who would'd a thought

Nice work guys

Rod Percival, 46, coasted his mountain bike down Las Flores Canyon Road, his dog Ayla skittering behind him. Like many residents, Percival and his wife had refused to leave Malibu. Late Tuesday morning, he used his trusty bike to take stock, as best as he could, of the fire danger.

A neighbor, Bruce Bolander, 43, asked Percival how things looked.

“We’re safe. I’ve just ridden around the entire canyon,” Percival responded. “The fire’s out.”

Bolander asked his friend if he thought there was any way to sneak his wife Bonny passed the sheriff’s barricade. She was at Duke’s, a popular restaurant down on PCH.

“Is she prepared to walk?” Percival asked, not conveying much optimism.

Bolander muttered an expletive.

Percival himself wanted to go down to PCH, but knew that if he did so, he would not be let back in.

“I need some beer. I’m out of beer,” Percival joked. “This is terrible.”

Yes it is.

Inspirational Quote?

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."

– Helen Keller, 1957

This used to hang over Alex Lowe's desk. He died in the Himalaya in October 1999 in an avalanche that naturally triggered a long ways away.

Ski Trip

Went skiing for the second time this winter and it was very much winter up there. After sliding down a hill backwards on ice we decided that chains on the truck were in order. Nobody likes loading their shorts that early in the day. Or any point in the day for that matter, or any day, or really any time. Did some crappy skin trail work, actually followed one so I'm only taking 27% blame for how crappy it was. Had a boot pack, of course. First run was surprisingly good, and oh my god the pink floyd just cycled into something kind of fucked up.

(this pic links to the rest)

Second run was a chute that goes all the way to the ridge, where the wind was blowing about 1 million miles an hour and winter was pulling a good imitation of January. Ski the chute, great snow and heinous visibility, rock roulette back to the truck, and drive home. Epic sauna, end of story.

bring the portishead, oh yes...

yes, yes, YES!!

Beer Pong

My liver will never forgive me.

Rest of the Pics

click on the picture for the rest of 'em

Caving

I'll get the rest of the pics up here in the next couple of days. In the meantime, here's a starter

The Storm Castle

 

A good place to go if you are looking for steep climbing, dangerous exposure and difficult switchbacks. And nice views from the top.

PRAHA

My trip to Prague was awesome! You can check out my pictures here...and I'll tell stories later.

Prague

My acting debut. Sort of?

The movie about our little beetle collecting trip to Italy is on the bill for the Emerson on Thursday night if anyone is interested. It seems like the kind of thing that residents of Bozangeles would be interested in anyway.

"A Wild Beetle Chase" is playing in Bozeman at the Emerson this Thursday! It
is playing as part of the Element Film Festival which is put on by the MTA
department here at Montana State. Here is a list of films showing:

WHITE WINGS OVER MONTANA
KIS-KA-DEE
FISH & COW
LUNACY
FROLICKING IN CHOCOLATE

(intermission)

GRIZZLY (excerpt)
A WILD BEETLE CHASE
PABLOS HIPPOS

(short intermission)

EVILUTION
A CAT CALLED ELVIS
MICHAEL FRANTI IN BOZEMAN

The screenings start at 7pm.

http://www.createspace.com/Store/ShowEStore.jsp?id=233468

Happy Birthday John, Laura, and Jesse

MORE COW BELL

wet dark holes

Hope you people are ready to spelunk the shit out of some caves.
The shit show rolls out of here Friday evening. Any brave soul is welcome to attend.

Heckling at the Tour De Hyalite

What did everyone secretly want after running/clawing through 13.5 miles of snow to the top of Hyalite peak and back? To be chased by a crazy person with a cow bell of course! Cody Hood didn't even seem to notice what was happening, but most others (including Brandon and Laura) seemed to appreciated it. . .

The good person quiz

I got 2/10

This is not animated

man, that's weird. Found by browsing www.digg.com , a very dangerous habit. . .

Birthday Fun!

From wearing innocent party hats to dirty dancing, check these out for more birthday fun :)

Birthday Fun

Fall has fallen