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October 17-27 2009
Euro 09
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October 8-9 2009
Pinnacles National Monument
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Aug 4-6 2009
Justin, Rob, Ryan, Kerstin and I camp at Mono Lake, climb Mt. Conness, soak in the hot springs at Bridgeport, then (on cold, windy, slightly snowy day) scramble around on the flanks of Mt. Hoffman.
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July 13-14 2009
Yosemite Bug
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June 19-21 2009
Shasta, one mo' time
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5 May 2009
Mt. Saleve, Geneva
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14-24 Apr 2009
Taiwan and China
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March 14 2009
Castle Peak reprise
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Feb. 7, 2009
Michelle Yu and I climb Mt. Tamalpais starting from Stinson Beach: Dipsea trail, Steep Ravine trail, Railroad grade to summit and back to Pantoll Ranger station, then Matt Davis trail. Perfect day, great hike but too long.
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Jan 17 2009
Mt. Baldy (Lake Tahoe)
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Jan 5-8 2009
Hawaiian Odyssey
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October 26, 2008
Birthday hike - Ryan, Rob V. and I climbed Mt. Diablo via the Back Creek trail. 2:45 up, 2:30 down. I tweaked my back and had sciatic pain.
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Aug 27 - Sept 14 2008
European Tour
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Aug 22-24 2008
Conness and Lake Elizabeth
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July 21-23 2008
Sierra double-header (Fairview Dome and Horsetail Falls)
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March 24-27 2008
Arnold: I'll Be Back
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March 2, 2008
Michelle Yu and I climbed Mt. Diablo via the Back Creek trail.
Camera battery was dead, so no pix.
On the way down my back and knees hurt a lot;
need to stretch and lift weights.
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16-22 Jan 2008
The Sacred Valley of the Incas
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10-15 Dec. 2007
Going to Extremes
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3-17 Sept. 2007
Europe on 5 TeraFLOPS a day
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11-13 Aug 2007
Conness with Dave and Justin
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Aug 6 2007
Larry and I hike up the South Sister in central Oregon
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Aug 2-4 2007
Bandara Mountain and Sleeping Lady
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June 24, 2007
Rich I rode mountain bikes up Mt. Diablo; 2 hours up, 30 min down.
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June 5-10 2007
Norway: Oslo and Bergen
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May 19, 2007
Justin, Aaron, Sarah and I went to Mt. Diablo and climbed
Amazing Face (from a top belay; our rope wasn't long enough)
and a gully around the corner.
Beautiful day, fantastic climbing.
Stopped at In n' Out Burger on the way home.
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Jan 6 2007
Mt. Diablo with Justin and Rob
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Nov 11-19 2006
We took a family trip to Miami.
I drove to Tampa to attend the Supercomputing '06 conference,
where I rendezvoused with Carl and Tolu.
Mostly it was a yawn - we missed the Ribfest featuring
Cheap Trick, and Carl/Tolu had to man their booth.
The high point was a visit to the
Salvador Dali Museum
in St. Petersburg.
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Oct 27 2006
Mt. Diablo Birthday Hike
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September 19-24 2006
Geneva and Mont Blanc
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September 14, 2006
Spencer Butte
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August 19, 2006
Alta Mountain
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May 24 2006
Rob V. and I hiked on the Ohlone Wilderness trail
from Lake Del Valle to Murrieta falls:
roughly 12 miles round-trip with 4,000' vertical.
Ouch! Knees, back, big toes all hurt like hell.
I was using my hiking poles as crutches for the last 5 miles.
My effing camera had dead batteries, so no pix.
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May 12-20, 2006
Singapore Swing
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April 24-26 2006
I went to Wisconsin to visit Bruce Allen in Milwaukee and
give a talk at Condor Week in Madison.
I toured all my old haunts, including the Shell,
Memorial Union, the Lake Mendota running path, etc.
I visited Howard Whitlock in the Chem Dept.
and Chuck Dyer in CS.
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Jan 22 2006
Solo hike up Mt. Diablo on the Back Creek trail.
Brisk pace: trailhead 11 AM, summit 1:30, return 3:35.
Cool, extremely clear day.
P51s buzz summit.
Sore toes, a little back/knee pain.
General soreness next day.
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Dec 31, 2005
Tennessee Valley with family
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Dec 10, 2005
Ryan, Rob and I go for a medium hike in Las Trampas park.
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October 16, 2005
The Organ Mountains
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Sept. 16, 2005
My stepfather Larry and I attempt the South Sister in Oregon.
We turn around 2/3 of the way up because of
unseasonable weather (cold, snow, fog).
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August 18-24 2005
Jens and family visit
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July 4-28, 2005
Ich bin ein Berliner
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June 30, 2005
The Ledge Trail
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May 29, 2005
Helicopter rescue high on Mt. Diablo
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March 24-26 2005
More adventures in Death Valley
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March 6 2005
Climbing Nationals at Mission Cliffs
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Feb 3-5 2005
I travelled to Seattle and visited Dave Gedye.
We did a short but exciting snowshoe climb near
Snoqualmie pass, past Source Lake, to a ridge
overlooking Snow Lake.
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January 4-6 2005
Death Valley
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December 2004
Short trips to Sunriver and Miami Beach to visit relatives.
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Nov 7-9, 2004
Supercomputing 2004
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Oct. 22-24, 2004
A trip to the heartland
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Oct. 2, 2004
Climbing for Kerry
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Sept. 15-17, 2004
Car Trouble in the High Sierra
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Sept. 11, 2004
Todd and I go to Boy Scout Rock at Mt. Diablo and do
Amazing Face (10A), Bolt Ladder (underrated 10C), and Ozone (11A).
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Aug 27-29, 2004
Yosemite with the Climate guys
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July 22 - August 18 2004
New York and Oxford
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June 25-26, 2004
Bates Motel Revisited or Disaster on the Death Slabs
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May 29, 2004
Dipsea trail hike
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April 28, 2004
Kraftwerk in SF (not exactly a trip)
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April 24-25, 2004
Strangers in Paradise
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March 27, 2004
Pyramid Peak Revisited
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March 3-15, 2004
Australia, mate
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Feb 17-26, 2004
DC and CERN
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Feb 14, 2004
Mission Peak
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Feb 7, 2004
Mt Diablo with Aaron
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Jan 24-25 2004
Castle Peak on snowshoes
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Nov 15-23, 2003
Trip to Madrid to attend
Cicle Redes y Saberes Compartidos at the
Residencia de Estudiantes
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Sept 15-18, 2003
Tuolumne hike-o-rama
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Oct 1, 2003
Erica, Roberta and I drove to Lake Tahoe,
hiked from Emerald Bay past Eagle Lake and
towards Velma Lake; at the crest before the descent to Velma Lake,
I bushwacked up to the ridge to the left.
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August 23, 2003
Todd, Rob and I climbed Mt. Diablo via Mitchell canyon and
Juniper trail, down by Bald Ridge and Back Creek trail.
The pace was blistering.
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August 22, 2003
Return to Castle Rock
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August 2-3 2003
Mt. Hoffman
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July 25-27 2003
Bad break on Conness
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July 16-21, 2003
New York, New York
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July 7-9, 2003
Taking the Leap
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June 22-24, 2003
Shasta Revisited
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June 8-13, 2003
Defense de Paris
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May 29, 2003
As falls Yosemite...
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Mar. 28-30 2003
Quick trip to Tahoe
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Mar. 7-9 2003
Randonee Adventure
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Feb. 2003
Montara Peak
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Dec. 25, 2002
Christmas at Yosemite
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Dec. 12, 2002
Day trip to the valley
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Nov. 23-26, 2002
Blown away in Joshua Tree
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Oct. 10-11, 2002
Cathedral Peak and Yosemite
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Sept. 2-17, 2002
Greece is the word
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August 16-18, 2002
The North Ridge of Mt. Conness
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July 18-21, 2002
The Grand Teton
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June 24-26, 2002
Return to Shasta
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June 16, 2002
Todd Stuart, Davin Potts and I climbed
Eagle Peak (near Mt. Diablo).
Beautiful day, amazingly excellent, saw the Sierras.
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May 31, 2002
A day-trip to Castle Rock.
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April 27 - May 5, 2002
A work-related trip to England.
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April 4-7, 2002
Pyramid Peak and Mount Tallac (in the snow)
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Feb. 24, 2002
Rich Kraft and I climbed Mt. Diablo.
I am extremely sore. 'Nuff said.
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Dec. 17-21, 2001
Desert mini-vacation
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Dec. 14-16, 2001
A short trip to Lake Tahoe
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Nov. 24, 2001
Mt. Diablo with Dave Gedye
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Oct. 13-15, 2001
In Search of the Bighorn
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Sept. 17-20, 2001
Yosemite double-header: Conness and Half Dome
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August 10-12, 2001
Tuolomne with Berg and Rich
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July 13, 2001
Diablo II
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July 8, 2001
40% of the Five Hills Ride
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July 7, 2001
Mt. Diablo
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June 25, 2001
Lion's Head Revisited
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June 3-5, 2001
Disasta on Shasta
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May 25-27, 2001
Return to Conness
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Feb 16-20, 2001
Sunriver Snowshoe Madness
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Dec 28-29, 2000
Sierra Snowshoe Adventure
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Nov. 2000
Thanksgiving 2000
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Oct. 14-15, 2000
Mt. Rainier: "Today the mountain screamed",
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Sept. 14-15, 2000
Mt. Conness: Navigational chaos high on the mountain
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Sept. 1-3, 2000
Mammoth Peak
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August 19-21, 2000<
The Dana Couloir
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July 22-23, 2000
Mt. Gibbs without supplemental oxygen
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June 3-6, 2000
White collar bash at the Smithsonian
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March 24-25, 2000
Rock Climbing at Joshua Tree National Park
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Feb 7-18 2000
Trip to Sweden, Germany, and Czech Republic
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Jan 15-17 2000
Boulder-hopping at Palm Springs
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Dec 25-28 1999
Christmas at the Dacha (Sunriver, Oregon). Skiing at Mt. Bachelor.
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Nov 27-28 1999
Seattle and Mt. Si
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Nov. 3-6, 1999
Ascent of Mount Whitney
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Oct. 16-17, 1999
Motel Camping at Mt. Lassen
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Oct. 10, 1999
Ascent of Mt. Dana
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Oct. 7, 1999
Bike ride up Mt. Diablo
More area is visible from Mt. Diablo
than from any other point on Earth.
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Sept 29, 1999
Tales of (Mount) Hoffman
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Sept 26, 1999
Visit to Seattle, saw Lois, Gedye, Stephen
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Sept. 1999
Visit from Ron Kuivila and Bobbi
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Sept. 1999
Trip to Steep Ravine
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August 2-7, 1999
Bioastronomy Conference on the Big Island of Hawaii
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July 22-25, 1999
Camping Trip to Mt. Rainier
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June 1999
Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest
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June 2-5 1999
NYC
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April 17 to May 2 1999
2 weeks in South Africa, including a
backpacking trip on the
Otter trail.
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Dec. 6 1998
I wish I could have flown to NYC to see a concert
of music by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji,
organized by the composer Christopher Berg.
Check out these reviews by
Frederick L. Kirshnit
and David A. Weinberg.
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July 1998
A gripping account of an
attempted ascent of Lion's Head Peak in Montana.
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