we love Reno. She comes for a long weekend and we manage a pretty good tour! Mom at the collective! A sample of working at the Collective, during which we convert her old TYPO3 website to WordPress. mom and stone man A visit to the…
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Thomas Creek to Mount Rose Trailhead Run/Hike
New local discovery of the day: Thomas Creek has at least four trailheads! I thought a bunch of friends were leaving from the trailhead I thought of as the “lower” one, but it turns out there’s a lower one still. Then two in the middle and one more up high. Maybe more, who knows? It’s…
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Hack4Reno project RenoTracks places!
I was especially excited about the project this year because I think it might really be used. Forking a project started in San Francisco and continued in Atlanta (among others), we had some supposedly working code to begin with. That turned out to be a mixed blessing for me. The PHP and javascript code I…
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Sawtooth Ridge Climbing
Why have we walked twice as far to Big Chief all this time, when there is climbing much closer to the east at Sawtooth Ridge? No idea. Wes, Aaron, Ann, and I make a successful exploration of this area. The crack Wes and I climb is unpleasantly mossy and dirty, but the sport climbs are…
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Crystal Boulder Climbing
It’s not the day to drive through Truckee, but none of us know it. Ann, Wes, and I blithely plan to check out Sawtooth Ridge, a crag south of Truckee that we’re all curious about. Then we become curious about the many police cars, traffic jams, and bicycles everywhere. Finally I remember: the Tahoe Ironman…
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First snow of the season verified
We take our visiting friend Peter out for a hike even though it’s raining, figuring it might be fun to get a little wet. At first it is, sloshing through puddles in our minimal footwear with no socks or insulation, but then the temperature starts to drop. And snow starts to fall. Finally I call…
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Happy blue skies at Grouse slabs
Gabe drives Ann and I up to the gloriously clear skies and fine views of Donner pass. We do a little bouldering and all climb the classic Jellyroll Arch 5.8. It feels like summer has re-emerged from the smoke… Gabe climbs the warm up boulder Gabe leads Jellyroll arch http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyberhobo/9780411465/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyberhobo/9780500573/ Ann and I also…
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Mt. Rose Loop w/ Smoke Below
John joins me for a dawn run up Mt Rose. Smoke was settled in the valley, leaving the air up high pretty good! Great day for the Rose. Smoke Sunrise John's on the Mt Rose summit Smoke on the water
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Mystery Route at Big Chief
Wes joins Ann and I for some climbing at Big Chief, all of us hoping for breathable air. The smoke is definitely back, but seems tolerable for climbing, and the temperature is perfect. We do a few of our trade routes, and Wes leads his first 5.10a (whoop!), but the highlight of the day is…