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Infirmary Slabs in South St. Vrain Canyon
We milk another day of climbing out of the season! It was actually pretty nice out, and we had this crag to ourselves. Ann confidently chose to lead Acts of Contrition, a dicey 5.8 slab, as her first climb of the day. It worked her, and she took her first lead fall, but I was…
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Movie: The Opposite of Sex (1998)
The self-deprecating and self-referential style that confronts you from the opening scene hits a little too close to home in its criticisms of itself. It’s not a lost cause though, the characters are entertaining and remind me of people I’ve known, and the actors do a good job with them. Christina Ricci especially does well…
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Movie: The Killers (1946)
Hey, it’s a noir film with a plotline you can follow and a soundtrack that’s only mildly bombastic! I enjoyed this solid piece, though it irritated me a little that it sounded off like Hemingway wrote it, when really the screenplay just took a scene with a little dialogue from a Hemingway short story, then…
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My Second First Birthday Party
I can’t remember much about my first one, but at this one lots of tots got to compete for the good toys while the bigger, slower folks stuffed their faces with extra-garlicy hummus, fruit & veggies, and carrot cupcakes. The boy of honor, Dyson, seemed a little indifferent toward his presents, but his parents were…
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St. Vrain Canyon – Piz Badille
It’s overcast with rain in the forecast, but we’re so in the mood to climb, we pick up Sean and head for Boulder Canyon anyway. Alas, it’s raining hard when we arrive. Rather than turn right around, we continue up to Nederland and over to the South St. Vrain Canyon to descend. Surprisingly it’s dry…
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Introducing the hobomap!
The hobomap is here, and in the pages menu. Try it out! I’m very excited about this. For a long time I’ve wanted a good way to map my outings and adventures. The WordPress Geo Plugin provides a way to map a single post, which I’ve made use of for some time, but I always…
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Live Music: Andreas Klein
I’m glad we caught this opportunity. Andreas Klein is certainly the highest caliber pianist I’ve seen in a venue as small as CSU’s Edna Rizley Griffin concert hall. His theme for the night was ‘visions’ – short, intense, visually inspired pieces. I was in awe of most them. The Prokofiev series was the only one…
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Movie: Eve’s Bayou (1997)
I find it painful to watch a movie that aims high and falls short, probably because it reminds me of my own failings. This film had the potential to be a somber but graceful expression of existential angst, making use of Cassandra-esque characters to illustrate the pain that can be caused by revelations of truth,…
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Vedauwoo – Nautilus
None of us are feeling too motivated today, but Sean, Ann, and I rally ourselves to take advantage of one more sunny Saturday at Vedauwoo. There’s a ripping Wyoming wind on the drive up, but the Nautilus formation provides a pleasant sheltered spot at Friday’s Recess. I enjoy leading a couple of 5.8 trad pitches…
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Movie: The Dish (2000)
As a movie this pretty much stinks, but as a documentary of one the Australian radio telescopes used in the Apollo 11 mission it’s good. The dramatizations are stiff and stereotypical, but the footage of the TV coverage of the first moon walk is given room to breathe. This is really the only place I’ve…