Me and Boobs, at the Denver Military Hash, telling the rest of the world where it's priorities should be.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
DH3
Me and Boobs, at the Denver Military Hash, telling the rest of the world where it's priorities should be.
Friday, July 21, 2006
for Smut...
Aww, puppy dogs! Chicks love puppy dogs, right?
Anyways, these two poor dogs are now at the center of a huge controversy in the Springs. The far left fringe and the far right fringe are up in arms, and the amount of noise those two groups are making causes the politicians to play along. Meanwhile, the middle 98% of us are left to wonder, "aren't there more important things to worry about?"
The left and right links are pretty funny. Especially since the big gay football player is named Dan and resembles Chlamydia. Coincidence?
overheard at work today...
Me: So how've you been?
Parolee: Good. I've been clean and sober for a week now.
Me: Really? This says you tested positive for coke on Tuesday.
Parolee: Oh. Well, it's been almost a week...
Parolee: Good. I've been clean and sober for a week now.
Me: Really? This says you tested positive for coke on Tuesday.
Parolee: Oh. Well, it's been almost a week...
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Barr Trail Mountain Race
Up early again on Saturday for the Barr Trail Mountain Race. Great warm-up and fitness gauge for the Pikes Peak Ascent/Marathon coming up. Lots of Austinites, well over 20, came up for the race. At 12 miles long, it's a bit short for me, but I was over there looking to have some fun and get a cool shirt.
The race starts at the Cog railway in Manitou Springs and runs six miles up to Barr Camp. You then turn around and bomb back down those six miles.
I'm not much of a downhill runner, so my entire race was focused on the first six miles. My goal was to start slow and just keep running, which I knew would put me ahead of the vast majority of the field. This plan worked well. Despite my Elbert trip the day before, I ran well. Set PR's to No Name Creek (40:10), the 7.8 sign (57:44) and Barr Camp (1:17:05). These were big PR's too, by several minutes. The even but hard pace I set put me in the top 50 of the race, pretty decent considering it was a world class field.
Hell, I had done so well up to that point I decided to try to run down too. Hammered down with no regard to my own safety, and got back to the Cog in 44:52, over ten minutes faster than the average descent time.
Put me at the finish line in a time of 2:01:57. Really happy with my time, and especially with my 42nd overall place (out of 333 finishers). Beat a lot of local runners that I had no business competing with over such a short distance. And I even picked up some hardware, grabbing 5th place in the 30-35 age group! Pretty sweet plaque for my collection!
Great to see so many Austinites make this trip! My hat goes off to all of them, it's incredibly tough to train for a race up a mountain while living in flatland Texas. Not a single one of them DNF'd or finished over the 3.5 hour cutoff! Gutsy performances by all!
Mt. Elbert/Leadville
After drinking head Rogue Steve Sisson under the table at the Keg and again at the Black Sheep on Thursday night (all you can drink PBR, woohoo!), I met up with Nicole on Friday afternoon for an assault on Colorado's highest peak, Mount Elbert.
Left the Springs and headed straight for Leadville. Great drive to a beautiful town. Immediately stopped at the Silver Dollar Saloon, quite the pub. For a pre-climb meal it was off to Rosie's Brewpub, at 10,152 feet it's North America's Highest Brewery! First brewpub I've ever been to that had it's own malt liquor - the Mount Massive Malt Liquor. Great stuff! Had awesome wings too, I highly recommend this place.
Slightly tipsy it was off to the Mount Elbert trailhead. Camped near the trailhead at 10,400 feet. Due to the recent rains the fire ban had recently been lifted, so it was nice to enjoy some PBR around a hastily made campfire.
Stepped off next morning just after 5AM. It's not a bad hike, though it's steep at times. No navigation required, just following a well worn path. Nicole had to take a few breaks on the way up due to the altitude, but we still made pretty good time. The early start allowed us to have the peak to ourselves for a good 15 minutes until the parade of climbers began.
By the way, notice my kick ass, hot dog themed Lehigh Valley H3 shirt!
Back down the peak, it was off to the Tennessee Pass Cafe for a big, huge cheeseburger and some more local brews.
More pics can be seen here.
Nicole's pics are here.
overheard at work today...
Not sure what they were talking about, but I heard one parolee say to another "I'm sweating like a Catholic priest at a little league game."
Jack Quinn's Racing Team
Couple of Barr Mountain Trail Race overachievers at Jack Quinn's last night. Had an awesome long weekend, should update my blog with stories and pics later tonight.
Monday, July 17, 2006
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Slut's shirt on top of Colorado! Mount Elbert, 14,433 feet and the highest mountain in the Centennial State.Great weekend! Bagged Elbert, visited Leadville, drank at North America's highest brewpub,won hardware at the Barr Trail Mountain Race, and got to hang out with all the visiting Rogues from Austin. Updates to follow soon.
Friday, July 14, 2006
let's hear it for PA!
FYI, the current leader of the Tour de France, Floyd Landis, is from Pennsylvania. He would kick Lance's ass!
must...get...beer...
It's 1:30PM, and my BAC has shrunk to a teetotaling 0.007. I will be completely sober soon. Musn't let that happen!
hypocracy
I am drunk.
I am at work.
Soon, I'll hafta tell some poor parolee that alcohol is ruining his life and he needs to quit drinking.
Woohoo!
I am at work.
Soon, I'll hafta tell some poor parolee that alcohol is ruining his life and he needs to quit drinking.
Woohoo!
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
lung buster
Got an invite from JohnBoy to do a Colorado adventure race in September. Involves running, trekking, climbing, orienteering, mountain biking, kayaking, beer drinking and who knows what else. Not really in adventure racing shape, but I certainly wouldn't let that stop me, and I'm giving the race serious consideration.
LungBuster
For those that don't know, I have never lost an adventure race, even with some shitty partners:
LungBuster
For those that don't know, I have never lost an adventure race, even with some shitty partners:
hardcore!
There is a bar called Tex-Mex close to where I live. It's one of the seedier bars in one of the seedier sections of town. There has been at least one stabbing incident (two were stabbed in a fight) that I know of since I moved here.
I ran by there around 6:30 this morning, and there were already two people sitting on the curb waiting to get in. The bar doesn't open until 7AM. And this is on a Wednesday!
I ran by there around 6:30 this morning, and there were already two people sitting on the curb waiting to get in. The bar doesn't open until 7AM. And this is on a Wednesday!
Monday, July 10, 2006
more Texans than Texas!
Guess it's that time of the season for the Austinites to come visit Colorado!
Got to party with Dick The Boy Wonder and Big Bloody Ketchup this past Saturday, had a blast! I'll post pics once I track down my camera.
This weekend begins the Rogue invasion, with a bunch of 'em coming up for the Barr Trail Mountain Race. Nicole is coming up on Friday and I'm gonna try to get her lame ass up Colorado's tallest peak, Mt. Elbert, on Saturday.
Melissa moves up to Denver at the end of July. Look for the Texas vs. Colorado post on her blog shortly thereafter.
Two more hashers are probably gonna be up here soon for good.
Mid-August brings another Austin invasion for the Pikes Peak races. In terms of numbers, Austin is the number three city, behind only Colorado Springs and Denver.
And of course, Invihash in September. Looks like Chucky Cheeks and I are gonna hare a pub crawl on Thurs, FYI.
Anyways, all you visitors be sure to bring me some Tito's!
Got to party with Dick The Boy Wonder and Big Bloody Ketchup this past Saturday, had a blast! I'll post pics once I track down my camera.
This weekend begins the Rogue invasion, with a bunch of 'em coming up for the Barr Trail Mountain Race. Nicole is coming up on Friday and I'm gonna try to get her lame ass up Colorado's tallest peak, Mt. Elbert, on Saturday.
Melissa moves up to Denver at the end of July. Look for the Texas vs. Colorado post on her blog shortly thereafter.
Two more hashers are probably gonna be up here soon for good.
Mid-August brings another Austin invasion for the Pikes Peak races. In terms of numbers, Austin is the number three city, behind only Colorado Springs and Denver.
And of course, Invihash in September. Looks like Chucky Cheeks and I are gonna hare a pub crawl on Thurs, FYI.
Anyways, all you visitors be sure to bring me some Tito's!
Saturday, July 08, 2006
describing Boulder
Great article in the newest Outside magazine about Boulder, CO (or The Peoples Republic of Boulder, as the less liberal folks here in Colorado Springs like to say).
The author's description of Boulderites: "If Lance Armstrong and Amy Goodman had a love child, the prodigy would drive his Audi A4 to Boulder, buy a Maverick to decorate the roof rack, and then not ride the $5000 bike because he didn't want to encroach upon the mountain lion habitat."
His account of the Boulder economy: "The Dunkin' Donuts went out of business, but the oxygen bar next door to the gay-and-lesbian bookstore seems to be doing well."
Sounds like a place Smut Mutt would enjoy!
The author's description of Boulderites: "If Lance Armstrong and Amy Goodman had a love child, the prodigy would drive his Audi A4 to Boulder, buy a Maverick to decorate the roof rack, and then not ride the $5000 bike because he didn't want to encroach upon the mountain lion habitat."
His account of the Boulder economy: "The Dunkin' Donuts went out of business, but the oxygen bar next door to the gay-and-lesbian bookstore seems to be doing well."
Sounds like a place Smut Mutt would enjoy!
Friday, July 07, 2006
Damn!
Well, looks like Melissa finally beat me in something ultra related. In our quest to finally get our names in Ultrarunning magazine, she was on page 28 (for her finish at Zane Grey) and I wasn't listed until page 32 (for my Collegiate Peaks race). So congrats to her. But I still find it mysterious that I never received the Sunmart issue, I think she stole it from my mailbox so I wouldn't see my name there.
pirate joke
A pirate joke (and not the Pittsburgh Pirates, though they're a joke too):
Q: What happens to a pirate who eats too much chlosterol?
A: He gets hARRRRdening of the ARRRRteries!
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Gawd, I kill myself!
Q: What happens to a pirate who eats too much chlosterol?
A: He gets hARRRRdening of the ARRRRteries!
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Gawd, I kill myself!
let it rain!
We've been getting a ton of rain here in Colorado over the past few weeks. I guess the monsoon season has come early. And not just the run-for-your-life fierce thunderstorms in the higher elevations, it's been pretty wet all along the front range. Which is good, we had been in a pretty bad drought and all this rain has lessened the chances for a major forest fire. Plus, they're even gonna lift the ban on fires this weekend, so I'll be able to have a campfire next week on my Elbert trip. And I must say, riding to and from work in the rain has been quite fun!
The bad news is that it's wet all the time. And muddy. Great for running and biking, but those conditions ended up cancelling the trail building day I was supposed to take part in tomorrow with the local Medicine Wheel. I was looking forward to that, I was gonna help build a brand new trail and then come back and ruin it by having hashers traverse it. Oh well.
But hey, at least now I'll get to do my first Colorado Kimche hash. Plus, the start for that is at a bar within walking distance from my house. And the bar has both PBR and Old Style! Woohoo!
The bad news is that it's wet all the time. And muddy. Great for running and biking, but those conditions ended up cancelling the trail building day I was supposed to take part in tomorrow with the local Medicine Wheel. I was looking forward to that, I was gonna help build a brand new trail and then come back and ruin it by having hashers traverse it. Oh well.
But hey, at least now I'll get to do my first Colorado Kimche hash. Plus, the start for that is at a bar within walking distance from my house. And the bar has both PBR and Old Style! Woohoo!
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
16!
Set a new personal hot dog record with 16 eaten today! I think I could get 24, but I'm not gonna try anytime soon.
Muscoco Mountain
Was able to spend the bulk of my July 4th outside today, so much better than being at work!
Day began with a climb ov Muscoco Mountain over in Cheyenne Canyon. Thought this was gonna be an easy climb, but it turned out to be something of a challenge with several steep sections. The peak was pretty cool though, with great views of Colorado Springs, Helen Hunt falls, Mount Cutler, Chenenne Mountain, and the rest of the canyon.
That's me at the top. Cheyenne Canyon was packed due to all the 4 July festivities, and the same was true for the Mount Cutler trail, but once I started off to Muscoco I didn't see anyone else until I was just leaving the summit.
Didn't take a whole lot of pics, but what I have are here.
Got down the mountain and decided to head out for a bike ride. Went over to Palmer Park, a short ride from my house. It was my first ride on technical trails since I moved here, so I wasn't expecting much. But I ended up doing pretty well, so I was happy. Got in a good 90 minute ride before the rains came and forced me off the trails.
Oh yeah, I've also already had eight hot dogs today. And I'm getting hungry again, so I may be able to break my current record. I'm not ready for the Coney Island hot dog eating contest quite yet, but maybe someday...
Monday, July 03, 2006
ultimate challenge?
Might hafta try this one if it ever happens again. Or maybe take a week off work next summer and make an attempt.
nolans
nolans
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Grays, Torreys, and my first taste of shitty mountain weather!
On the road at 4AM (ugh...) and stepping off from the Greys Peak trailhead at 7AM. Awesome hike! Mostly well worn trails with some rock scrambling thrown in at times. Hit the top of 14,270 foot Grays Peak around 8:45. Good time, but I was pushing it pretty hard.
Small world, on the peak of Grays I met a duo from Boulder who were attempting to climb all the 14ers and drink a micro from Oskar Blues at the top! So there are more members of the high altitude drinking team!
Took about 45 minutes for the HABDT to cross the ridge from Grays to Torreys, where of course we all had another beer. These two peaks are in the middle of the continental divide, and any way you looked all you could see were more mountains. Woohoo!
Left Torreys in good shape and was back at my jeep around 11:30AM. I knew my next stop was in Fairplay to scout for CoTex, but I decided to drop by Quandry Peak along the way for an attempt at a third 14er.
Things weren't looking too good as I arrived at the Q trailhead. There were some pretty funky clouds in the sky, and this is an area known for pretty violent storms. Of course, that didn't phase me, and I began my ascent.
Kept looking skyward, but the clouds couldn't decide what to do. It was still nice out, but I could hear a lot of rumbling off in the distance. But the clouds weren't moving, so I kept on heading up.
At treeline, about 1/3 of the way up, I just had an eerie feeling. Still couldn't figure out what the weather was gonna do, so I decided to fire up a cigar and hang out for a bit, hoping the weather would clear.
After about half an hour the weather hadn't done anything, but I still had a gut feeling to head down so I did. And not two minutes after I turned around the storm hit. Pretty violent hail, lots of lightening, high winds. The whole shebang. Heard two thunder claps that were louder than any explosion I heard in Iraq. I'm sure glad I stopped to have that stogie, or I woulda been up on an exposed ridge during all of this, and not down in the relative safety of the forest. Hell, can't say for sure, but it's quite possible a Philly Blunt saved my life!
Keeping up on the internet posts, I know there were people exposed on the ridge during this, and I hope they made it down alright.
Pics of the adventures can be found here.
Saturday, July 01, 2006
from one Pikes Peak to another...
Nailed a peak attempt at Pikes today, summitted in less than four hours! Watched a bit of the car race, then booked down the mountain in time for the P2H4. Good day!
who's cummin'?
This is extremely unofficial, but this should give you an idea of who is gonna be at Colorado Invihash. They are only taking 250 hashers, so if you're thinking of going you better rego soon.
Who's Cumming to Invihash
Hash Name Home Hash
1. Knee Deep in Brown Stuff Denver H3
2. Pile On Fort Collins
3. Krabs'R Us FortCollins
4. Keeps it up PikesPeak
5. Ultrawimp Denver
6. Two Lips Denver
7. Glitoris PikesPeak P2H4
8. CHUCKLES AUSTIN
9. Flamin' Gamin' Beaver Cleaver Albuquerque
10. Hangar Queen BVDH3
11. Sir Flatulot Tidewater H3
12. Salad Shooter BVD H3
13. Stupid Piece of Shit Boulder
14. I Do Do Do Do Do Do Boulder
15. Queen Blowtifha Fort Eustis
16. Public Enema Atlanta
17. Catwoman Pikes Peak
18. Great Balls Of Fire Pikes Peak
19. oops Atlanta Black Sheep
20. Deposit Slit AtlantaBlack Sheep
21. CARPET MUNCHER
22. JUST KEN
25. Little Dipper LosAngeles H3
26. High Beams Austin H3
27. CABOOSE ORANGE COUNTY
28. CHOO-CHOO ORANGECOUNTY
29. Father Syphilis Austin H
330. Fire Tunnel HoustonH
331. Pork My Pussy Austin H
332. BILDO BAGGINS FORTWORTH
33. Lewis & Cock Austin H3
34. Blacks On Blondes (BOB) Jax BeachFL
35. Phirrburger BlackSheep
36. Sinbad Denver
37. Coppertone Bone SanDiego
38. Spermes Boulder Flatlander
39. Follow the Bleeder AlbuquerqueHash House Harriers
40. Eats It All DenverH3
41. Ball Taster DenverH3
42. Lost Her Pussy Oklahoma
43. Up The Ass Oklahoma
44. Stickless Silicone Valley
45. Shit Faced SiliconeValley
46. Just Shawn Denver
47. Shit On a Shingle (SOS) P2H4
48. Beaver Cleaver Austin
49. Ho Paint FortWorth
50. Bubble Cumm Fort Worth
51. Day Old Fish Austin H3
52. Flipper LAH3
53. Dr. Doo-Doo SOB H17
54. Crystal Balls Colo.Mountain Goat H3
55. Gets Her Rocks Off Colo MountainGoat H3
56. woodswrecker Pikes Peak
57. magically delicious boulderflatlanders
58. Rear Ejection Pikes PeakH4
59. Roach Motel Pikes PeakH4
60. Phacial Kondom Pikes Peak H4
61. Moon Pgh-H3
62. rex erection pittsburgh pa
63. Pig Pimp BoulderFlatlanders
64. Damn Little Pikes Peak
65. Dairy Godmother P2H4
66. Instant Replay Austin
67. Ram Rod Austin
68. Hogballs Other Orlando
69. Ben Wa Denver
70. 4 Inch Hole BlackSheep H3
71. BWANA Black Sheep H3
72. Wet Spot BrenhamH3
73. 6-9 Split LBH3
74. 8 Yellow Snow Bandito H3
75. Blow Up Doll Bandito H3
76. No Dick Pikes Peak Hash
77. Follow The Bleeder White House H3
78. Organ Grinder Austin
79. My Ingrown Testicle Austin
80. Little Dinghy El Paso H3
81. Green Piece Denver H3
82. Rose Bud Denver H3
83. Knees Up Denver H3
84. Triple Tongue Denver H3
85. Chinwacker Denver H3
86. Fried Green Tits Albuquerque
87. Cock Pit Albuquerque
88. Chucky Cheeks P2 H4
89. Allnighter P2 H4
90. Head Eunuch Fort Collins
91. Can't Say No FortCollins
92. Free BusCh FortCollins
93. Lowlife Denver H3
94. Primer Atlanta H4
95. Service My Tool Wheelhopper H3
96. Laid Off Siliconevalley HHH
97. Vee Dee Silicone valley HHH
98. Meat Gazer PPHH
99. Midnight Stroker PPHH
100. BRRRR Austin H3
101. No Girth PikesPeak H4
102. Hand Job Pikes PeakH4
103. Erection Master Pikes Peak H4
104. Butt Chug Pikes PeakH3
105. Ringleader Pikes PeakH4
106. Used To Be Good Little Rock
107. Dick on a Stick Los Angeles
108. Burning Bush Black SheepH3
109. Butt Pipe BlackSheep H3
110. UPCHUCK LasVegas
111. Wee Little Bit Atlanta HHH
112. Gangbanger Randsburg H3
113. Suck It Dry LosAngeles HHH
114. Hozer Randsburg H3
115. Black & Blood Los AngelesHHH
116. Shit Happens HappyHeritics
117. Granny Boulders Mt.Vernon HHH
118. Flying Burito Mt. VernonHHH
119. Heavin' Semen Austin H3
120. Pound Puppy Houston H3
121. Roll Model Houston H3
122. Unfuckable P2 H4
123. Deposit Slit AtlantaBlack Sheep
124. OOPS Atlanta Back Sheep
125. Human Resources Orlando H3
Who's Cumming to Invihash
Hash Name Home Hash
1. Knee Deep in Brown Stuff Denver H3
2. Pile On Fort Collins
3. Krabs'R Us FortCollins
4. Keeps it up PikesPeak
5. Ultrawimp Denver
6. Two Lips Denver
7. Glitoris PikesPeak P2H4
8. CHUCKLES AUSTIN
9. Flamin' Gamin' Beaver Cleaver Albuquerque
10. Hangar Queen BVDH3
11. Sir Flatulot Tidewater H3
12. Salad Shooter BVD H3
13. Stupid Piece of Shit Boulder
14. I Do Do Do Do Do Do Boulder
15. Queen Blowtifha Fort Eustis
16. Public Enema Atlanta
17. Catwoman Pikes Peak
18. Great Balls Of Fire Pikes Peak
19. oops Atlanta Black Sheep
20. Deposit Slit AtlantaBlack Sheep
21. CARPET MUNCHER
22. JUST KEN
25. Little Dipper LosAngeles H3
26. High Beams Austin H3
27. CABOOSE ORANGE COUNTY
28. CHOO-CHOO ORANGECOUNTY
29. Father Syphilis Austin H
330. Fire Tunnel HoustonH
331. Pork My Pussy Austin H
332. BILDO BAGGINS FORTWORTH
33. Lewis & Cock Austin H3
34. Blacks On Blondes (BOB) Jax BeachFL
35. Phirrburger BlackSheep
36. Sinbad Denver
37. Coppertone Bone SanDiego
38. Spermes Boulder Flatlander
39. Follow the Bleeder AlbuquerqueHash House Harriers
40. Eats It All DenverH3
41. Ball Taster DenverH3
42. Lost Her Pussy Oklahoma
43. Up The Ass Oklahoma
44. Stickless Silicone Valley
45. Shit Faced SiliconeValley
46. Just Shawn Denver
47. Shit On a Shingle (SOS) P2H4
48. Beaver Cleaver Austin
49. Ho Paint FortWorth
50. Bubble Cumm Fort Worth
51. Day Old Fish Austin H3
52. Flipper LAH3
53. Dr. Doo-Doo SOB H17
54. Crystal Balls Colo.Mountain Goat H3
55. Gets Her Rocks Off Colo MountainGoat H3
56. woodswrecker Pikes Peak
57. magically delicious boulderflatlanders
58. Rear Ejection Pikes PeakH4
59. Roach Motel Pikes PeakH4
60. Phacial Kondom Pikes Peak H4
61. Moon Pgh-H3
62. rex erection pittsburgh pa
63. Pig Pimp BoulderFlatlanders
64. Damn Little Pikes Peak
65. Dairy Godmother P2H4
66. Instant Replay Austin
67. Ram Rod Austin
68. Hogballs Other Orlando
69. Ben Wa Denver
70. 4 Inch Hole BlackSheep H3
71. BWANA Black Sheep H3
72. Wet Spot BrenhamH3
73. 6-9 Split LBH3
74. 8 Yellow Snow Bandito H3
75. Blow Up Doll Bandito H3
76. No Dick Pikes Peak Hash
77. Follow The Bleeder White House H3
78. Organ Grinder Austin
79. My Ingrown Testicle Austin
80. Little Dinghy El Paso H3
81. Green Piece Denver H3
82. Rose Bud Denver H3
83. Knees Up Denver H3
84. Triple Tongue Denver H3
85. Chinwacker Denver H3
86. Fried Green Tits Albuquerque
87. Cock Pit Albuquerque
88. Chucky Cheeks P2 H4
89. Allnighter P2 H4
90. Head Eunuch Fort Collins
91. Can't Say No FortCollins
92. Free BusCh FortCollins
93. Lowlife Denver H3
94. Primer Atlanta H4
95. Service My Tool Wheelhopper H3
96. Laid Off Siliconevalley HHH
97. Vee Dee Silicone valley HHH
98. Meat Gazer PPHH
99. Midnight Stroker PPHH
100. BRRRR Austin H3
101. No Girth PikesPeak H4
102. Hand Job Pikes PeakH4
103. Erection Master Pikes Peak H4
104. Butt Chug Pikes PeakH3
105. Ringleader Pikes PeakH4
106. Used To Be Good Little Rock
107. Dick on a Stick Los Angeles
108. Burning Bush Black SheepH3
109. Butt Pipe BlackSheep H3
110. UPCHUCK LasVegas
111. Wee Little Bit Atlanta HHH
112. Gangbanger Randsburg H3
113. Suck It Dry LosAngeles HHH
114. Hozer Randsburg H3
115. Black & Blood Los AngelesHHH
116. Shit Happens HappyHeritics
117. Granny Boulders Mt.Vernon HHH
118. Flying Burito Mt. VernonHHH
119. Heavin' Semen Austin H3
120. Pound Puppy Houston H3
121. Roll Model Houston H3
122. Unfuckable P2 H4
123. Deposit Slit AtlantaBlack Sheep
124. OOPS Atlanta Back Sheep
125. Human Resources Orlando H3
Thursday, June 29, 2006
I am the victim!
Blatently stole this cartoon from Bad Ben's Brewing Blog, a fellow trail runner who also recharges his batteries through booze. His tastes are a bit more sophisticated than mine, but his blog and the links there can provide a twelve pack worth of reading for fans of beer.
Great blog, but not worth skipping the late night happy hour at the Knob Hill Lounge! $3 pitchers from 9 'till 11PM! Woohoo! Time to go celebrate the Buccos current winning streak!
feel the love!
Overheard this exchange at work today:
CM: "So when is your baby due?"
Parolee: "Hell if I know, that bitch don't call me no more."
CM: "So when is your baby due?"
Parolee: "Hell if I know, that bitch don't call me no more."
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
goals
The Squatting Chicken, which I had been to years ago but hadn't included it on my pub list, was the 35th bar I've visited since I moved to Colorado in late January. I'd like to get that list up to 50 by the time July ends. Which won't be hard, since I can think of at least ten bars within three miles of my house that I haven't been to, and I have virtually not begun to explore the Nevada Ave area or the area up by where I work. It may seem like I've been slacking, but I've been to most of the bars on my list at least twice, and I'm becoming a major regular at the Knob Hill Lounge and the Black Sheep and a frequent visitor to shady joints such as the Red Rock Lounge, Benny's, and the Triple Nickel.
Also have a birthday coming up, and I'd like to have the front range 14ers climbed by then. In fact, I'd like to attempt Longs Peak to finish up the front range on my b-day weekend. Four 14ers remain, but two (Greys and Torreys) can be done in one hike, Bierstadt is an easy climb that I can run if I'm pushed for time, and then Longs. I'd also like to start doing some overnight trips, camping at high altitude and then bagging summits early in the morning.
Shaping up to be a fun July!
Also have a birthday coming up, and I'd like to have the front range 14ers climbed by then. In fact, I'd like to attempt Longs Peak to finish up the front range on my b-day weekend. Four 14ers remain, but two (Greys and Torreys) can be done in one hike, Bierstadt is an easy climb that I can run if I'm pushed for time, and then Longs. I'd also like to start doing some overnight trips, camping at high altitude and then bagging summits early in the morning.
Shaping up to be a fun July!
what it is, jive turkey?
Haven't posted much of anything for a while, thought I'd take a moment to update my loyal readers on what's going on here in my world.
Saturday morning I volunteered as a course marshall for the Panoramic 4 mile road race over in Bear Creek park. Once again, found about about zillions of acres of cool trails I need to explore. Been having a lot of fun working these shorter races and doing trail clean ups with the Pikes Peak Road Runners, all you runners reading this should try volunteering sometime.
Woke up Sunday with the ambition to run up Pikes Peak with the Incline Club, but that idea was dashed pretty quickly by ominous looking clouds that hung below treeline. I was kind of happy though, haven't felt at the top of my game since San Juan, and running all the way up that hill would have set my recovery back a ways. Still made it to Barr Camp, as you could see from the pic with Slut's shirt. And I can honestly say it's the first time I've run up the Barr Trail with the Incline Club and beat Matt Carpenter (he didn't run). After the run it was over for the usual bacon cheeseburger at the Purple Castle. I've eaten here basically every Sunday since I moved to Colorado, and I never tire of the joint.
Sunday evening I met MeatGazer and some of her wonderful friends downtown at the Tejon Street Bike Festival. Good time, finally got to see Distant Warning, and they were everything I expected them to be. Walked downtown from my house, and was gonna stop at the post office to use their automatic stamp machine, but the lobby was closed. So some of you will be getting mean looks from the mailman soon. TAF's Clark's CD was returned for postage, but all the postcards should be delivered. On the walk home, it started pouring, so I ducked into the Knob Hill Lounge for shelter.
Monday after work it was off to the DIM hash. Great trail! About a dozen of us showed and we had a blast. Trail went from the Squatting Chicken under Nevada Ave and up Pulpit Rock. Sure wish there would have been a beer check up there but Keeps It Up was a wanker.
Tuesday it was the usual debauchery at Jack Quinn's Running Club. 126 people showed up. The club even has a beer sponsor now, local Bristol Brewing. A great run along Fountain Creek followed by $2 pints of Laughing Lab! Woohoo! Nice to see someone besides me supporting local brewers!
Saturday morning I volunteered as a course marshall for the Panoramic 4 mile road race over in Bear Creek park. Once again, found about about zillions of acres of cool trails I need to explore. Been having a lot of fun working these shorter races and doing trail clean ups with the Pikes Peak Road Runners, all you runners reading this should try volunteering sometime.
Woke up Sunday with the ambition to run up Pikes Peak with the Incline Club, but that idea was dashed pretty quickly by ominous looking clouds that hung below treeline. I was kind of happy though, haven't felt at the top of my game since San Juan, and running all the way up that hill would have set my recovery back a ways. Still made it to Barr Camp, as you could see from the pic with Slut's shirt. And I can honestly say it's the first time I've run up the Barr Trail with the Incline Club and beat Matt Carpenter (he didn't run). After the run it was over for the usual bacon cheeseburger at the Purple Castle. I've eaten here basically every Sunday since I moved to Colorado, and I never tire of the joint.
Sunday evening I met MeatGazer and some of her wonderful friends downtown at the Tejon Street Bike Festival. Good time, finally got to see Distant Warning, and they were everything I expected them to be. Walked downtown from my house, and was gonna stop at the post office to use their automatic stamp machine, but the lobby was closed. So some of you will be getting mean looks from the mailman soon. TAF's Clark's CD was returned for postage, but all the postcards should be delivered. On the walk home, it started pouring, so I ducked into the Knob Hill Lounge for shelter.
Monday after work it was off to the DIM hash. Great trail! About a dozen of us showed and we had a blast. Trail went from the Squatting Chicken under Nevada Ave and up Pulpit Rock. Sure wish there would have been a beer check up there but Keeps It Up was a wanker.
Tuesday it was the usual debauchery at Jack Quinn's Running Club. 126 people showed up. The club even has a beer sponsor now, local Bristol Brewing. A great run along Fountain Creek followed by $2 pints of Laughing Lab! Woohoo! Nice to see someone besides me supporting local brewers!
This morning I left early for Pueblo, about 45 minutes south of Colorado Springs. Peer Assistance has an office down there and most of the folks who work there were on vacation, so me and another guy from my office went down there to help staff the joint. Easy day, he's a retired 1SG so we just told Army stories and ate the police force's doughnuts all day.
And that's it. The excitement never ends.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
it's official
Losers of our last eleven games, my beloved Buccos have plummetted to 30th in the most recent CNN/SI MLB power poll. For those a bit behind the times, there are 30 teams in major league baseball.
Monday, June 26, 2006
Invihash rego
Just a reminder that regos for Colorado Invihash go up another $20 after June 30th.
If you're planning on spending time at the casa de brownie anytime before or after Invihash, shoot me an e-mail and let me know. Pleanty of room, just wanna know what I gotta prepare for.
If you're planning on spending time at the casa de brownie anytime before or after Invihash, shoot me an e-mail and let me know. Pleanty of room, just wanna know what I gotta prepare for.
Sunday, June 25, 2006
look what I found!
Sorry BATT! By the way, along with the KDH3 shirt, I'm wearing my special edition Ben Rothlesberger motorcycle helmet that Gaylord got me.
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Western States vs Leadville
Sitting here at the computer keeping track of two of my buddies running in the Western States 100 miler today. Fellow CRUDer Paul Dewitt (who is currently in 5th place!) and my personal dietician, Meredith Terranova (if she DNF's, which now looks unlikely, I'm going to tell her she needs more junk food and alcohol in her diet).
Anyways, I've always wanted to run Western States. I don't know much about the race, except it's the most famous of all the ultras, sort of the Boston Marathon of the super long distance crowd.
But lately I've been having second thoughts, and I'm thinking of making next year's Leadville Trail Race my first 100 miler.
First off, the logistics of getting to WS seem like a pain in the ass. You have to qualify (which I have) and then get picked in the lottery. Then you have to fly to California, rent a car, get a hotel, and deal with people from California. Ugh. Just seems like a lot of money and a lot of headaches, on top of the small task of running 100 miles.
Leadville, on the other hand, is barely 2.5 hours from my house. Beautiful country out there, including the promise of some great mountain pubs that would keep me going through the rough times.
Not to mention the fact that a lot of the folks I train with here only do two races a year: San Juan and Leadville. A lot of 'em are obsessed with Leadville. And I think they may be rubbing off on me.
Either race would get me into the Hardrock lottery, which is my ultimate goal.
Trying to decide on what to do next. Plate is kind of empty as far as races go. Probably start working on my speed a bit, as well as bag some more 14ers now that the warm weather is here. The Pikes Peak Double is in Aug, but I'm not too worried about that. Also looking at the Durango Double (a 50K on Sat and a marathon on Sun) in October, the RD is none other than Heinous Anus of the Tenacious D H3. Maybe try to run fast down there, do a month or two of longer stuff, and see what kind of noise I can make at Bandera in January. We'll see.
Anyways, I've always wanted to run Western States. I don't know much about the race, except it's the most famous of all the ultras, sort of the Boston Marathon of the super long distance crowd.
But lately I've been having second thoughts, and I'm thinking of making next year's Leadville Trail Race my first 100 miler.
First off, the logistics of getting to WS seem like a pain in the ass. You have to qualify (which I have) and then get picked in the lottery. Then you have to fly to California, rent a car, get a hotel, and deal with people from California. Ugh. Just seems like a lot of money and a lot of headaches, on top of the small task of running 100 miles.
Leadville, on the other hand, is barely 2.5 hours from my house. Beautiful country out there, including the promise of some great mountain pubs that would keep me going through the rough times.
Not to mention the fact that a lot of the folks I train with here only do two races a year: San Juan and Leadville. A lot of 'em are obsessed with Leadville. And I think they may be rubbing off on me.
Either race would get me into the Hardrock lottery, which is my ultimate goal.
Trying to decide on what to do next. Plate is kind of empty as far as races go. Probably start working on my speed a bit, as well as bag some more 14ers now that the warm weather is here. The Pikes Peak Double is in Aug, but I'm not too worried about that. Also looking at the Durango Double (a 50K on Sat and a marathon on Sun) in October, the RD is none other than Heinous Anus of the Tenacious D H3. Maybe try to run fast down there, do a month or two of longer stuff, and see what kind of noise I can make at Bandera in January. We'll see.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Jack Quinn's Racing Team
An insight into the super tough training/weight loss program I've started, most of which revolves around Jack Quinn's pub. The gatorade sure the hell ain't mine, FYI.
bike to work!
Last week, Colorado celebrated "Bike to Work Week." The actual national celebration was a month or two ago, but CO still had snow so they had to postpone it. Wussies.
They had events all week. Like bike safety courses, free breakfast tacos at Acacia Park for folks on two wheeles, a midnight ride, and stuff like that.
I didn't take part in any of that! But I have been riding my bike to work. And I love it! It's about seven miles each way. My ride skirts along the U.S. Olympic Training Center, cuts through the campus of Colorado College, hops onto the front range trail along Fountain Creek, goes through Goose Gossage park, and drops me off right at my office building. So I now kick off every day with a cup of coffee and a nice bike ride, and I can't think of many better ways to get things started.
Besides actually feeling good about getting up in the morning, my bike allows me to pursue other goals. I figure I'm saving a gallon of gas each time I ride, or about $3. So for every second time I ride instead of drive, I reward myself with a six pack of Fat Tire. This not only keeps my money in Colorado (remember, Fat Tire is a local brew here!), but it also keeps my money out of the middle east. Might not be on the front lines anymore, but I'm still comitted to fighting the war on terror!
They had events all week. Like bike safety courses, free breakfast tacos at Acacia Park for folks on two wheeles, a midnight ride, and stuff like that.
I didn't take part in any of that! But I have been riding my bike to work. And I love it! It's about seven miles each way. My ride skirts along the U.S. Olympic Training Center, cuts through the campus of Colorado College, hops onto the front range trail along Fountain Creek, goes through Goose Gossage park, and drops me off right at my office building. So I now kick off every day with a cup of coffee and a nice bike ride, and I can't think of many better ways to get things started.
Besides actually feeling good about getting up in the morning, my bike allows me to pursue other goals. I figure I'm saving a gallon of gas each time I ride, or about $3. So for every second time I ride instead of drive, I reward myself with a six pack of Fat Tire. This not only keeps my money in Colorado (remember, Fat Tire is a local brew here!), but it also keeps my money out of the middle east. Might not be on the front lines anymore, but I'm still comitted to fighting the war on terror!
I quit my job today...
OK, I'm just kidding. Not only did I quit not quit my job, but I'm actually enjoying the present one I have. Maybe I'll be here for more than a month.
And yet I'm not even sure who I'm employed with.
Overall, I work for a non-profit company called Peer Assistance Services. PA does all kinds of addiction counseling. If your company has some kind of employee assistance program, and you called it because you thought you drank too much, a company like PA would would be on the other side of that phone call.
Peer Assistance also runs the Colorado TASC program. TASC (Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities) is a program that is contracted out by the Colorado Department of Corrections to help parolees with recovery. I work at the SouthEast (i.e., Colorado Springs) TASC office, which we share with all the local parole officers.
Following me so far?
Anyways, so while technically I'm not an employee of the Colorado Department of Corrections, I'm required to go through all the basic DOC employee training, and I'm paid by funds provided by the DOC. I'll spend the month of August in Canon City, at the same intro course that the prison guards and parole officers go through. After this I'll be issued some kind of special badge that allows me entry into the zillions of prisons in Colorado. Yes, I'm hoping to get a picture with the Unibomber, but I'm not holding my breath.
Colorado has major issues with it's prison system. Years and years ago, some politicians decided to get tough on crime, and thought that super rough prison sentences would deter folks from breaking the law. Sounds like a great idea, right? So they started throwing everyone in jail. So they had to build more prisons to make room for all these folks. And then they got tougher on parolees, often throwing them back into the brig, on top of all the new lawbreakers who were being jailed. Through the years this has snowballed, and the prison system became something of a monster that grows by feeding off itself. They keep throwing parolees back into prison, and they keep adding new people to the jail population. This year's budget for prisons in Colorado was over $591 million, and it's expected to grow $100 million more each year for at least the next five years.
So, from somewhere deep within these hundreds of millions of dollars, comes my measly paycheck. I'll try and get some parolees to say no to drugs. They won't do that, and they'll go back to jail. And then I'll try to get a new group of parolees to say no to drugs, and they won't...and on and on the cycle goes. And the prison population keeps growing, and they'll hire more folks like me, which will just serve to send more parolees back to prison. It's actually quite funny how everyone knows how bad the system is broke, but nobody can really do much about it.
But, if nothing else, the job is exciting. Get to work with all kinds of addicts and criminals. AH3 crack whore jokes aside, some of these folks are in a world that, luckily, I'll never get to know. I have a LONG way to go before I can even be considered as the minor leagues to some of these hard core boozers.
So my blog should get a lot more interesting now that I'll be posting stories from the world of alcoholism and drug addiction (not that it wasn't already the coolest blog on the internet).
And yet I'm not even sure who I'm employed with.
Overall, I work for a non-profit company called Peer Assistance Services. PA does all kinds of addiction counseling. If your company has some kind of employee assistance program, and you called it because you thought you drank too much, a company like PA would would be on the other side of that phone call.
Peer Assistance also runs the Colorado TASC program. TASC (Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities) is a program that is contracted out by the Colorado Department of Corrections to help parolees with recovery. I work at the SouthEast (i.e., Colorado Springs) TASC office, which we share with all the local parole officers.
Following me so far?
Anyways, so while technically I'm not an employee of the Colorado Department of Corrections, I'm required to go through all the basic DOC employee training, and I'm paid by funds provided by the DOC. I'll spend the month of August in Canon City, at the same intro course that the prison guards and parole officers go through. After this I'll be issued some kind of special badge that allows me entry into the zillions of prisons in Colorado. Yes, I'm hoping to get a picture with the Unibomber, but I'm not holding my breath.
Colorado has major issues with it's prison system. Years and years ago, some politicians decided to get tough on crime, and thought that super rough prison sentences would deter folks from breaking the law. Sounds like a great idea, right? So they started throwing everyone in jail. So they had to build more prisons to make room for all these folks. And then they got tougher on parolees, often throwing them back into the brig, on top of all the new lawbreakers who were being jailed. Through the years this has snowballed, and the prison system became something of a monster that grows by feeding off itself. They keep throwing parolees back into prison, and they keep adding new people to the jail population. This year's budget for prisons in Colorado was over $591 million, and it's expected to grow $100 million more each year for at least the next five years.
So, from somewhere deep within these hundreds of millions of dollars, comes my measly paycheck. I'll try and get some parolees to say no to drugs. They won't do that, and they'll go back to jail. And then I'll try to get a new group of parolees to say no to drugs, and they won't...and on and on the cycle goes. And the prison population keeps growing, and they'll hire more folks like me, which will just serve to send more parolees back to prison. It's actually quite funny how everyone knows how bad the system is broke, but nobody can really do much about it.
But, if nothing else, the job is exciting. Get to work with all kinds of addicts and criminals. AH3 crack whore jokes aside, some of these folks are in a world that, luckily, I'll never get to know. I have a LONG way to go before I can even be considered as the minor leagues to some of these hard core boozers.
So my blog should get a lot more interesting now that I'll be posting stories from the world of alcoholism and drug addiction (not that it wasn't already the coolest blog on the internet).
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
San Juan pics
A whopping three pics over 50 miles from the race photography team. If any of yunz ladies are interested in getting a life size photo for the roof over your bed I think you can get there from the race website. Autographs will cost you extra, of course.
from the desk of brownie's liver...
During the day, I drink a lot of coffee. During the night, I drink a lot of alcohol. And I often have people harping on me for both habits. My liver would like to tell all those people to fuck off!
Woohoo!
I'd rather be a good liver than have one! But hey, looks like I get both...
Woohoo!
I'd rather be a good liver than have one! But hey, looks like I get both...
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
HAIL TO PITT
It's early yet, so we have pleanty of time to move up from our ESPN #4 preseason ranking! Maybe DNA will learn who Aaron Gray is this season! And Gagger, you can go back to rooting for A&M now, since they're ranked above UT.
new blog
Thought I'd throw this out there for all my newby multi-sport readers. And you veteran pub runners will certainly know Panther (named for his love of the Pitt Panthers, of course!).
http://team-punishment.blogspot.com
Other than the whole road biking thing, the Austin Duathletes are a pretty good bunch. Some of yunz should join 'em for their monthly pub run sometime.
http://team-punishment.blogspot.com
Other than the whole road biking thing, the Austin Duathletes are a pretty good bunch. Some of yunz should join 'em for their monthly pub run sometime.
Sunday, June 18, 2006
SJS notes
Some thoughts about yesterday's SJS 50 miler, which I finished in 13:30:47:
-The first challenges of the course are the river crossings, over a dozen of them. Most of them are at least thigh deep, and the water was so cold I didn't have any feeling below my knees for the first 15 miles of the race.
-The first aid station, at the seven mile mark, had cans of Budweiser. It wasn't even 6:30AM when I arrived.
-Not too far out of the second aid station, there was a camper who had made espresso and he gave me a quadruple shot. It was the first time I've ever had espresso.
-The second major climb (there are three) is about nine miles long and took me almost four hours to cover. The final climb is basically on a trail walking up a ski slope. For those of you who have ever gone up a ski slope without using the lift (invihash ballbuster at Winter Park!), you know how much it sucks, but to do it after already covering 40 miles along the continental divide makes it oh-so-much more fun. Still, it's that second climb that will live on in my nightmares.
-There were some pretty hairy snow crossings. I was crossing one and wondered how I could self-arrest with a water bottle. A fall would have sent you screaming down the mountain and probably would have required a helicopter extract.
-The first aid station didn't have any salt pills, so I took a banana and covered it in a huge pile of table salt. It tasted awful. The crap I eat at these races...
-I had to pick up the pace around 29 miles, because I wanted to get to the 50K aid station quicker than I had finished the Sunmart 50 miler. I made it with less than a minute to spare. I rewarded myself with two ham sandwhiches, a bag of chips, a big handful of M&Ms, and a can of pepsi. I also accidentally filled up my water bottles with Mountain Dew instead of Cytomax.
-Coming out of the 50K aid station, I saw a deer running down one of the nearby hills. It reminded me of a bullet, how smooth and fast it was. Had a Pepe Le'pew type gait, all four legs moving together. I thought to myself, "I bet he looks a lot more graceful than I look right now."
-Paul DeWitt, a fellow CRUD member, is the former course record holder at the Leadville 100 and is one of the favorites at Western States this year. I came into the first major aid station and he waited on me hand and foot, filling up my water bottles, giving me food, and the like. He also gave me a Blue Moon at the 40 mile aid station (which was damn good!). Funny to see a MOPer like myself getting such aid from one of the country's top ultrarunners. Don't think that happens in any other sport.
-Yesterday was awfully painful, but the pain was different than I'd felt in past ultras. I think my body has finally accepted the fact that I'm going to put it through that kind of hell on a regular basis.
-In honor of my "support local breweries" call for help, I wore my Lovejoy's shirt. There were several Austinites and one guy from San Marcos in the race, all of whom said they would visit LJ's when they returned. From a thousand miles away I still support the Austin hash bar!
-Just after the finish line I collapsed into a chair and popped open a PBR. Having a cold beer after ruining your body over the course of such an endurance event is unexplainable to anyone who hasn't done it, but it's unbelievable how good that beer tastes.
-I am not going to be able to run again for a long time.
-The first challenges of the course are the river crossings, over a dozen of them. Most of them are at least thigh deep, and the water was so cold I didn't have any feeling below my knees for the first 15 miles of the race.
-The first aid station, at the seven mile mark, had cans of Budweiser. It wasn't even 6:30AM when I arrived.
-Not too far out of the second aid station, there was a camper who had made espresso and he gave me a quadruple shot. It was the first time I've ever had espresso.
-The second major climb (there are three) is about nine miles long and took me almost four hours to cover. The final climb is basically on a trail walking up a ski slope. For those of you who have ever gone up a ski slope without using the lift (invihash ballbuster at Winter Park!), you know how much it sucks, but to do it after already covering 40 miles along the continental divide makes it oh-so-much more fun. Still, it's that second climb that will live on in my nightmares.
-There were some pretty hairy snow crossings. I was crossing one and wondered how I could self-arrest with a water bottle. A fall would have sent you screaming down the mountain and probably would have required a helicopter extract.
-The first aid station didn't have any salt pills, so I took a banana and covered it in a huge pile of table salt. It tasted awful. The crap I eat at these races...
-I had to pick up the pace around 29 miles, because I wanted to get to the 50K aid station quicker than I had finished the Sunmart 50 miler. I made it with less than a minute to spare. I rewarded myself with two ham sandwhiches, a bag of chips, a big handful of M&Ms, and a can of pepsi. I also accidentally filled up my water bottles with Mountain Dew instead of Cytomax.
-Coming out of the 50K aid station, I saw a deer running down one of the nearby hills. It reminded me of a bullet, how smooth and fast it was. Had a Pepe Le'pew type gait, all four legs moving together. I thought to myself, "I bet he looks a lot more graceful than I look right now."
-Paul DeWitt, a fellow CRUD member, is the former course record holder at the Leadville 100 and is one of the favorites at Western States this year. I came into the first major aid station and he waited on me hand and foot, filling up my water bottles, giving me food, and the like. He also gave me a Blue Moon at the 40 mile aid station (which was damn good!). Funny to see a MOPer like myself getting such aid from one of the country's top ultrarunners. Don't think that happens in any other sport.
-Yesterday was awfully painful, but the pain was different than I'd felt in past ultras. I think my body has finally accepted the fact that I'm going to put it through that kind of hell on a regular basis.
-In honor of my "support local breweries" call for help, I wore my Lovejoy's shirt. There were several Austinites and one guy from San Marcos in the race, all of whom said they would visit LJ's when they returned. From a thousand miles away I still support the Austin hash bar!
-Just after the finish line I collapsed into a chair and popped open a PBR. Having a cold beer after ruining your body over the course of such an endurance event is unexplainable to anyone who hasn't done it, but it's unbelievable how good that beer tastes.
-I am not going to be able to run again for a long time.
13:30:47
Thank god that's over with. Was quite the adventure, more tomorrow once I finally get some sleep.
Friday, June 16, 2006
good luck...
...to all the wankers running The Belt this weekend! And make sure you pay attention. I marked the course last year, then got lost during the race. I still kicked Melissa's ass though!
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Jack Quinn's Racing Team
Good times at the first weekly Jack Quinn's Running Club. Keep Austin Weird 5K training has officially begun! By the way, fried mac & cheese friggin' ROCKS!
please donate!
One day back in Austin I realized that I was spending almost as much money on other people's racing as I was my own. Through team in training and other spinoffs, I was getting hit up about once a week for loot.
I'm not a big fan of these fundraising tactics, for many reasons. I started to delete all requests for donations from groups like these. But today one slipped through on the Colorado hash list so I was tricked into reading it.
A nameless CO hasher is trying to raise money for leukemia through TNT by running a marathon. Sounds good, right, after all there are tons of marathons in Colorado and if you can help some sick kid in the process then what the hey.
What the e-mail didn't really point out was that the marathon was not in Colorado but in Anchorage, Alaska.
I gave to my sister for this organization once, and while there are tons of marathons within driving distance of Allentown (NYC, Marine Corps, Philly, Harrisburg, B-more, lots of others) she of course had to travel halfway across the country to do the Disney marathon. Ditto with all the Austin harriettes and their triathlon groups...there are several triathlons in the Austin area but they always have to go to an exotic race thousands of miles away. I'm not a scientist by any means but I fail to see how traveling to a far off race will help anybody get better.
So basically folks in TNT are able to use fundraising as a means to exotic races. There are tons of cool things I want to do in the future. Western States, Bandera, Machu Picchu, the Guinness Brewery.... But I'm gonna work hard and pay for it myself, not piggyback on some poor group of diseased people.
This on top of the fact that the TNT organization encouraged their slower participants to cut over six miles off the last Marine Corps marathon to beat the cutoff time, and allowed the shortcutters to accept the finishers medal.
Anyways, I could rant on and on about this, it's quite the pet peeve of mine.
I'm doing a pretty serious race this Sat, the San Juan Solstice 50 miler. I shouldn't be doing it with what limited altitude experience I have, but I'm not the brightest guy in the world and I'm gonna give it a shot.
And I'm gonna ask all my loyal readers to donate some money to one of my favorite causes. I will literally be running all day on Saturday, and sometime during that time I ask everyone to head down to their local brewpub and enjoy a good pint.
Austinites, head down to the Draft Ho(u)rse, or over to Lovejoy's and support the hash sponsor! DNA or suzy, call my bro and take him to Church Brewworks! Mom, take dad over to Selin's Brew or even up to the Bullfrog.
And I'm not talking about heading to Hooters or Outback or Lil Woodrow's for a coors light. Find a great local bar and find the most local beer you can. You will not be disappointed! And you will be supporting a great cause...local brewers!
I'm not a big fan of these fundraising tactics, for many reasons. I started to delete all requests for donations from groups like these. But today one slipped through on the Colorado hash list so I was tricked into reading it.
A nameless CO hasher is trying to raise money for leukemia through TNT by running a marathon. Sounds good, right, after all there are tons of marathons in Colorado and if you can help some sick kid in the process then what the hey.
What the e-mail didn't really point out was that the marathon was not in Colorado but in Anchorage, Alaska.
I gave to my sister for this organization once, and while there are tons of marathons within driving distance of Allentown (NYC, Marine Corps, Philly, Harrisburg, B-more, lots of others) she of course had to travel halfway across the country to do the Disney marathon. Ditto with all the Austin harriettes and their triathlon groups...there are several triathlons in the Austin area but they always have to go to an exotic race thousands of miles away. I'm not a scientist by any means but I fail to see how traveling to a far off race will help anybody get better.
So basically folks in TNT are able to use fundraising as a means to exotic races. There are tons of cool things I want to do in the future. Western States, Bandera, Machu Picchu, the Guinness Brewery.... But I'm gonna work hard and pay for it myself, not piggyback on some poor group of diseased people.
This on top of the fact that the TNT organization encouraged their slower participants to cut over six miles off the last Marine Corps marathon to beat the cutoff time, and allowed the shortcutters to accept the finishers medal.
Anyways, I could rant on and on about this, it's quite the pet peeve of mine.
I'm doing a pretty serious race this Sat, the San Juan Solstice 50 miler. I shouldn't be doing it with what limited altitude experience I have, but I'm not the brightest guy in the world and I'm gonna give it a shot.
And I'm gonna ask all my loyal readers to donate some money to one of my favorite causes. I will literally be running all day on Saturday, and sometime during that time I ask everyone to head down to their local brewpub and enjoy a good pint.
Austinites, head down to the Draft Ho(u)rse, or over to Lovejoy's and support the hash sponsor! DNA or suzy, call my bro and take him to Church Brewworks! Mom, take dad over to Selin's Brew or even up to the Bullfrog.
And I'm not talking about heading to Hooters or Outback or Lil Woodrow's for a coors light. Find a great local bar and find the most local beer you can. You will not be disappointed! And you will be supporting a great cause...local brewers!
happy birthday!
231 years young and still kickin' ass! Happy birthday to the U.S. Army!
Take some time today to appreciate the sacrifices the men and women in the armed forces are making for us.
Take some time today to appreciate the sacrifices the men and women in the armed forces are making for us.
Monday, June 12, 2006
So I walked over and quit my job at the Griffith Center today. The chick in charge of HR wasn't there, and that's who I wanted to talk to because she's been the biggest bitch to me since I was hired, but the guy who was in charge today hadn't been much better to me. He didn't say a whole lot.
The final straw was on Saturday. I received a message from the chick, saying that even though I had scheduled next weekend off before I was hired, they now needed me to work. That would have caused me to miss the San Juan Solstice 50 miler, which I put up $90 and hundreds of painful hours of training for since I moved here. That, along with some other issues I had (like working Thurs, Fri, and Sat nights every week), just didn't make me excited to go to work anymore.
Of course, it's much easier to quit a job when you start a new one the next day. I'll now be working for a company called Peer Assistance Services. It's a non-profit outfit that provides drug abuse services to local businesses (insert Chlamydia-inspired crack whore joke here), but they are also contracted out by the State of Colorado to work with and monitor folks on parole. I've been up to the office in the Springs a few times, and it's a pretty rough looking crowd that shows up there for treatment.
Seems like a pretty cool gig. My new boss is a retired 1SG who helped run the hospital where autopsies were performed during the first gulf war. I'm fairly certain I got this job because he wanted more military folks working in the office. I'll also get to attend the five week correctional officers course down in Canon City. Which means there's a whitewater rafting trip through the Royal Gorge in my future!
They're even gonna make me go get my CO certified addictions counselor certification. More importantly, they're gonna pay for it. So it'll carry a lot more weight when I tell hashers they have a drinking problem, right before I throw up on myself from drinking too much Tuaca.
And for those worried about my ability to hold down a job for more than a month up here, fear not. Each job (this is my 4th since moving to CO in late January) has brought a pretty decent pay increase, kept the same level of medical coverage (I don't really care about other benefits - sorry jes, no more life insurance posibilities), and most important to me, just seemed like a cooler job. I'd like to say I thought I'd be at this job for a while (at least long enough for direct deposit to kick in, which hasn't happened yet), but if someone called tomorrow and said they'd double my salary to guide flatlanders up and down Pikes Peak, I'd take it in a second.
The final straw was on Saturday. I received a message from the chick, saying that even though I had scheduled next weekend off before I was hired, they now needed me to work. That would have caused me to miss the San Juan Solstice 50 miler, which I put up $90 and hundreds of painful hours of training for since I moved here. That, along with some other issues I had (like working Thurs, Fri, and Sat nights every week), just didn't make me excited to go to work anymore.
Of course, it's much easier to quit a job when you start a new one the next day. I'll now be working for a company called Peer Assistance Services. It's a non-profit outfit that provides drug abuse services to local businesses (insert Chlamydia-inspired crack whore joke here)
Seems like a pretty cool gig. My new boss is a retired 1SG who helped run the hospital where autopsies were performed during the first gulf war. I'm fairly certain I got this job because he wanted more military folks working in the office. I'll also get to attend the five week correctional officers course down in Canon City. Which means there's a whitewater rafting trip through the Royal Gorge in my future!
They're even gonna make me go get my CO certified addictions counselor certification. More importantly, they're gonna pay for it. So it'll carry a lot more weight when I tell hashers they have a drinking problem, right before I throw up on myself from drinking too much Tuaca.
And for those worried about my ability to hold down a job for more than a month up here, fear not. Each job (this is my 4th since moving to CO in late January) has brought a pretty decent pay increase, kept the same level of medical coverage (I don't really care about other benefits - sorry jes, no more life insurance posibilities), and most important to me, just seemed like a cooler job. I'd like to say I thought I'd be at this job for a while (at least long enough for direct deposit to kick in, which hasn't happened yet), but if someone called tomorrow and said they'd double my salary to guide flatlanders up and down Pikes Peak, I'd take it in a second.
Woohoo!
I've accepted a new job working with drug addicts/parolees! Normal hours! I'm off to quit my shitty Griffith Center job right now!
Evans trip report
Up at 3AM and on the road by 3:30AM, felt like I was back in the Army! Anyways, arrived at the Summit Lake trailhead (via the USA's highest paved road) around 6:30AM and was greeted by a constant high wind and near freezing temps. Thought about just driving up all the way to the top of Evans but wouldn't allow myself to be such a wus. Still, I was glad I brought a lot of extra clothes.
Had planned on bagging Evans and then cutting across the Sawtooth Ridge to hit Mt. Bierstadt. But I was having major second thoughts about that Ridge, both from the lousy conditions that had recently been reported and the fact that I'm a fairly inexperienced mountaineer.
After about an hour of very steep but otherwise easy hiking, I arrived at the top of Mount Evans. There was a crowd about 100 feet below where the parking lot is, but none of those lazy wankers were gonna walk the extra quarter mile up to the actual peak, so for a while I sat alone at 14,264 feet with a Philly blunt and cold PBR! At that height, and with the weather conditions, I was able to actually watch clouds forming.
Had planned on bagging Evans and then cutting across the Sawtooth Ridge to hit Mt. Bierstadt. But I was having major second thoughts about that Ridge, both from the lousy conditions that had recently been reported and the fact that I'm a fairly inexperienced mountaineer.
After about an hour of very steep but otherwise easy hiking, I arrived at the top of Mount Evans. There was a crowd about 100 feet below where the parking lot is, but none of those lazy wankers were gonna walk the extra quarter mile up to the actual peak, so for a while I sat alone at 14,264 feet with a Philly blunt and cold PBR! At that height, and with the weather conditions, I was able to actually watch clouds forming.
Not long after I had finished my cigar, a park ranger came up to the peak and I talked to him for a while about crossing the Sawtooth. He STRONGLY recommended that I not do it, due to the weather report (possible T-storms) and the snow on the ridge. He made it pretty clear that he would be pissed if he had to come save my ass. But he did suggest a great alternate route, that would get me in some great bouldering above 14000 feet and allow me to bag Mt. Spalding (one of the Centennial Peaks, aka Colorado's top 100 peaks). While talking to the ranger, I heard a weather report come over the radio, and at the peak it was 38 degrees, which was significantly warmer than at Summit Lake where I had started.
Anyways, I decided to take his advice. The pic above was taken by the ranger, and that's me at the peak of Mt. Evans. In my immediate background, you can see the route I took over to Mt. Spalding. Most of that route was well above the elevation of Pikes Peak, then you drop quickly before a short climb back up to Spalding. Still a very tough trek, but a mistake here probably wouldn't end fatally like it would on the Sawtooth Ridge. Turned out to be a fantastic hike, though I did have to stop frequently to catch my breath.
On top of Spalding I ran into two hikers who were on their way to Evans. It was gonna be the 29th 14er that one of 'em had climbed, and he told me he still wouldn't do the Sawtooth Ridge. So I'm kinda glad I decided to bail on that.
From Spalding it's an easy, well carined hike back down to Summit Lake. Total time for the climb was 4:54, but that included the long break I took at the top of Evans.
Chilled at the lake for a bit, then made the white-knuckle drive back down Evans Road and into Idaho Springs, where I enjoyed a couple 'o brews and some killer garlic fries from the Tommyknocker Brewery.
Took some pics from the journey, and they're available here.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Evans/Spalding; but no beers on Bierstadt...
Just got back and I'll post some tales later, but I ended up doing the Evans/Spalding loop from Summit Lake. I talked to a forest ranger at the top of Evans and he highly suggested not going over the Sawtooth Ridge today, so I took his advice. Still had a great hike though!
Ended up being about a four mile hump, with almost two miles of that being class 2 bouldering over 14,000 feet! Woohoo! Total time for the loop, including a long break on top of Evans, was just under five hours.
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Evans/Bierstadt
So in an effort to salvage a broken weekend, I've decided to make an attempt on two 14ers tomorrow, Mt. Evans and Mt. Bierstadt. Bring me just a bit closer to my PBR/cigar quest, and get me halfway through the front range mountains.
Mt. Evans, at 14,264 feet, is the 14th highest peak in Colorado and will be the highest I've climbed so far. Seems like a somewhat easy hike, and I anticipate no problems with this peak. The issue will be crossing the Sawtooth Ridge to bag Bierstadt. A fall here and I'm gonna keep going for a long time, and probably not get back up.
If the ridge proves too dangerous, I'll retreat and bag Mt. Spalding, at 13,842 feet it's the third highest 13er in Colorado. If the day goes unbelievably great I'll nab all three peaks.
To do all this I'll be getting up at 3AM, which gets me started before sunrise. Hope to hit the Tommyknocker Brewery in Idaho Springs for celebratory/disappointment pints afterward, and then high tail it over for the Denver hash.
Good luck!
Friday, June 09, 2006
Roadtrip cancelled
Damn, of all the days to have mechanical issues with my jeep! Had to bag the trip to New Mexico. Hope to find something around the Springs to salvage the weekend.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Roadtrip!
Off on a long roadtrip this weekend! Gonna head down to Ruidoso for the CoTex festivities. Plus I'm gonna get in some climbing, have a Sierra Blanca/Lookout Mountain double and a hike up White Horse Hill planned, all peaks over 10,000 feet.
Also debating adding a few extra hours to go check out the town of Truth or Consequences.
Not sure what's there, it just sounds cool. Could also hit Roswell to look for more aliens (and drink more Roswell Alien Amber beer!).
Was planning on leaving Thursday, but now it looks like an early Friday departure. Might even have a passenger, Melissa (from Austin) is in town and might tag along.
Also debating adding a few extra hours to go check out the town of Truth or Consequences.
Not sure what's there, it just sounds cool. Could also hit Roswell to look for more aliens (and drink more Roswell Alien Amber beer!).Was planning on leaving Thursday, but now it looks like an early Friday departure. Might even have a passenger, Melissa (from Austin) is in town and might tag along.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Bush quote
I have a lot of issues with the current administration and the leadership they're providing our country with, but I thought this was a pretty good quote from GW:
"[Cowher] is a -- he's an amazing coach. He's got the most unusual expressions on the sideline. So I told the vice president I was going to be able to congratulate coach Cowher in person, and he said, 'Well, get him to give me some tips on his scowl.'"
"[Cowher] is a -- he's an amazing coach. He's got the most unusual expressions on the sideline. So I told the vice president I was going to be able to congratulate coach Cowher in person, and he said, 'Well, get him to give me some tips on his scowl.'"
KBCO
The drive to Denver rocks, partly because of the amazing scenery of the front range and partly because once you get over the Monument hump you can get 97.3FM KBCO on the radio. Based out of Boulder, it's one of the coolest radio stations I've ever listened to.
For the Austin folks, I always thought KLBJ/KROX was a bit too much, and thought KGSR was too little. Radio Boulder sits right between those two options.
Anyways, if yunz care to check 'em out you can click on KBCO and then hit the "listen live" icon at the top. Last few artists: Jack Johnson, Zeppelin, Neil Young, 3 Doors Down, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, John Mellencamp, Gnarls Barkley, and Sonia Dade. Enjoy.
For the Austin folks, I always thought KLBJ/KROX was a bit too much, and thought KGSR was too little. Radio Boulder sits right between those two options.
Anyways, if yunz care to check 'em out you can click on KBCO and then hit the "listen live" icon at the top. Last few artists: Jack Johnson, Zeppelin, Neil Young, 3 Doors Down, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, John Mellencamp, Gnarls Barkley, and Sonia Dade. Enjoy.
Happy National Trails Day
Ok, so it's not the biggest holiday of the year, but hopefully everyone got outside to enjoy a trail today.
I took two hours to clean up trails along Fountain Creek in downtown Colorado Springs with the Pikes Peak Road Runners. Only two of us showed up (there was a pretty big 5K this morning which kept the numbers way down). But the other guy was Snow Queen of the P2H4, so at least the Pikes Peak hash was well represented. And between the two of us we filled up four large garbage bags, so it was time well spent.
Friday, June 02, 2006
Mount Herman
Turns out my interview went long and my plans of climbing in Denver went out the window as a result, but had a fun climb on the way home.
Herman is located in Monument, a little bit north of the Springs. Yes, Dirty Woman Creek Park really exists, and it sits near Pike National Forest so it might be a great place to start a hash.
Anyways, the climb up to Herman wasn't anything too bad, most of it is on a nice trail. Did have to do some bouldering at the very top, nothing too bad though. From the top one is treated to amazing views of Pikes Peak, Pike National Forest, and even some of the Rockies up above Denver.
The most fun was driving to the trailhead. A very rugged one lane dirt road, with a drop of several hunderd feet on the one side and a rock wall on the other side. Typical Colorado driving, but I'm sure glad nobody came the other way while I was out there.
Took a few pics, you can go see 'em here.
my kind of place...
This is a park in Monument I was at earlier today. Combines my two favorite things: the outdoors, and dirty women!
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Pikes
Made it to the top of Pikes Peak again today, though I'm paying for it right now.
Took it out hard and was well under 3:30 pace at treeline, but after that things got ugly. Guess I'm not quite as used to the altitude as I thought! Had some serious bouts with dizziness and at times I had to find a good rock to sit on to just breathe and regroup. Pace slowed considerably here and I ended up hitting the top in 4:09.
I did get to pass through cloud cover though, that was cool. One minute I'm looking up at clouds right over my head. Then it got all foggy. Then suddenly I'm looking down at clouds. Pretty cool.
After a few summit donuts and a cup of joe I started back down the hill. Felt a lot better on the descent. Even added an extra five miles onto the run to go check out the Bottomless Pit, well worth the effort.
So a 30+ mile run, last long run before San Juan. The altitude sickness worries me, as much of the SJ50 is pretty high up. Might try to make it up to treeline to camp a night or two, but that's about all I can do between now and then.
Took it out hard and was well under 3:30 pace at treeline, but after that things got ugly. Guess I'm not quite as used to the altitude as I thought! Had some serious bouts with dizziness and at times I had to find a good rock to sit on to just breathe and regroup. Pace slowed considerably here and I ended up hitting the top in 4:09.
I did get to pass through cloud cover though, that was cool. One minute I'm looking up at clouds right over my head. Then it got all foggy. Then suddenly I'm looking down at clouds. Pretty cool.
After a few summit donuts and a cup of joe I started back down the hill. Felt a lot better on the descent. Even added an extra five miles onto the run to go check out the Bottomless Pit, well worth the effort.
So a 30+ mile run, last long run before San Juan. The altitude sickness worries me, as much of the SJ50 is pretty high up. Might try to make it up to treeline to camp a night or two, but that's about all I can do between now and then.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
upcoming mountains
Tomorrow morning I'm gonna head over to Manitou Springs and see how quickly I can get up Pikes Peak. Think I can break my PR in the Ascent, 3:29. The weather has been pretty crappy up high though, so there's a good chance I won't make it to the Peak and I'll end up doing some of the lower trails on the mountain. Still though, I'm hungry for some of them summit donuts!
Have a job interview in Denver on Fri, and I'm thinking about attempting the CO Mines Peak/Mt. Flora double while I'm up there. I'd be getting a very late start though, so I'd high tail it back down at the first sight of dark clouds and just try Mt. Herman on the way back home. Hopefully it isn't as snowy as the pic.
Gonna head up Cameron's Cone again on Sunday. Last time I had to navigate and had some issues finding my way back down, but this week the Incline Club is gonna mark the way up so it's just gonna be a hard run.
Looking like my next attempt at a 14er will be a double of Mount Evans and Mount Bierstadt. Got a good topo map and think I have a pretty good route marked out, though there's a ridge that looks like it's gonna be a little scary crossing. Also looking at a quick trip out to the Leadville/Fairplay area to bag Quandry Peak.
Have a job interview in Denver on Fri, and I'm thinking about attempting the CO Mines Peak/Mt. Flora double while I'm up there. I'd be getting a very late start though, so I'd high tail it back down at the first sight of dark clouds and just try Mt. Herman on the way back home. Hopefully it isn't as snowy as the pic.Gonna head up Cameron's Cone again on Sunday. Last time I had to navigate and had some issues finding my way back down, but this week the Incline Club is gonna mark the way up so it's just gonna be a hard run.
Looking like my next attempt at a 14er will be a double of Mount Evans and Mount Bierstadt. Got a good topo map and think I have a pretty good route marked out, though there's a ridge that looks like it's gonna be a little scary crossing. Also looking at a quick trip out to the Leadville/Fairplay area to bag Quandry Peak.
from the CO hash list...
WATER...... It has been scientifically proven that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli bacteria found in feces, in other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop!
However, we do not run that risk when drinking beer because alcohol has to go through a distillation process of boiling, filtering and fermenting.
WATER = Poop
BEER = HEALTH
Free yourself of Poop, drink BEER!!!
It is better to drink beer and talk shit than to drink water and be full of shit.
There is no need to thank me for this valuable information, I am doing it as a public service.
However, we do not run that risk when drinking beer because alcohol has to go through a distillation process of boiling, filtering and fermenting.
WATER = Poop
BEER = HEALTH
Free yourself of Poop, drink BEER!!!
It is better to drink beer and talk shit than to drink water and be full of shit.
There is no need to thank me for this valuable information, I am doing it as a public service.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
coming soon to a liver near you...
Well, my descent into alcoholism just accelerated, as the Black Sheep made it official with this announcement:
Hey all you 21 and up Black Sheep supporters, we have a present for you. Starting June 1st, going all summer long, The Black Sheep is pleased to announce $7 All You Can Drink PBR and $3 You-call-its, every night when we don't have a show. No cover, great djs, Elvis pinball, and a night so cheap we're pretty sure you'll want to come back every day. Tell all your friends.
Woohoo!
Hey all you 21 and up Black Sheep supporters, we have a present for you. Starting June 1st, going all summer long, The Black Sheep is pleased to announce $7 All You Can Drink PBR and $3 You-call-its, every night when we don't have a show. No cover, great djs, Elvis pinball, and a night so cheap we're pretty sure you'll want to come back every day. Tell all your friends.
Woohoo!
Monday, May 29, 2006
Mt. Cutler
Wanted an easy hike after good back to back long runs over the weekend, and that's just what I got by trekking up Mount Cutler. At a whopping 7,231 feet above sea level, it's not much higher than the start of the incline, but it's listed on summitpost.org so I went ahead and bagged it.
Cheyenne Canyon is such a great playground, and Cutler is just one of many peaks here. Easy, well-beaten path from the Cutler trailhead right up to the top. Great views along the way of the canyon, seven falls, the Will Rogers shrine, Cheyenne Mountain, the Broadmoor hotel, and Colorado Springs.
Pics of the hike are here.
blue dress hash
Couple pics 'o me from the recent Pikes Peak blue dress run. Great to see Boobs finally back in the USA! Good thing I didn't hafta be at work for two or three hours after this one was over. Oh yeah, it appears that BATT has lost Slut's KDH3 shirt! Checked my stuff, hoping in my drunken haze that I had nabbed it, but no luck. So it's whereabouts is currently unknown.
For the rest of BATT's pics, click here.
Sunday, May 28, 2006
just a reminder...
...to you Astros fans that the baseball season is still going on. The mighty Buccos have taken the first two games of the series!
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Rocky Mountain
Got out this afternoon for a hike up Rocky Mountain, this time dragging along my camera.
Did the incline on the way up, once again it handed me my ass. Pretty cool, even for a Thursday afternoon I saw everything from olympians to overweight housewives to guys from the special forces to hippies trying to hackey sack their way to the top. Always a good time on the incline.
From the top of the incline I just took the same route I took last time, so I got in some good bouldering once again. Need to learn some real rock climbing moves, trying to get up and down from the actual peak of Rocky Mountain makes me look like a retard humping a doorknob.
Wish I had a better camera, the views of Pikes from this mountain are awesome. My camera just doesn't do the views from these hikes any justice.
Pics from the hike are posted here.
Been having great weather lately, and if it holds I might make an attempt to summit Mount Evans and Mount Bierstadt next week, those can both be bagged on one long hike.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
my hero!
This blurb is taken straight from the world briefs of this mornings Colorado Springs Gazette.
"Drunkenness is off the charts"
Vilnius, Lithuania - Lithuanian police were so astonished by a breath test that registered 18 times the legal alcohol limit, they thought their device was broken.
It wasn't.
Police said Tuesday that Vidmantas Sungaila, 41, registered 7.27 grams of alcohol per liter in his blood repeatedly on different devices after he was pulled over Saturday for driving his truck down the center of a two-lane highway. Lithuania's legal limit is 0.4 grams per liter.
Sungalia, who was slapped with a $1,110 fine and the loss of his license for up to three years, told police he had been drinking the night before and tried to freshen up by downing a pint of beer for breakfast.
"Drunkenness is off the charts"
Vilnius, Lithuania - Lithuanian police were so astonished by a breath test that registered 18 times the legal alcohol limit, they thought their device was broken.
It wasn't.
Police said Tuesday that Vidmantas Sungaila, 41, registered 7.27 grams of alcohol per liter in his blood repeatedly on different devices after he was pulled over Saturday for driving his truck down the center of a two-lane highway. Lithuania's legal limit is 0.4 grams per liter.
Sungalia, who was slapped with a $1,110 fine and the loss of his license for up to three years, told police he had been drinking the night before and tried to freshen up by downing a pint of beer for breakfast.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
singin' the blues
Pretty shocked about the death of Clifford Antone. Had so many good times at his bar. Vallejo, Monte, the Dirty Wormz, Bob, the Scabs, the Gourds, Buddy Guy, South Austin Jug Band, Blues Traveler...
Monday, May 22, 2006
Rogue loop
Congrats to all the wankers who finished the Rogue Loop on Sunday. Hash numbers are way down from last year, what's up with that! Someone needs to get on the ball and shame the BRT back into action!
Anyways, kudos to No Hands (winner of the "I'm a wus" 10K), No Dick Doc, Lewis & Cock, Tarantula Fucker, Just Nicole, TJ, Easy Access, Lovebite, and anyone I may have missed.
Now go get 'em at the Belt! FYI, I got lost last year and still kicked Melissa's ass there!
Anyways, kudos to No Hands (winner of the "I'm a wus" 10K), No Dick Doc, Lewis & Cock, Tarantula Fucker, Just Nicole, TJ, Easy Access, Lovebite, and anyone I may have missed.
Now go get 'em at the Belt! FYI, I got lost last year and still kicked Melissa's ass there!
Sunday, May 21, 2006
enemy contact!
I got shot at today. Not one, not two, but three bullets came approximately ten feet from hitting me. About a dozen more shots were fired in my general direction, but none of those were that close. Once again I got to hear that distinctive sound a bullet makes when it whizzes by so close to you.
One of my running routes runs behind a shooting range. Turns out some dickhead was firing the wrong way. Thought I had left behind all the idiots with guns when I left Texas but I guess not.
The shooters weren't shooting at me, they didn't see me and were shooting into the area I was in. Which is an area very popular with hikers and trail runners, but luckily I was the only one in the kill zone at the time. They've had a lot of problems with safety issues at that particular shooting range, and I plan on filing a complaint at the ranger station tomorrow.
Still got them infantry reflexes though! The smart thing to do would have been to immediately drop to the ground and low crawl under a big rock. But I didn't want to stop my run, so I crouched down and took off, using whatever cover I could find, until I was out of the shooter's range.
Ended up being a great run. Rampart Range/Cave of the Winds/Waldo Canyon/Ute Pass in just over three and a half hours. Wanted to do the incline too but I ran out of time since I have to work tonight.
One of my running routes runs behind a shooting range. Turns out some dickhead was firing the wrong way. Thought I had left behind all the idiots with guns when I left Texas but I guess not.
The shooters weren't shooting at me, they didn't see me and were shooting into the area I was in. Which is an area very popular with hikers and trail runners, but luckily I was the only one in the kill zone at the time. They've had a lot of problems with safety issues at that particular shooting range, and I plan on filing a complaint at the ranger station tomorrow.
Still got them infantry reflexes though! The smart thing to do would have been to immediately drop to the ground and low crawl under a big rock. But I didn't want to stop my run, so I crouched down and took off, using whatever cover I could find, until I was out of the shooter's range.
Ended up being a great run. Rampart Range/Cave of the Winds/Waldo Canyon/Ute Pass in just over three and a half hours. Wanted to do the incline too but I ran out of time since I have to work tonight.
Friday, May 19, 2006
made it!
The hike was a little tougher than I was expecting, but I can add another peak to my list. Took just under two hours to get to the top, and just over three hours for the round trip. Had two nasty falls on some scree coming down, now my hands are tore up and I have a nice roadrash-looking bruise on my ass. Was also attacked by a group of birds on the top...they would dive at me, coming within two or three feet of my head, then pull up and circle around before diving again. Chased me off the peak pretty quick.
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