tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73944298933808828272024-03-27T06:16:07.730-07:00THE BIG TRIPan adventure from the US to Patagonia, where I lived for over one year; a blog to stay in touch.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-40165036621681307572015-01-06T13:43:00.002-08:002015-01-06T13:48:20.809-08:00Why Aren't You Going to Patagonia?
For the past seven years my life has been defined by its one constant: going to Patagonia, where my heart is, for one to four months to pour my energy out into the valleys until it reaches the brink of the mountain peaks.
The people I have met have changed my life. They have accepted me despite my eccentric faces, horribly endless stream of jokes, and restlessness that leaves me Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-46564391666322561522014-10-07T16:15:00.000-07:002014-10-07T16:15:04.317-07:00Father Decides to Board Flight on His Birthday. What he Did Next Will Surprise You!
Dad's birthday, he decides to tick off another item on the checklist. This item begins 14,000 feet up, where the air is colder, and there's much less oxygen in it. Where planes' doors roll up and there are just benches in the plane.
At 9 grande feet up, goggles are adorned and the broccoli fields start turning into patchwork blankets. You begin to realize you will have Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-72214096937030757812014-08-21T15:37:00.003-07:002014-08-21T15:37:43.679-07:00Bugaboos, Banff, Roger's Pass: Avoiding Grizzly Bears and Crevasses
8/13/14
Flight from Maine to Seattle: 11 hours
Drive from Seattle-Tacoma Int'l Airport to Brisco: 11 hours
Time crossing border: 45 seconds
Parking lot to hut: 2:00 (3pm departure; minus 15 chatting with friends headed down)
To Appleby campground: 30 (2:15 total hiking time with 75 lb. pack!)
Camp setup and registering: 30
Jog and scramble up east post spire: 15
Jog down: 10
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-31994477229409577002014-07-11T07:36:00.000-07:002014-07-11T07:36:37.014-07:00Top 10 apps that either do not exist or cannot exist.
1. Real Angry Birds - finds and tracks birds near you that are angry or hungry. Looking for a duck to feed? Afraid of birds attacking you or your puppy? Enter in your location of interest before arriving or use GPS tracking to see any birds near you.
2. Spock - Get unemotional advice for any conundrum. Stuck in traffic? Spock finds your way out. Can't figure your way out of a maze? Upload a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-86138771846625619442014-06-09T21:08:00.000-07:002014-06-09T21:19:35.041-07:00ReflectionAnother night slips away. When you spend most of your nights alone, be they under star-filled skies surrounded by silhouetted mountains, or be they under pulsing lines of electricity on the second floor of a third-rate hotel in a first world country, I can't help but view my time with friends and family as increasingly precious. Some activity hobbyists consider themselves weekend warriors, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-22646861366920793662014-04-20T20:17:00.000-07:002014-04-20T20:17:57.510-07:00A portrait of a slice of Maine.
Fashion in coordination doesn't stop at your front steps.
Truly opposing teams wear the same colors.
Our origin.
Print leaves the building.
A fence of flowers.
Baked silhouette, silhouette roll, silhouette stew, silhouette chowder, silhouette mac'n'cheese - all fine Maine delicacies.
For more photos, please visit http://www.tumblr.com/blog/twelvesquare ! Thanks & Check back for more Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-60463582665486337412014-03-31T15:33:00.001-07:002014-03-31T15:33:17.800-07:00Cultural Differences: U.S. versus Andes Mountains
Before even leaving Chile, English was thrust upon me thanks to my Caucasian complexion. This time I gave in and humored my language captors by responding in like terms. Oh to be back in the land of English.
And service. What struck me already, my first brunch back was the heightened status of service and low-wage jobs in North America. That is to say, the expectations of low-income workersUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-11155516731606682052013-12-26T10:05:00.001-08:002013-12-26T10:06:22.554-08:00La Presencia de mi PadreI can trace a major feature of the defining moments of my life – on a map. The feature is known as El Monstruo; the formation of a path to its base, summit and back again has also played a large role in the formation of me.
Needless to say, putting onto page the significance of the trials I encountered along the way is made ever more difficult because I want to represent them with all the gustoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-83999999654822893812013-09-22T14:15:00.003-07:002013-09-22T14:15:51.723-07:00Living for Patagonia: An UpdateHello, world. Test, test. Can you read me?
I'm living in hotel rooms. There's Campbell's soup cans on the desk, Bolthouse Farms protein drinks in the college fridge, and a pullup-bar in the bathroom doorway. There is also an open Patagonia Vertical book next to me, with scribblings of logistics written in feverish excitement over the back of a piece of paper from work.
Work? Wait. Aren't Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-35980789826998091802012-09-30T09:29:00.003-07:002012-09-30T09:29:42.872-07:00Locomotion
Things that stay in motion tend to stay in motion. People that are loco tend to stay loco. It's a theory called locomotion. If you're loco and in motion, you will most likely continue to stay loco and in motion. Jackpot!
[Behind the wench, the morning Casco Bay Lines ferry passes by.]
What does cross-training for an expedition look like? What does the life of locomotion feel like? Wake Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-15154191520074066562012-03-26T10:24:00.006-07:002012-03-26T10:42:05.961-07:00Game: Where is this?Email responses and the winner gets recognized in next game-post! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-14099122462648548352012-03-24T19:23:00.007-07:002012-03-24T20:11:35.199-07:00Walking with a Camera The three of us before our haircuts at The Mensroom in Portland, ME. Dad later lost his beard. Sean's is trimmed. Mine is going strong.I had to take a picture of the real reel of film in the park...We are watched from above. They are watched from below.A phonebooth a-piers.The best tool for deciphering the level of communication and the number of events and activities in any given location:Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-53034389007768312812012-03-17T15:36:00.003-07:002012-03-17T15:47:04.460-07:00IncomingThere are many pictures to filter through, and I'm picking out the most entertaining ones for you! A good wine deserves a good meal, so I'll be writing the festive history that accompanies these pictures from our trip to Cochamo this February-March!Please be patient with me as the pictures and stories shall turn out much more entertaining and fulfilling to look at and read, respectively.In Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-11226824109720228292012-02-21T06:38:00.000-08:002012-02-21T06:58:47.689-08:00Glory BathingIt is not what you think it is. At least this type of glory. Surviving. Staying alive. Finding your way down a forest that is vertical in many parts, requiring fixing ropes and putting knots in it every meter or so to hold onto when the clouds put the rain in rainforest. That doesn't sound like glory. And maybe it isn't. Maybe it's just the path there. And let me tell you:I'm loving everyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-11666218540860652742012-02-03T16:58:00.001-08:002012-02-03T17:28:00.823-08:00Puerto VarasDespues de hacer unos tramites, *Ahem! After doing a few necessary errands in Puerto Varas and Puerto Montt, my father and I are repacked and ready to go to Cochamo early tomorrow morning! Let the trekking and adventure begin!A quick and accurate debriefing of our activities thus far has been losing a bag, reclaiming it (which is to say, the aeropuertos found it and sent it to the direccion we Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-84936555000112204312012-01-29T18:41:00.000-08:002012-01-29T19:04:23.894-08:00Pre-Trip ActivitiesHow do you train? Although I usually like to have fun without getting yelled at, some human-constructed "chimneys" are just too good to pass up. Here I am at the Portland Museum of Art.I will be documenting this expedition in numerous ways, photography being one of them. In order to get in the habit, I started the walking and shooting early.It's been my great fortune to have my family around Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-54003435637239623992011-11-17T21:48:00.000-08:002011-11-18T05:42:46.064-08:00Gripping the GunksI just got back from a remarkable trip to the Gunks! The brief synopsis is that we successfully climbed life-changing routes and shared many memorable moments of boisterous laughter and fear-conquering. By we I mean myself, my best bud from college, Wesley John-Alder, his girlfriend Ariana, and our buddy Dan Herr, also from Oberlin College. So, here are the goods, starting with The Dangler, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-84688339519637236532011-10-13T20:45:00.000-07:002011-10-13T20:51:03.908-07:00More Monster TrainingIt has become regular exercise for my brother and I to share our daily body beat up sessions. Sean messaged me today saying: "Just logged a run...2.7 in 18 minutes". And I don't think wow. I think, good for you, Sean! Keep up the good work! It no longer astounds me. I like that. The same goes for doubling up workouts. Tonight, feeding off of the inspiration from the Reel Rock Tour, meetingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-32206755256638507532011-10-11T11:26:00.000-07:002011-10-11T11:48:35.236-07:00Monster Climb - The Documentary!We have launched the website for our Monster Climb documentary!Check out http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/860240596/monster-climb-the-documentary for more information on this awesome expedition and how to be a part of it and get awesome rewards!We have 60 days to surpass our fundraising goals or we get none of them! Every bit helps! Please help us spread the word to people who would love to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-65221654539968943932011-06-14T23:03:00.000-07:002011-06-14T23:13:06.496-07:00Pirate Triathlon!On June 12th, 2011, over 450 humans readied themselves for battle. I was one of few without a wetsuit, and nervously convinced myself that the water I was toes away from would feel balmy, and my quick transition into the bike portion would make up for any chill induced by the swim.But there is much to tell and much to learn from the events and the competition. Suffice it to say that I have foundUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-92004525996979546042011-06-01T21:11:00.000-07:002011-06-01T22:03:46.873-07:00Random in TandemLiving in Maine is one thing. Working for three of the greatest places/companies in Maine is another. (Can you guess all three?!) I can have conversations with almost anyone and connect it to any one of my jobs. Even if I was unemployed there would be enough to talk about. Working a cash register and on the sales floor has taught me that people love to talk about the weather. It's a great Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-79383452376499264442011-05-22T23:31:00.000-07:002011-05-22T23:40:56.274-07:00Triathalon TryoutI'm trying out this new thing called Triathalon. I've signed, sealed and am waiting to deliver my fate to myself. That is, I've registered for the Pirate Tri, scheduled to take place on June 12th, 2011.I have been neglecting this blog, it's true. First and foremost I've been pouring myself during hours and after hours into my jobs at Trader Joe's and L.L.Bean in the hopes of making both placesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-14653327542930085332011-05-05T19:41:00.001-07:002011-05-05T19:59:29.339-07:00TrainingFor the first time in my life, I am training of my own volition for a goal of my making. And, in order to train for my goal, I have made smaller goals. Like smashing triathalons and trail-running races. This requires training for those activities! Now, I have always been taken by the renaissance and as such I love cross-training. If I want to be a good climber, I rollerblade, run, slackline,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-75708042973366674492011-03-31T17:28:00.000-07:002011-03-31T17:35:13.217-07:00BrotherCheck it out, bro. We're living big. You're in Cali. Overlooking the valley. It feels good, doesn't it? You're 23 now. Live it up. Yesterday I went to North Conway again. I climbed up my favorite route solo. I did is slow, though. I thought about the view. I looked down. I breathed slowly. At the top I didn't just hop the fence and jog down. I sat it out. I let the mind take the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394429893380882827.post-27153318575125558962011-02-07T20:59:00.000-08:002011-02-07T21:01:15.160-08:00Missing Video!Here's the video missing from the previous post about snowshoeing on the lake!Unfortunately, I was all alone snowshoeing and all alone on the lake so there is no footage of actual snowshoeing action, but just the scenario.Cheers!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3