Andy blowing up the first tube... It didn't last long.

No Work for Over a WEEK!!!

I have no work for almost a week and a half!!! Holy crap, that's intense! I'm so pumped about that.... like seriously, I NEED a vacation!! Gonna be an awesome 2 days with the 706 leaders for sure... and then rocking out to good 'ole Wisconsin on Saturday night!! Yeah, hitting the Twin Cities at 1 AM, gonna be crazy!

Getting ready for some quality time with family, some kick butt mountainbiking and sweet rock climbing with friends. (And 5 days straight with my fiancee!!!! w00t w00t!!)

I'm loving it! So stoked right now!

Edit: Also, I'll probably be texting in updates from my trip, as well as photos, so stay tuned to Randomer, because who knows what randomness will occur!

And LJ takes on the Rock...

He SO made it!










And Summer dominated that climb too.

Wisconsin in 2 DAYS!

Yeh Wisconsin, get ready to be DOMINATED!! Got my Minnesota/Wisconsin guidbook yesterday, and totally getting stoked to hang out with family and friends, hopefully do some biking at Levis Mounds, and definitely climb some rock at Barn Bluff in Red Wing.

Yeh, getting excited!

Here's a shot from Barn Bluff, on a climb that I want to do:


(Taken from here.)

Sweet lead climbing pictures

Taken by LJ

Currently Reading: "Rock Climbing Minnesota and Wisconsin"

I read about 40 pages out of this book today... and it had a load of awesome information! It contained a lot of the general stuff about access and and ethics, but also several views that I had not really read before. There was a pretty long section about the varying geology of the area as well. While it was very informative, it got a little bogged down in scientific jargon. And of course, the route descriptions and photographs... that's what you buy the book for, right?

Looking forward to hitting up Barn Bluff in my grandparents' town of Red Wing... I'm really hoping we get to spend a good bit of time climbing there. That'd be awesome!

No Ninjas Allowed

is it gonna rain already?

So I was planning on biking all day today, getting in shape for my trip back to Wisconsin... but I checked the weather, and it was supposed to start raining and storming like crazy in an hour or so... but i decided to head out and do a quick nine mile loop anyways. I got home a while ago, and just checked the weather again.... and the forecast has completely changed! Just supposed to be overcast, with a couple of sprinkles for the rest of the day. Well what the junk? just wasted a bunch of ride time, and already have all of my gear put away. i'm probably going to eat some lunch, and get suited up to head back out and shred some more trail.

(rode Hawkes Creek already today... not sure where i'm going to head later.)

PS 3 more days until some crazy wisconsin action!

DOMINATING the lead at Yonah.

So I seriously love this picture of me at leading at Yonah... good climbing pictures are few and far between. Totally onsighted this climb. yeh, it's only like a 5.6/5.7 or so... but I did dominate it.

Taken by LJ

Currently reading: The Message (Psalms & John)

4 days

4 days until Wisconsin, and counting....

biking or sleep

So what's going to benefit me more tomorrow:

a) sleeping in and taking it easy in the morning
b) going mountainbiking

Haven't decided yet. I really want to go biking, but i'm super exhausted right now. it's a toughy.

eh, sleep is for wussys (or people still recovering from the sickness)

Sweet Climbing Pics from Yonah, Part 3

Summer leading





Ready to climb

All of these were taken at Mount Yonah in Cleveland, Georgia, this past May.
Photographs courtesy of LJ Gay (III).

Earth Fare Cafe

currently listening: rage against the machine, self titled

LJ @ Yonah, Part 2

Some more shots from when we went to Yonah with LJ.

Summer and I are going to be heading back up there today... it's gonna be sweet!









Tying in.





Praying before the climb.

All of these were taken at Mount Yonah in Cleveland, Georgia, this past May.
Photographs courtesy of LJ Gay (III).

Winter in the Flathead (Old)

So I found this photo lying around my photobucket, and was not sure if I had ever gotten around to posting it on here. I was actually impressed with how good it really was. Made me start thinking that I should start actually spending time on my photography again, instead of just taking "snapshots" and throwing them on the internet. Here's an example of what I could do when I actually put some effort into it.

Need some attention?

Miracle Mercy

I read this awesome passage of scripture about a week and half ago in my quiet time, and it has really been sticking with me and impacting me. Just read this, and dwell on God's marvelous love and miracle mercy for the children He loves!!!

Psalms 107:10-16 (From the Message)

Some of you were locked in a dark cell, cruelly confined behind bars,
Punished for defying God's word, for turning your back on the High God's counsel--
A hard sentence, and your hearts so heavy, and not a soul in sight to help.
Then you called out to God in your desperate condition; he got you out in the nick of time.
He led you out of your dark, dark cell, broke open the jail and led you out.
So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves;
He shatterd the heavy jailhouse doors, he snapped the prison bars like matchsticks!

We need to live EVERY DAY like we are the children HE loves, the objects of His miracle mercy! That should change the way we look at every day, no matter how bad work sucks, no matter how poor we are, no matter how hard life is... we are the children he loves!

Live today like you are that child.

Harbins Park

Went to check out Harbins Park today for the first time, and it was sweet!

Here's the review I posted on singletracks:

trek7k is right on: this trail is a sweet ride! had a great time out there today. the expert loop definitely makes this place... i'm probably heading back soon to just spend some time doing laps the downhill section with all the jumps and berms, that stuff was awesome! and this place is way better than 2.5 stars.

Here are a couple of shots:

The jump into the expert loop... just a taste of what is to come! I didn't get pictures of all of the incredible berms and jumps because I was a little short on time... but I'm going to be back!




Map of Harbins Park mountain bike trails in Dacula, Georgia.

A dark cloud settles on Athens

1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!!

So it is OFFICIALLY OUR 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TODAY!!!! I am super stoked about that, and went up to surprise Summer last night at her work... that was way cool! And in case you didn't know, we've been engaged!!! That all went down on June 12th... one of the best days of my life! That, and today one year ago definitely rank pretty high on the top ten list!
God has blessed us so much more than we deserve!

Haven't taken the opportunity to post up engagement pictures yet, so I guess I get to now! :)
Here are pictures from June 12th, right after we got engaged:




I love her!








Anna Ruby Falls


The ring!!!!


Just Engaged!