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Super-Duper Heil Ranch
Ski Magazine published an editorial a while back where the writer was ticked-off about living in Boulder. Sure, it was tongue-in-cheek, but it was pretty accurate. And it’s true, Boulder doesn’t have a…
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The Emperor’s New Shoes
Dave recounts the details leading up to a good-karma moment at REI where he recently purchased a new pair of rock climbing shoes. Let’s hope this purchase sates his rampant gear lust for…
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DIY Sax Repair and High-Energy Particle Physics?
Growing up I wasn’t a really handy guy. Of course, if you ask my mom, she’ll tell you how good I was as a small child at taking things apart. For whatever reason,…
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Ridin’ Dirty
Jess and I just got back from Ouray, where we attended the 14th annual (our 8th) Ouray Ice Festival. As always, we had a great time, but I’ll leave the details of the…
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It’s a League Game, Smokey
One of the nice benefits of working at Eltron is having a free Eco Pass for the Regional Transportation District (RTD). This started last year, and I can’t tell you how many times…
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The Season’s First Ice Climbing Trip!
As many of you know, Jess and I really like climbing ice, but it isn’t always easy to find climbable ice. There is a lot more ice in Colorado than the eastern locales…
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XHTML Ain’t Brain Surgery
Coding things for the web isn’t really all that difficult. It certainly isn’t brain surgery, and it isn’t even computer programming—sorry if that deflates anybody’s ego. There are really just a few simple…
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Falling Down (includes house photo)
First, for those who have been eagerly waiting for visual proof of our alleged house painting, here you go! I can’t tell you how nice it is to finally have the house painted,…
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Spanish Cave
The first weekend of August, Pete Bronski and I headed up into the mountains to visit the much ballyhooed Spanish Cave. Rumors of Spanish gold and forced slavery have surround this cave, but…
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Dave’s Sprained Ankle
I’m learning a lot about what an actual ankle injury is really like. After a fun, if short, ice climbing season, Jess and I were climbing at The Spot, our local bouldering gym,…