A Climbing Trip!

For the next couple months I'll be living out of my car, traveling and climbing.  Also maybe visiting some aquariums as aquariums rock.  In preparation, I've got a sweet cargo box on top of my car, and a memory foam mattress in the back that serves as either bed or couch depending on if the seats are up or not. I'm fairly excited that my car can transform into a couch now, and that I'll be an unemployed climber for a couple months.

The plan is to head south-west, through Utah and Nevada. Then hit southern California and drive up towards Oregon.  Continuing up through Washington, we'll fly out of Vancouver to spend a week in Taiwan.  Then some climbing in British Columbia, and... either head south-east back to Boulder or maybe head back down through California.   We'll hit most of the places on the map below...



Getting ready... we laid out all of our climbing specific gear.  Thats my sweet new blue pack in the back, right behind the nice rainbow of C4s.

ZOMG so much sweet sweet gear.

I went swimming in it of course.

Not as comfortable as I would have liked.

So... just need to finish packing now.  Along with climbing gear there are tents, sleeping bags, food, etc that needs to be organized and stowed.  Our first stop will be Castleton Towers  and after that Indian Creek where we will meet up with some friends... drink... and climb.  Woot!

Tuna II: A Success Story

I tried tuna again after my disastrous mistake a couple nights ago.  My god was that terrible.  In any case... turned out much better!  Marinated in a soy based... marinade.  I made a sauce to put over it by reducing some soy sauce and brown sugar with a few whole cloves of garlic.  It was yummy.  The side salad had a ginger dressing on it like the ones you get at Hibachi and some other asian restaurants.  I'll probably make the two sauces again,  but maybe not the fish.

Tuna looks a bit over cooked... but was just how I like it so that was nice.  Woot.  Now I never have to cook fish again.