Southern Utah Adventurin': Buckskin Gulch |
Here's a quick summation of my weekend trip to the Buckskin Gulch. The area in question is about 40 miles southeast of Kanab, near the Utah/Arizona border. My comrades on this adventure included Nic...
Posted by Jim on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:26:00 PST |
2007 Summit Blog: 01. Mount Olympus |
Mountain: Mount Olympus (South Summit)Summitted: April 29, 2007Miles (Round Trip): 7Elevation Gain: 4050 feetHighest Point: 9026 feetHiking Time: 5.5 hours round tripNotes: Strong start for Reina an...
Posted by Jim on Wed, 02 May 2007 07:09:00 PST |
Boston And Beyond |
TRANSCRIBED FROM MY DAILY JOURNALCast of Characters:JimNickKatReinaKellyApril 18:Made it to Boston today with minimal fuss aside from an unexpected 90-minute delay in Chicago. Ended up working out we...
Posted by Jim on Tue, 01 May 2007 09:58:00 PST |
Holding Out For A Hero |
Here on a lazy Sunday afternoon I've found myself rediscovering the lone studio album of the indomitable Jim Steinman. Listening to it I've been reminded of the jaw-dropping absurdity of his lyrical ...
Posted by Jim on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 03:43:00 PST |
Abbey |
Attempting to fill the void left by the passing of my dog Fergie, (who we had to put down earlier this year after fourteen years), yesterday I visited the Humane Society and adopted a two month old He...
Posted by Jim on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:46:00 PST |
Mutant Children |
Apparently there's something in the water around Sandy, Utah. Check out these warning signs from Flat Iron Mesa Park. The first is fairly standard and provides no cause for immediate alarm:And here'...
Posted by Jim on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:48:00 PST |
Legacy of a drunk |
Among the various perks gained by my participation in last summer's Western Archives Institute (my two-week trip to San Diego) is a one year membership in the Society of California Archivists. Sure, ...
Posted by Jim on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:36:00 PST |
Man's Search for Meaning |
Periodically life provides the good fortune of supplying a piece of cultural ephemera that does a remarkable job of surmising and conveying certain key thoughts and ideas that speak directly to the so...
Posted by Jim on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:14:00 PST |
"I want to be as big as a mountain..." |
Two weeks ago Reina and I met up and began planning a tentative mountaineering itinerary for 2007. It is exceedingly ambitious and the challenge(s)/adventure it's bound to provide has been increasingl...
Posted by Jim on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:36:00 PST |
Thicke World |
The dispiriting, soul sucking inversion that's been entrenched over Salt Lake the last three weeks, (our air is 5X worse than Los Angeles right now), is making every effort to punch my soul square in ...
Posted by Jim on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:35:00 PST |
