Mt. Thielsen

I can check the box next to another Oregon spike, Mt. Thielsen. 

Yesterday a group of us from Cascade Mountaineers submitted the 9,184 ft. peak and next-door neighbor to Crater Lake. We had an amazing window of weather; sunshine with not so much as a breeze. Even after copious amounts of sunscreen application, my face still got obliterated. The total car-to-car time was around 11 hours, certainly on the slow end of things. However we had a mixed group with a few people dropping out near the top due to fatigue or not feeling it. We also had another delay at the summit pinnacle as we waited for a four-person group to finish belaying. All in all, it was a great climb in a beautiful area.

Check out the photo gallery to see more pictures from the trip.

Hello Trello

I've been using Trello for about a week now on a small indie project. I gotta say that I really love it's ease of use and accessibility. I'm not sure how it would work for large, distributed teams, but it's proving to be a great collaboration tool for us.

Bike Graduation

Here's Xander, no training wheels, no strider bike, no assistance. Nicely done son!

Playing catch-up

Wow, almost through Q1 2012 without a post? Shame on me!

I'm going to try and play catch-up...

Sledding at Wanoga

On Saturday we met up with my old friend Justin and his son Yoshi at Wanoga Sno-Park. It's a great scene with tons of kids (and adults) barreling down the snow-packed hills. Here's some media from that trip:

I think this picture summarizes the day:

Birthday WOD

I've been doing CrossFit for about 4 months now (3x week) and have finally reached that point where I'm addicted. Good thing right? My fitness levels have been trending upward, evidenced by the continual setting of PRs, or "personal records" as they're called in the real world.

Our "Box" has a cool tradition: when it's your birthday, you get to create the WOD. Click on the link below yours truly to check it out. 

B's Birthday WOD

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