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      KITEBORDING checklist

      May 30th, 2006 by mike d. in Quickthoughts

      1. buy wetsuit
      2. buy life-preserver
      3. fix kites
      4. paint an awesome picture of a stegosaurus on the bottom of my board

      1. buy wetsuit
      2. buy life-preserver
      3. fix kites
      4. paint an awesome picture of a stegosaurus on the bottom of my board

      Authored by: mike d.

      Weekend Update

      May 30th, 2006 by mike d. in Weekend Update!, A Day In The Life...

      currently eating: cereal

      This weekend was a busy one. Saturday after some chores I zipped out to cape cod to see Old Man Schenk, Ruth, and Meowstrow in their new Falmouth apartment. It was awesome. Not only is it a super quaint area, the house and surrounding naturesqueness is gorgeous. After some fun times and tasty tofu (tasty?), I continued onward to Eastham where I helped the rents with some lawn mowing.

      ‘Lawn mowing’ isn’t quite the right phrase. ‘Power deforestation’ is closer. I didn’t cut the grass, I introduced the grass to its maker. Brush was taken down with a violent hurrah. It was as close to X-TREME LAWN CARE as you could get. I took a video and will post it tomorrow in the feature section.

      After some beach and some bbq, I made the loooong treck back to CT. It ended up being a smart move because Memorial Day morning I had the opportunity to do some outdoor climbing. I went with two gents from the climbing gym: Devon and Chris. It was my first experience with Traditional climbing, where the climber places his/her own gear. I was not leading but ‘following’ or ’seconding’ because I don’t quite have the experience or know how for protection placement. I also did my first multi-pitch route. A multi-pitch is where climber A climbs halfway up the cliff face. He then secures himself and provides a belay for the Climber B. Climber B follows up the route cleaning the protection as he goes. Upon meeting climber A at the half way point, climber B takes up the belay, and climber A continues onward. In this manner very high cliff faces can be climbed without the need for a 600 foot rope and four hundred thousand pieces of protection.

      It was really relaxing. A very beautiful day on the rocks indeed.

      Finally, I finished up my weekend with some yardwork, home improvements, and tennis. Overall I would say the weekend was a stunning success.

      Authored by: mike d.
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