Chicopee's Unique Parts

Well, at least some of them.

Actually, this is more of a shot of a typical section at Chicopee.  Pretty wide, smooth benchcut that flows well.

A bridge over some wetlands.

A cobble stone climb.

Creek crossing.  This was interesting! The bank directly below the camera was the most technical spot in the whole 21 miles.

Undulating singletrack... on a smaller scale.

A shot from Chicopee Woods mountain bike trails near Gainesville, GA.

A crisp, sunny morning

Sitting on the Patio Outside of Brett's

Rock Climbing at Mt. Yonah

Waking up at 5:30 (yes, am) to go climbing at Yonah.  I felt super groggy, so I took a picture.  Yep, looked as groggy as I felt



Yonah.




View from the lower landing zone, as the sun rises behind me.

Looking up from the lower landing zone to the main face of Yonah.


So I got up at 5:30, drove an hour and 15 min., hiked in a half an hour plus... and they're still sleeping.  Seriously!


She's a cutie!


Chris and Chrissy making breakfast... and my gear, itching to get used.


Chris's rope after leading the lowers 3, waiting for Chrissy to second it.


The lowers four... my first onsight on real rock!  Yeah, it was only a 5.6 though.


The sun FINALLY hitting the lowers, and we actually start feeling some warmth!  It turned into a GORGEOUS day!


Route 1A, it heads right up the nose of that arete.  I onsighted it... it was a really interesting route.  5.5
It was such a sweet day of climbing!  My first leads on real rock, and just an awesome time with Summer & friends!  
Yeh buddy.

Going Shirtless

It was incredibly gorgeous out today!  It's seriously February!  

441 Trails, Athens, GA

A leafy rock garden at the 441 trails in Athens.

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Some more features

A work in progress.







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Hydration.

Sometimes I hate people

Feature at the 441 trails

This was a feature at the 441 trails. Now if I had composed this better, it may have been a quality photograph.

The Jamis

Yeh...

College Applications

So as I again apply for various random institutions of higher education, I've realized that I can't write any more. Seriously.

Either that or I am just having a horrible time with procrastination and just getting the words that I need to say out. I feel like the last time I applied for colleges it took me a loooong time, so maybe this isn't nearly as bad as I thought it was. But seriously, I'm having a lot of trouble pounding this out, or pounding anything out lately. I don't even feel like writing emails anymore, and even when I write those I feel illiterate or uneducated. Ugh.

Some updates

So Summer and I got to rock climb yesterday with a couple of friends... and it was a total blast!  It was a great relief to get out and enjoy the outdoors... we've both been working like crazy, just trying to make it through the day and it was great to get out and climb, which we have been wanting to do for a looong time.  Hopefully next week we can get out too!  There'll be some pictures coming...

And in other sport related news, I ran today, and it felt really good! I've been trying to run more... but easier said than done!

There's been a lot of other stuff going on, too.  So yeah.

College Station Jittery Joe's Athens, GA

An Amazing Picture!!

On our date for our 6 MONTH ANNIVERSARY!

Wasatch Crest Trail

Check out the sweet sweet picture at the end of this post. Isn't that an incredible piece of singletrack?

The New Dew Logo

So maybe I'm starting to get old and dislike change, but I personally think the new Mountain Dew logo is kinda lame.  Seriously now... they just changed it like two or three years ago, and that wasn't too bad, but now this I think may be over the top.

Just a scuff

Fog