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Today was amazing! Made it to the top of my first outdoor pitch. Went to the climbing gym w my friend last week and she made me fall off the wall a bunch (while she belayed) and it really helped me with my fear. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lovely morning. Arms got sunburned. Best conditions were on Draufganger and BB Park. Word is that they will reopen for "May Day" on May 5. Did snap pix climbing Hawk Falls after

This was the crack route. Didn’t make it to the top of it but pretty freaking fun! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think Eaf is questioning my life choices again and/or doesn't register hyperbole. Hey, if it puts your mind at ease , I'm fine financially. I do have savings. I'm simply enjoying a bit of decompression and humor before jumping back into the 40-hour world again in the next month or so. Vermont just voted in a mandatory minimum wage of $15 an hour. I could literally take ANY job here and make as much money as I made teaching high school. So no, I'm not worried, I'm very happy and optimistic for the future and aware of my good fortune. Most people I know have been happy for me in return, but you do you.

what the hell is going on right now

In Moab with some ladies. The climb today is a bit too sketchy for me so I am skipping it. But have an awesome view in the sun. 3 pitches up being belayed from above then a free hang rappel. I know physically I can do it but once you begin you are committed to finishing. Tomorrow will be normal climbing and I am psyched for that! We are glamping in safari platform tents with real beds. But last night was freaking cold at about 26-28 degrees. About 50 degrees now in the sun feels awesome. Sunrise When we arrived at Looking Glass arch this morning there were a group of naked people in climbing gear doing a photo shoot. Is that a belay device hanging from your harness?.......squinting eyes tell me no it’s something I wish I didn’t see. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Headed up Saturday for a solo trip to Boulder for their closing day. Pops wasn't feeling up to it, still recovering from the crud that hit both of our houses this past week. The 10 am open was well appreciated; I really didn't feel like having having to head out hella early to get good conditions for a few runs on a couple trails. Left the house at about 9 and with a quick stop at the BK on the turnpike for a bite, was parked a few minutes before 10. Maybe 30-40 cars in the lot, not a lot of people around. Wasn't in a hurry so went inside to boot up. Dropped the bag upstairs and went down and picked up my $35 ticket. I had planned to wear a jacket shell so I'd have somewhere to attach my ticket, but it was already far too hot. Popped into the shop to see if they had something lightweight but still with a zipper, but came up empty. Ended up using my car key to pop a hole in the waistband of my gym shorts and fastening around there, hanging it out of the uninsulated wind pants I had on. Booted up and hit the snow just before 11. Took the Merry Widow lift up and skied down Mittleweig past a "thin cover" lollipop that wasn't lying. The trail was pretty much full width but not a done of depth and some dirt showing through. It was certainly skiable, but various spots of very draggy slow snow made it not so much fun. At the bottom I headed skiers right to the triple. Took note on the way up of what looked to be excellent coverage on Draufganger, and what I could see of Bunnys. Of course, the jump line had plenty of snow. Snowdrift, the trail under the triple, has never been open on any of my previous 3 or 4 visits but was Saturday. Coverage was, ah, . . . existant. I'm not sure if that trail is normally fashioned after a skiercross course, but that's certainly what it reminded me of. I ended up skiing it once just because later. Up at the top I headed down Draufganger and found great coverage and good snow. The rest of the session consisted of laps mostly down Draufganger, with one down Snowdrift, two down Bunnys (one each Elbow and Schuss) and 3 or 4 down the right side of the jumpline, off the hills at the trails edge which had the best snow I found. There is no shortage of PASR sticker relics around Big Boulder like the one below. For giggles I counted on one lift ride and confirmed stickers on at least 32 of the 70 chairs on the triple. The snow got slower as the day went on of course, and there weren't a whole lot of people having a real go at the jump line, but I managed to grab a few pics from the lift of people still sending the jumps. By the end of the session a large watery slush pond had formed at the bottom of the run to the lift. After 24 runs and about 2.5 hours I figured it was time to call it a PA season and headed up and down Mittelweig for run 25 and to end closer to the lodge. Still thinking about maybe Killington first weekend in May, otherwise that's gonna be the season

These pieces of paper with sticky backings.

He sounds like a jealous hater to me.

Shut the fuck up Eaf...she’s been working for 30 years and has no kids and her fixed costs are very low with her new condo purchase. When I’m your age and Sally’s age I’ll probably be retired.

I thought the same thing when I saw the picture. I may or may not have zoomed in to be sure.

Comment all you like, but expect pushback if you're going to be all negative toward someone. I would assume that anyone over age 40 probably has a lot more heavy shit going on in their life than meets the eye or that they talk about casually. That's why most people try not to be dicks to each other.

In the words of Matt Edge,”Badass”

Just lately??? I’ve always wanted to live a life of leisure but finances have gotten in the way. I pulled off being a ski bum for 18 months when I lived in Montana and in college I was basically a ski bum. Anyway mid term goal is to work 8 months of the year here and deligate my work to the office manager other 4 months of the year.. anyway Eaf when I’m a ski bum if you need a couch to crash on checkout couchsurfing.com I’ll be in Vail.

Reminded me of this.

If you don't know, then don't comment.

I'm also working part time while caring for an elderly parent who needs so much help I haven't even spent a night in my new place or moved out of my PA apartment. But if you want to be all jelly of my rock star life, Eaf, go for it. Don't assume shit about people's situations.

A nice Bye Felicia at the end would have been good.

This is so incredibly cool (for you) and scary (for me). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

that was the thing that got me my first time. no idea your risk of falling is completely dependent on your ground person. I'd rather be attached to a building.

Holy cow, that's awesome. Congratulations!

Already 100% legal. Just go on craigslist and look for someone selling a $250 glass mason jar with a free ounce of weed inside.

I hope so. I got sunburn through my clothes. It was just weird turning the corner and thinking “Are those boobs?” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There should be a few groomers off Superstar. Blues mostly, but they get bumped up really quickly. Hard to say with this weather. It's been rainy, but tomorrow is some sort of wintry-mixpocalypse, then a long stretch of high 30s at night, so who knows. It feels like May is the new April up here this year.

I used to drive to Vermont to get weed.