I was going through some of the pictures I've been taking over the past few months and I really like the smoke coming off the end of the cigarette in this one. Thanks to Ned for hosting a fun yet smoky St. Patrick's Day.

Tie Your Shoe!

I have been doing some climbing at http://rockventures.net and wanted to get some pictures. This one is taken from about 25 feet up a 30 foot wall, at the crux of the climb where the wall comes away fairly steeply for a 5 foot long section then comes closer back to vertical after that.

Bill was having trouble keeping his left shoe tied all day. I'm guessing that's why he couldn't make it up this time.

Utah Snowshoeing

So I got a chance to head out west and do some snowboarding and general chilling with an awesome crew out in Salt Lake City, UT. After 5 full days of boarding at Brighton, Snowbird, and Solitude, we took a day off and did some snowshoeing in Wasatch National Park. This is one of the views from the trail, where we wound up a mountain surrounded by snow covered trees and hardly any sounds at all. It was one of the more amazing things I've ever done in my life. Well, this and diving into the super deep pow of Honeycomb Canyon and Mineral Basin, and that powder day at Brighton.