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As everyone on Earth knows by now, Barack Hussein Obama won the election yesterday. He did more than win a contest, he brought hope to millions of us. I said it before and I'll say it again... he's the JFK of our generation. I am no longer ashamed to...
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After a lot of work, a bunch of us have come together to release an iPhone app to help us with our wine addiction. Cor.kz (found at http://cor.kz ) is an application for your iPhone that provides you with the only mobile front end to the massive CellarTracker...
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My grandmother holding my sister and I in 1972. I love the smirk on my sister's face. As you know from my post last week, I attended my grand mother's memorial service in Boswell, Pennsylvania a couple days ago. It was a rough visit and one of the few...
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As you may have seen from my Twitter or Facebook updates earlier in the week, my grandmother passed away suddenly a few days ago. She lived a great life to the ripe old age of 90, but her death was sudden due to a freak accident that occurred in Ohio....
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This past weekend was Ellen's birthday and as usual, we had to throw a party. Now, we've done the redneck thing , not once but twice and we've all become Canucks for the night , so what were we to do this time... Maybe someone should have told her that...
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Peter has just sent more photos from our climb up Mt. Rainier. They are included in my set on Flickr, and they begin with this photo . There are some real doozies in there, including this great video from Camp Muir . ...and don't forget Chad has his photos...
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The inaugural climb for Climb For Kids was earlier this week and it was definitely an adventure. The climbers on this first trip included James Goodman , Chad Behling, Peter Wall , Kevin MacDonald and myself. We all were in great shape and had our sites...
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Those of you who receive the news letter for Climb For Kids , already received this message, but I am posting it here again for those who might have missed it. I may try to send out updates via twitter, but coverage on the mountain is very spotty. Wish...
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It's been a while since I blogged. Sheesh have I been busy and on top of that my Tablet PC died. It had a good run for 4 years, so it was about time I replaced it. Yes, the rumors are true, I did buy a Mac to replace it, but I'll save that story for another...
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The 13 mile round trip hike to Kendall Katwalk and Ridge Lake continues to be one of my favorite hikes in the Northwest. I felt bad because I dissed my friends again so that I could go on this hike, but the spectacular views really picked up my spirits....
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For those of you who have been following the news or my twiiterfeed , you'll know that Randy Pausch , acclaimed professor from my alma mater , finally succumbed today to the pancreatic cancer that has been haunting him for 7 months. I don't claim to know...
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I've been back at work for a few weeks since the whole Emma ordeal and things have been interesting. My consulting biz is having a hard time rejuvenating itself. Opportunities present themselves for business, but each deal has fallen apart, which is a...
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My mountaineering training for this year's Climb For Kids climb (have YOU donated yet!?!?!) has me searching for the best day hikes that are fairly close to Seattle. This week I thought I'd look for something as good as Cathedral Pass , but in a different...
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Yesterday I went on a solo hike to recharge my batteries. Every now and then its good to go out in the middle of no where and be alone with your thoughts. The spectacular weather took me to an equally spectacular part of Washington State known as the...
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Great quote from Amani... "She's huge and darling. " Share this post: email it! | Send to Delicious | digg it! | reddit! | Dot it! | Seed Newsvine...
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Yesterday I headed to Pacific Raceways to catch the annual Vintage Auto Races . The racing was a lot of fun and the fact they were celebrating the 60th anniversary of Porsche was pretty sweet too. More than half the cars out in track and in the pits were...
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You might remember that we recently took a road trip in an effort to understand Emma's tragic death and to search for answers why. As with each trip I've taken across the US, I stop at bizarre and interesting places to get the flavor of the region. While...
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As part of Emma's donation, we'll be placing a plaque on or by the new swing set. It's turning out to be much harder to figure out what to say than we thought, so we'd love your help. The parameters: 10 words or less No "memorial language" May include...
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When I signed the girls up for Microsoft benefits at the end of last year, I was offered the chance to get child life insurance. I was leaning against it until I saw it was only a couple of bucks a month. Given that I wouldn't even notice the change in...
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As I mentioned in my eariler posts, my climbing partner and good friend Armand summited Everest this past month. Emma died while he was in Nepal, but I emailed him to let him know what was happeneing. I also told him Em would be looking over him during...
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I drove as quickly and as long as I could over the last few days so that I could arrive back home in Seattle last night. As you can see from the map , I had driven over 9,000 miles during these last 4 weeks. One of the things that Emma taught me was to...
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Today marks my grandmother's (my dad's mom) 90th birthday. Wow. We really wanted to stop by and personally wish her a happy birthday in Ohio, but the road was just too much on Ella. Anyway, we'll be flying out to see her later in the year. She's always...
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After a bunch of tornado warnings all around me, it appears that I luckily missed all of the tornadoes tonight. A warning is still in effect til 4:00 am. NOAA continue placed warnings for all the counties surround ours, but did not include ours. Whew....
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If you've been following me on twitter , you'll know that I'm currently hunkered down in tornado alley , in Wichita, Kansas. Now we used to have tornadoes here and there in Ohio, but not like this. I've heard varying forecasts, but the surrounding counties...
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We interrupt this road trip to point you to the Himalayas where one of my climbing partners is on his way to the summit of Mt. Everest. Everyone send good wishes to Armand as he tries for the summit. Let's hope he gets down safely. You can follow his...
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