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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The past few weeks

The summer must have started as I havn't had much time to do things outside of work. This is not neccesarily a bad thing, lots of time with great people in great places. I did promise myself that I would climb more this year but apart from a brief spurt where I promptly hurt my right shoulder (so now they both hurt) I have been on the river or back at base getting ready for the river. First up was "all staff" 44 staff on the deschutes in three different groups, learning, bonding and generally having a good time. Next up a week long program back on the Deschutes river for Military Veterans then the river again for the first week of a 15 day youth course. After getting off the river I did manage a quick dash (in the name of staff development) up to Three Finger Jack in the Mt Jefferson wilderness with some of our interns. Setting out at 8pm we got to the high camp at 11pm got up at 3am, summited at 620am and were back at the trailhead for 11am.
Mike Armstrong (and Mike Mourar in the background) takes the plunge from the newly renamed "Kellens Rock"
Justin, Doug and Mike Mourar (generational picture anyone?) watch the flip drills
Some of the staff at the Ed Rodgers flag hike on the Deschutes
The staff of the Vets course (Tony, Paul, Mike, Josaf, Rob, Levi, Me, Erin, Steve, Justin, Jeff and mike carney)
Sunset over the deschutes
Gear boat flip drills in the river at base (Whitney, Carl, Mike and Levi)
Buckskin Mary Rappel (yes thats an abseil)
The team at the start of the fixed line at around 5am (stu, Carl and Jeff)
The best reason for climbing mountains - the view to other mountains. the sisters and mt washington
Stu on the summit pinacle

For now I have a 15day course to finish and then straight onto a 22day youth course. And then............ some time off

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Rogue bowling

This seems like a long time ago, but my time off was filled with climbing, a trip on the rogue river with whitney and finished with the odin falls staff bowling championships. I have now just got back this years "all staff" river trip but below are some photos from the period before that.
Me attempting to surf the top wave on devils staircase rapid on the rogue
Bobo the clown (jay miller) and jason luthy watching the bowling
Whitney and Kat molesting the bowling mascot
Ralph showing one of many techniques for those of us who cant bowl
Whitney above blossom bar rapid on the wild and scenic section of the rogue.
One of our camps on the rogue
Switching out kayaking and rowing
Whitney rowing with the kayaks stacked behind her on the day 3 of our 5 day trip
another camp
The adventure mobile getting unpacked next to the river.

soon - all staff river photos