Bedrock & Paradox

Michelle Rhee is my hero today.  And I think, tomorrow.   On a whole-ly unrelated note, I did Sentinel in 28 minutes this afternoon between classes.  I need to get out more.  Energy feeds energy, and I’ve been creating too many excuses as of late. I would also like to address gear for a moment,…

For second time this month, I find myself wondering if “tertiarily” is a word. I’m going with yes. Homework haiku: I sit in the kitchen  writing, typing, writing my skis mock me from the closet Where can I find snow, this weekend?

St. Mary’s Peak has the highest trailhead in the Bitterroot; you start a little below 7k and end up above 9 not quite four miles later.  An obvious place to go look for snow. I put on skis around 8.5k, skinning through the tress, trying to not hit too many rocks.  Once above “treeline” a…

Sharpened and waxed.  I plan to get out from under the homework umbrella tomorrow, head up high, and find out how much good all this damn rain has been doing us.   Word.

Kootenai Creek, Monday.

–Liberation, Paris A greener country?  I think so. I was in the end right about almost everything (the popular vote was closer; McCain “socialist” bullshit plus racism). The Night’s Best and Lamest Best: The number of women in Congress. Runner up: New Mexico’s 100% democratic delegation, by hefty margins. Lamest: California passing Prop 8.  Sad.…

The ‘rents are in town, causing trouble. School has just been getting done.  Fun stuff. Speaking of which… http://www.youtube.com/v/7D1Hk0rGiAc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&fs=1 I better do the White Rim-Maze-Lockhart loop before the Professor. And yes, tomorrow is election day.  You know what to do. On This Week George Will put him at 378.  ‘Nuff said.

(Said as if everything else is not.) http://www.youtube.com/v/GtREqAmLsoA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1 Not bad.  It lost it’s momentum towards the end, trending away from specific embodiments of salient details in modern American life.  A hard needle to thread, but some of the generalities used (and footage duplicated) at the end was I presume for the benefit of channel-surfers.  …

..to the master list. I have a love-hate relationship with Backpackinglight.  It has to be one of, if not the, smartest group of outdoor folks on the internet.  Some very informative information when you find it.  It is also has probably the largest talk:trip ratios of any place I bother to visit; in many ways…