Stuff I've been doing...

• October 13-17 - visited Carl in Austin
  
• October 6 - 8 - Chicago with Michelle, visited Young, Ysabel, and Michelle's friend Tony.
• October 1 - Big X run. A 10k through the Arboretum. Hilly and hard.
  
• September 8 - tried to go to Chicago with Dan Kneezel; failed.
  
• August 22 - moved to Michigan
  
• August 11-13, "Finding Lizzy", trying to meet up with Lizzy Wenk and Douglas Bock on a JMT trip.
  
• Day 1: hike in from North Lake over Piute Pass down to JMT. Head south until juction with Evolution Valley. camp. long day 20+ miles.
  
• Day 2: hike up Evolution Valley till branch off up to Darwin Bench. Camp at Lower Darwin Lake.
• Day 3: Hike up to Higher Darwin Lakes, up over Lamarck Col, down 3600 feet, back to North Lake.
  
• Never found Lizzy....  met up at the house for dinner with lots of company and blueberry pancakes in the morning :-)
• August 9, Tenaya Canyon with Scott. pictures.
  
• July 29 - August 3, Mendocino. Jenny, Paul, Juliette, Sofia, Pierrot, Max, Aidan, Scott, Peter, Lee...
  
• July 21-24, Zurich. relaxing, cooking, haning out, swimming, running.
  
• July 17, Ysbael (my sister) arrives
  
• July 11, Hiking on the Ahr with Peter. Long day, 2000m. Waldporzheim, Katzlei, back to car, to Rech, up and up, back to Rech. Weinschorle, immer weiter. Altenahrer Schweiz, Langfigweg, Engelei... and back.
  
• July 2 - July 6, Gwenny visiting!!! (And the fateful day of Detschland vs. Italia...)
  
• June 30-July 2, Dan Kenzie visiting from Padderborn.
  
• *June 9-July 9: WM, spent too much time in bars, and drank way too much beer. What a blast though, what a good atmosphere.*
  
• June 18, did the Bonn Triathlon with Bettina, relay. I did the swim and run. We weren't the most successful triathlon team, so maybe I'll leave you to find the results on the internet yourselves.... Lots of fun! But too hot. Showers along the running course were very appreciated.
  
• June 15-17, Amsterdam with Mom. Cold weather then hot weather. Good museums. Highlights for me were Caravaggio show at the Van Gogh museum and cool casual boat ride through the canals where I got to drive while drinking Duvel. Cute Houseboats. Market was also hippie, funky, and cool (if not a tad bit expensive).
• June 14-24, Mom visiting.
  
• June 8-11, Jena. June 9, 6:10pm to June 10 1:06pm, Rund-um-Jena, 100 kilometer hike!!! Report and pics :-)
  
• June 4-7, Joel visiting , bike ride with Bettina, Marc, and Joel on June 5 to Ahrtal.
  
• June 1 - 4, Mannheim and Heidelberg, visiting Alicia. New WG and cool roomates. Wine with movies so bad they're good. Brandis showed up, also hung out with Samir, his friend Alicia, Lucy, and Sarah. Heidelberg was Tourisity, with a captial T!!!! Saw Costa Rica National Soccer Team.
  
• May 27, hiking in the Eifel with Peter Ille and DAV, etc.
  
• May 21-26, Lie Days in Martina Franca. Lots of fun; good math, good people, good weather, good food.
  
• May 18-20, Berlin. Hung out with PPPlers. Historical sites and sights, dancing, sleeping on the hotel room floor for free.
  
• May 13, hike with DAV in Siebengebirge, called off slightly early due to rain.
  
• May 7, bike ride in Siebengebirge with Bettina, 90 hard kilometers
  
• April 30-May 1, hike in the Eifel Ahrtal with 28 people on Sunday, stayed the night in Rech, Altenahrerschweiz on Monday. Total 42 kilometers and 3000 m height gain.
  
• April 22, hike in the Eifel National Park with Thomas, Steffen, Julie, and Win.
  
• April 13 - 17: Budapest with Alicia Brindisi, staying with Stephanie Jakus. Baths, sights, food, marxim's pizza, rain, sun, run up Gellert Hill, market, basilica, and more.
  
• March 29 - April 2: Switzerland with Scott, 2 days in Sufers, 2 days in Zurich.
  
• March 2 - 24, Morocco and Spain with Scott. It sounds like a whirlwind tour, but didn't feel like it.
  
• March 2, flew into Valencia and got to Barcelona by the evening.
• March 3, 4, stayed in Barcelona visiting museums and parks. Left the night of the 4th on a night train to Seville.
• March 5, woke up Seville, long complicated transport to arrive in Tangiers by nightfall.
• March 6-7, arrived in the morning in Rabat, where we stayed with our friend Adriana.
• March 8, left early in the morning for Fes.
  
• March 9, Fes
• March 10, Fes, Meknes, back to Rabat
• March 11, Rabat
• March 12, leave early for Marrakesh, plan to go trekking immediately
• March 13, leave for the Atlas mountains, arrange a trek, and stay at a guesthouse in Asni, some hiking in the afternoon
• March 14, first day of trekking is just a day hike, partway up the trail to Tubkal, sleep in Asni.
• March 15, 16, two day trek up a hike pass, through Berber villages, and end point at Setti Fatma.
  
• March 17, back to Marrakesh.
• March 18, still in Marrakesh, stay at fancy hotel.
• March 19, leisurely train ride back to Rabat for the evening.
• March 20, leave for Tetuoan, in the north-east. Arrive by late afternoon.
  
• March 21, Tetuoan.
  
• March 22, taxi to Tangiers and then night bus to Valencia
• March 23, Valenica
• March 24, back to Cologne
  
• Feb. 25, 35km hike with Peter Ille on the Ahr in the Eifel.
• Feb. 23-28, Karneval in Cologne. Full House. Pictures coming soon...
  
• Feb. 20, day trip to Monschau. Cute town.
  
• Feb. 9-18, Poland etc. with Juliette. Also see hostels page. pics.
  
• Feb. 9-10, Krakow. Got a hostel, saw some sights, bought some amber.
  
• Feb. 11-12, Wroclaw (pronounce Vrots-vaf, with rolled rrrrr) (Breslau auf Deutsch). A shitty city in most respects, but a nice hostel, Strangers. After being robbed on the train there, we drownded our depression in an expensive meal. In the end we got it for free after I (unintentionally!!) found a small stone in my food. Universal justice prevails.
  
• Feb. 13, day trip from Wroclaw to Przemkow (pronounced Pshemkof). This is a whole other story. This town is the birthplace of my great-great-grandfather in 1861. It is now a bit of a dump. No English speakers. Luckily a restaurant, which we used liberally, since we were there for 8 hours, due to the limited bus schedule. We also hung out at the post office, bought various old vegetables, and generally tried to make the time pass. The town has one street, and we probably walked up and down it 20 times.
• Feb. 14-15, Dresden. Another great hostel, Lolli's homestay. Saw the sights, met nice people, visited two nice museums.
• Feb. 16, Prague. I took a tour to see as much of the city as I could. Bought hats in the evening. Awful hostel.
  
• Feb. 17-18, Krakow again. More sight-seeing, but bad weather. Saw a movie, Capote, since it was raining so hard. Flew back to Cologne in the evening.
• Feb. 7, longest run thus far, close to a half-marathon through the city parks and forests, in the dark, mud, and rain. Almost counts as a trip of its own.
  
• Feb. 5, Brezelwanderung with Trekcologne. A hiking group with lots of women.
• Feb. 1, hike with Peter and Eckart in the Ahr valley. Lots of up and down, a good day after sitting in 2 hours traffic on the way there.
  
• Jan. 19-22: Jena, visiting Brandis, Julie, and Justin. Pics coming soon...
• Jan. 14, hike along the Ahr in the Eifel with DAV ~16km. Peter superhiker and lots of retirerees (!). -7 degrees C. All sorts of German stereotypes confirmed...
  
• Dec. 31- Jan. 2: New Years in Sufers. What fun!!! Up in the snow, eating good food. Good company. Went snowshoing on New Years day. Heard lots of Swiss German, ate a ton, felt cozy in Perfils, the hut on the mountain. Also had a nice long dinner with Martin and Thomas Lechner after a wine tasting on the first.
  

• Dec. 27-31 Zurich. I was just in Harry Potter land for a few days, reading the whole series through the latest book and wathcing a movie besides.
  
• Dec. 22-27, Oberbergkirche with Thomas, Mags, the girls, Mary and daughter Maria. Salzburg too.
  

• this sections needs updating, but it's a rough outline for now.
  
• Brussels, at some time (December?), visiting Charlotte.
  
• Scott visits: thanksgiving
  
• Beginning of October, trip to Jena, Munich, and Zurich
• Otober 1, move into Dreigkoenigenstr., Zwackelmann WG
• September, Oktoberfest with Alicia and Brandis, pics coming soon
  
• End of August, Zurich for b-day stuff
  
• July 25, move to Germany, stop over in Sufers for Erste August (Huessli and Bonfire), and Zurich
  
• July, High Sierra with Stephen, Lizzy, and Scott. link to trip report (coming soon) link to pics (coming soon)
  

• July 2-6, Albion. On July 5th rode to Navaro vineyard tasting room, tasted wine and had a picnic.
• July 2, (double) Dipsea trail, Mill Valley-Stinson Beach-Mill Valley, with Scott. Lunch and cocoa at Stinson beach, 14 miles roundtrip.
  
• June 26, Flotilla on the Russian River. Starting from Healdsburg. Pinar and John, Scott, Mark, Woodsy, Erin, Matt Reidenbach, Kelly, 3 new girls, and others.
• June 25, climbing at Castle Rock with Brian, Mark, and Scott. We climbed at....
  
• June 24, hike up Mt. Diablo, solo, from Mitchell Creek Canyon staging area. 14 miles roundtrip.
• June 1-14, visit to Michigan (with math conference at Toronto in between June 8-11).
• May 28-29, Yosemite with Scott. We hiked up Snow Creek trail first day, lots of switchback. 108 to be precise, we counted. Ran into some strange Germans and got very lost in the snow while trying to find the trail to Yosemite Falls via Northdome. Came back down. Climbed Royal Arches the next day. Beautiful, a bit wet, and I hated the decent, wished we'd rappeled instead.
• May 23, GRADUATION (family in town).
  
• May 15, Bay to Breakers with Yossi and Scott
• ?May5-9?, Mendocino. The best part was driving slowly down 128 with George and Juliette, looking at the wildflowers. We at a wonderful lunch in Cloverdale.
  
• April 30, bouldering at Castle Rock with Scott. This was supposed to be the CHAOS beginning boulderers trip. What a joke! I got up practically nothing. And we didn't find any CHAOTs!!
• April 10-12, Visit UT. First night with Nick Proudfoot is fun, it's his birthday. We make great pizza and ice cream, meet fun people, sing.
• April 9, Stinson beach with Scott. Hiked up Steep Ravine trail to Pantoll Ranger's station.
• March 27-29, Seattle and UW visit. Stayed with Emily Fagerstrom and went swing dancing!
• March 11-15, Michigan. UM math dept visit and time with family.
  
• March 4-7, Red Rocks with Scott, Yossi, and Erica. Friday, Ginger Cracks, 5.9? with Yossi and Scott, lead a pitch. Saturday, hung out with Canadians and Takos at camp while the others climbed. Sunday, Cat in the Hat, lead some. Monday, Tunnel Vision, freaked out on a squeeze chimney, lead some.
• February 19-21, Mendocino with Scott.
  
• February 10-16, visit to Ann Arbor and Northwestern visit for grad school.
• saw three plays in Ann Arbor: Burns park players, "Brigadoon"; Pioneer High School, "Precious Ladies Ridiculed"; and University of Michigan, "Romeo and Juliet."
• February 5-6, CHAOS Cabin Ski Trip
• 1st day: Snowshoed up Elephant's Back with Yossi, Scott, Pam, and Pinar (while Chris, Peter, Kelly, Trixie and skiied). See Pictures!
• 2nd day: went ice-climbing at Eagle Creek with Scott, Pam, Pinar, Anne, Mike, Jen, Val, Kimberly, Yossi, female Kelly, male Kelly, Chris T., and probably more. See Pictures!! I climbed two climbs, and failed miserably on a third.
  
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• December 21-Jan. 15: Michigan and Florida.
• <>Dec. 22-27, Florida and back again: Juno's wedding . Also visited Iris and family, and Alice and Gary.
• <>Jan. 3-6, Chicago. Visited Evanston with Alex and family, Emily, and Anne at UChicago.
• December 14, Yosemite Valley with Yossi and Scott. (pictures coming soon...) While they climbed Leaning Tower, I had the whole valley to myself. Imagine walking around Mirror Lake and not seeing another soul! The valley looked beautiful in the snow. I spent the afternoon indoors doing work :-(
  
• November 20-27, Thanksgiving (lots of driving). J-tree with Chris T, Chris R, Kimberly, Hannah, Yossi, Scott, Kelly, Amy, Richard, Amy, Aryeh, Leron, Raanan, Bryce, Juan, Gilles, Francisco, Ed... (pictures coming soon...)
  
• November 20, drove down to J-tree with Scott and set up camp with Erica, Kelly, Amy
  
• November 21, woke up to 1 foot of snow outside our tent, good thing we'd brought the mountaineering tent! So hung out then spent the evening/night in San Bernadino with the Wrights.
• November 22, went back to J-tree, hung out in the snow, with climbers, around a bonfire, slacklined
• November 23, drove to Pasadena to talk math with Allen. Evening: to Gwenny's at Harvey Mudd, thanksgiving dinner, and tour of campus coffee establishments.
• November 24, hang out at Harvey Mudd with Gwen. Read an entire People Magazine. See Motorcyce Diaries.
• November 25,  spend thanksgiving with the Wrights, play pinball, tetris, scrabble, pinochle.
• November 26, get back to J-tree early, climb at Echo Rocks: two 5.6's, a 5.7, and half of a 5.8. Evening: Very strange Tipi party with Bryce, Scott, Kimberly, Francisco, and Chris. Hookah, drums, electric base, slack-line, fire, ands costumes.
  
• November 27, VERY SORE, climb a 5.6 crack on Locamotion Rock at Real Hidden Valley. Too sore to climb more. We all take off that evening, more bad weather coming in. Dinner/pool/hottub at Michelle's parents' in Palm Springs. Nakedness. Drive through the night with Bryce and Scott.
  
• October 23 - 24, conference and hanging out at Harvey Mudd with Umut, Gwen, and Mark.
  
• October 6 - 12, Princeton then NY with Joel. Bob MacPherson's birthday conference in Princeton 7 - 9, then NY the 9 - 12 staying with Sam and Leah.
  
• September 24 - 26, Mendocino with Dad.
  
• September 11 - 12, North Peak with Chris Tuffley, Scott Morrison, Michelle Minikel, and Steve Andrews. My first ice climbing experience, not soon to be repeated. Even if I found it painful, at least I got some great pictures out of it... coming soon...
• August 14 - 15, Yosemite with Scott. We climbed Nutcracker the evening of the 14th. We climbed Snake Dike on the 15th, meeting Soroosh, Lionel, Scott C., Grace Wang, and others at the top. Even with a slow walk down, we made to El Agave Taqueria before they closed! :-)
• August 8 - 10, Mendocino with Scott. Alexandra and co. were there.
  
• July 11 - 31, Park City Math Institute (in Park City Utah)
• July 18 - hiking near Brighton with Joel, Umut, and Stephanie
• July 23 - 25, trip to Canyondlands with Joel, Yaim, and Nick.
• July 28 - hiked up Mt. Timpanogos with Joel
  
• July 6, Matthes Crest(!!) with Scott
  
• July 2 - 5, Ansel Adams wilderness with Scott, Magda, Michelle, Steve, Matt, Matt, and Matt. (pictures coming soon...)
  
• June 15 - 30,  Michigan and more!
• June 19 - 24, road trip with Ysabel and Susan to Louisville (Alice and Gary, Misty and Madison), Chatanooga (Anne and Aunt Fran), and  Ohio.
• June 25 - 26, trip to Pennsylvania to visit Mike Also and listen to his band and eat chinese food.
  
• June 7 - 15, Switzerland, Germany: visiting Christine and Eric, Thomas and Mags, Jakob and Rhea
  
• May 28 - June 5, Bulgaria with Kate: hiking around Rila Monastery
  
• January 19 - May 27 BUDAPEST
• January 31, hiking in the hills hear Szentendre with Lindsay, Ben, and Justin
• February 5 - 7 Krakow.
• February 22, wine tasting in Eger
• March 6 - 7 Vienna with Bianca
• March 8 - 9 Keszthly and Hevisz with Bianca
• March 13 - 15 Paris to visit Charlotte
• April 6 - 16, the Balkans with Scott (Croatia, Albania, Macedonia)
• April 24-25, Habitat for Humanity in Csurgo (Becky, Dave J, Dave B, Dave E, Mike R, Mike W, Mike H, Adam, Emily, Kate, Scott, Noah, Justin, Stephanie, Ben, Mark, Ben H, Ha, Andrew...)
• May (somtime) - another trip to the hills near Szentendre with Scott up Predikaliszek.
  

• December 21 - January 19 AUSTRALIA!!!!
• December 26, climbed Tibragogen with Tam, Adele, and Scott
• December 30, my first canyons: Hole in the Wall and Empress (at sunset) with Sarah, Bob, and Scott
• January 3, Ranon Canyon with John, Scott, Owain, Bob, and Sarah
• 4th, Sweet Dreams, 5 pitches, I lead 2,4. With Scott, Sarah, Bob, and John.
• 6th, Beach walk with Scott, swam at (all) 6 Eastern Suburb's beaches in a day! (Bondi, Bronte, Tamarama, Clovelly, not Gordon's Bay, Coogee, Maroubra)
• 7th, Taronga Zoo with Scott
• 9th, left late in the morning, tea at the Baytree in Mt. Vic. Started to climbing but Scott took a lead fall and we walked out. Had dinner at Mic's.
• 13th, saw the Complete Works of Shakespeare.
• 14th, Bungonia (outside Canberra): Spring Creek Canyon with Adele, Scott, and Adele's friends.
  
• November 22-29, Red Rocks with Scott, Brian, Mark, Woodsy, Yossi, Aryeh, Lerone,  and Kelly.
  
• 22nd - three climbs on Panty Wall, first pullout.
• 23rd - Moderate Mecca with Scott. Valentine's Day, 5.8+; (something), 5.9; I lead Penny Lane, 5.3
• 24th - rest day, I sprained my ankle on the 23rd.
• 25th - tried to climb Olive Oil with Scott, got lost, then got stuck in line. Ended up climbing Geronimo, 5.7, in Juniper Canyon, with Scott, Woodsy, Mark, and Brian. I lead the second pitch.
• 26th - went cragging with Yossi and Scott at Cannibal Crag, Calico Basin. I followed a 5.8 and 5.7, and lead a 5.3.
• 27th - second attempt at Olive Oil, 7 pitches, 5.7, Juniper Canyon. We arrived early and were the first party on the route. Climbed it in five pitches, back to the care by noon. Went for a walk afterwards at Sandstone Quarry.
• 28th - climbing with Scott in Oak Creek Canyon. Linked Jonny Vegas, 5 pitches, 5.7, with Solar Slab, 7 pitches, 5.6. Did the whole thing in about 9 pitches. I lead the second pitch on Solar Slab.
  
• November 9-11, Mendocino with Joel. Math and walks.
  
• November 8, Fall Arts Fest at the Berkeley Art Museum
  
• October 31, Critical Mass with Scott and Brian. Lots of confrontations with angry motorists.
  
• October 26, Beginner's Climbing Trip at Consumnes River Gorge --
  
• October 10-12, Lodi Juggling Festival with Scott, Dave, Athena, Chris Tuffley (and more!)
  
• October 3-5, South Face of Washington's Column with Carl and Scott -- trip report
  
• September 26, Critical Mass with Kevin Waggs
  
• September 13-14, cycling trip to Santa Cruz with Scott
• August 29-31, Tuolumne with Scott -- Drove up Friday night, climbed Cathedral Peak and Eichorn Pinnacle on Saturday, then went to camp below Matthes Crest. Woke to clouds and thunder, so headed home Sunday morning.
• August 22-24, 2003, Mendocino with Scott -- We went to Navarro Beach (and hammered some pitons in and out of a rock), collected huckleberries, and went to the Great Day in Elk.
• August 16-17, Yosemite -- Scott and Owain. Hiked up Unicorn peak the first day. The second day climbed Hobbit Book, 3 pitches, 5.7, on Marioulumne Dome
• August 8-August 15, Ann Arbor
  
• July 29-August 5, Yosemite -- Scott and Owain
  
• 30th - aid practice at Churchbowl
  
• 31st - an attempt on Lost Arrow Spire, spoilt by a storm. We hiked up the Yosemite falls trail. I was psyched to do the Tyrolean traverse, which we'd practiced the day before at Churchbowl, but this time with  more than 1000 feet of air below me. We rapped down into the notch without trouble and Owain started up the first pitch. I was partway up the 2nd pitch when it started to rain. A flash of lightning in the distance told us to get off the rock immediately. We had a long jug back up the notch, and none of us were pro juggers quite yet. I went first. It was more exhausting than I had imagined, especially bouncing up and down on the thin dynamic rope. Scott came up after me. It felt like a long time waiting for him, and I was worried. The rain was coming down in sheets. Owain took even longer and we lost radio contact with him because of stupid people in the valley talking on radios between their mini vans. The visibility went to almost zero at times as the clouds shifted around us. Owain made it to the top eventually and we hiked down in a hurry. I have to go back sometime on a sunnier day, because I'm still psyched to do the traverse.
  
• 1st - some climbs at Swan Slab. Owain lead a pitch of 5.6, and I lead two pitches of 5.5 above it, sketching myself out a bit on a slabby bit when a finger crack ran out.
  
• 2nd - escaped to the desert and whiled away the hours in hot springs.
  
• 3rd - Great White Book, 5.7, Stately Pleasure Dome (in about 2 hours car to car). Scott lead the whole thing placing maybe three points of pro in 4 pitches. Fun climb, easy friction, plus the book for balance.
  
• 4th - got up the first four pitches of the Salathe Wall
  
• May 25-July 15, 2003, travelling in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos with Scott -- here is a trip report in the form of emails we sent while traveling
  
• May 9-11, Mendocino for Mother's Day
  
• May 2-3, Henry Coe State Park -- Antonio Piccolboni. Camped first night by Rodeo Pond, second day took a day hike to Pacheco Falls. Hiked out a day early due to very wet feet.
  
• April 20, Pinnacles -- Richard, Yossi, Rahel, Nissan. Spent much too long looking for elephant rock. It wasn't even that great. Lots of dirty climbing. Everyone gave on up finding good climbing on the west side of Pinnalces. But Richard and I went ot chockstone dome. Climbed some very easy 5.6 and 5.8 and then I lead a 5.4. Much cleaner and much preferable to Elephant rock.
  
• April 6, I saw this really cool chalking on Evans that some anonymous people had done. It looked awesome!
  
• March 19-30, Phoenix and the Grand Canyon -- For spring break Scott and I went to the Grand Canyon (via Phoenix) for a six day walking trip. A link to the trip report.
  
• March 15, march in San Francisco with Tuffles and Scott
  
• March 7-9, Yosemite -- Carl and I went to Yosemite for a couple of days. Day 1: we climbed After Six on Manure Pile Buttress (5.6, six pitches), mostly lead by Carl, but a bit by me. The first pitch is crazy hard, not 5.6, but Carl did a great job. Great climb, and spectacular view on top of North Dome, Clouds' Rest, and Half Dome. Then we climbed Mungenella (5.6, 3 pitches?) at Lower Yosemite Falls. There are funny trees all the way up. Also a spectacular climb, but we descended a bit in the dark, and with only one headlamp. Day 2: We took this day a bit easier, and climbed some one-pitch things. Church's chimney (5.6). My abs hurt like hell afterwards. Then I lead 2 pitches of Aunt Fanny's Closet (5.4, 3 pitches), but had to leave gear at the top to get down. Then Carl lead a bit of Uncle Fanny's Closet (5.7) but we had to descend, and couldn't remove a cam. :-( It's got a really small nasty chimney, and I got stuck.
  
• February 20-23, Red Rocks, Nevada -- Yossi, Rahel, Scott and I went to Red Rocks for 3 days. We spent the first day climbing at 2nd pullout, on Magic Bus and Black Corridor. Day 2: Scott and I went up Frogland, 5.8, 8 pitches (I lead the 2nd pitch!) It was a long day because we were stuck behind very slow parties and had a very long descent due to bad navigation. Day 3: We climbed Great Red Book at 2nd pullout, Little Black Book, and spent the day being a bit lazy. The whole trip was bracketed by a 10 hour drive on either side in a small cramped space. But the climbing was awesome. Epinephrine (5.8, 19 pitches) is next on my list.
• February 17, Pinnacles -- Richard, Daniel Krasner, Woodsy, and Carl.
• February 16, march in San Francisco with Kate, Carla, and Charlotte
• January 25, Pinnacles with Krasner and Scott, cool 5.10 roof and some fun 5.6's with lots of stars
• January 18, march in San Francisco with CC and Anne (CC's mom)

• December 19-January 8, Michigan for Christmas.
• December 7-8, Mendocino with Scott
• December 1, Mt. Tamalpais with Fabrice and co., day hike
• November 24-29, J-Tree for Thanksgiving -- Scott, Kelly, Mike, Mark, Sarah, Dave, Carl, Carl's friend Abram, Magdalen, Woodsy, Tuffles, Greg, Vanessa, Karl, Yossi, Rahel, Amy, Richard, Alan, and a few others. Climbed at lots of places, got a bee sting, and had to go to the emergency room and get vicodin. Also went to hot springs.
• November 3, ski club went pumpkineering (but it wasn't me)
• November 2, Fall Arts Fest -- a really awesome party put on by the Student Committee at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
• October 26-27, Gourmet Trip at Pt. Reyes. -- Scott, Amy, Richard, Woodsy, Amber, Steve Jones, Jen, Brian, Anne
• October 18-20, Yosemite -- Pam, Scott and I hiked up to Echo Peaks. I got a view of Matthes Crest which is on my to-do list, as well at Cathedral peak.
• October 12?, Castle Rock -- Richard and Carl. Climbed stuff too hard for me and got frustrated.
  
• September 27-29, Mendocino with Scott
  
• September 13-15, Lizzy's Last Peak (Four Gables) in Humphrey's Basin.
• September 7, cycling in San Francsico and Sausalito with Scott
  
• August 31-September 2, Courtright Reservoir -- Kelly, Carl, Scott, Mark, Woodsy, Amy, Richard, Heather, Tuffles... Lead my first sport route, Drill Seargant 5.4 (Tuffles did it no handed). Did some cool 5.8+ friction with Carl and Scott.
• August 24, Windsor -- Lisa, Clement, Carrie, Anita...
• August 14-24, Michigan
  
• August 9-11, Tuolumne Meadows -- Scott, Woodsy, Yossi, Rahel and sister, Martin, Kelly. Day 1: climbed Tenaya peak (5.6, 12 pitches) with Woodsy and Scott. Lead my first pitch somewhere half way up. We simul climbed most of the way. Though we got off around 4:00 we decided to head over to Hermaphrodite Flake (5.8, 3 pitches) on Stately Pleasure Dome. Needless to say, it was a bit of an epic. Due to impending darkness, stuck gear, 3 climbers, problems descending, etc., we didn't get off the climb until past midnight, and our friends had come looking for us by that point. An epic; but, hey, we were asking for it. Day 2: took it easy, climbed Northwest Book (5.7/8, 3 pitches) on Lembert Dome. Ate some pizza and drove home.
• August 4, waterskiing in the delta by Stockton -- Scott, Woodsy, Mark, Kalynn, Kelly, Joel, Amber, Amber's friend (blond), Ky-Vann, Don, Sumi, Stefan...
• July, Tahoe- the leap -- Yossi, Carl, Kalynn, Ky-Van, Don, Amy
  
• Remillard - with Carl, Richard, Amy
  
• Cragmont - with Richard and Carl
  
• Castle Rock - with Mark, Kalynn, Carl, Richard, Amy, and Adam
  
• June, Mendocino and Lost Coast -- walking trip with Carl cut short because our food was eaten by a bear.
• March, spring break, Mendocino with Carl and family
  
• January, Henry Coe -- 4 day walking trip with Carl. I got very sick by the end. I couldn't sleep because I couldn't lay down I was so congested. It was super super cold!!!
  

• Decmber, Toronto -- clubbing trip with Lisa. Fucking cold.
• November, Mt. Diablo -- dayhike with Kevin and others.
  
• November, Big Basin -- Kevin and Carl
• October, Consumnes Gorge, beginner's climbing trip -- Jordan, Amber, Jeremy, Mike, Kelly, Woodsy
• August, Montreal -- clubbing trip with Lisa and Kelly.
  
• June-July, Europe. Germany, Switzerland, Italy. More info pending. Started in Tubingen with Kyle, Tim, Chris, Aaron, Laura, Jacob, and lots of others. Went to school and hung out. Continued on to Switzerland alone to see Christine. We took a 3 day trip to Firenze through Milano. We ate quite a bit of gelatto.
  
• February, Cancun, Mexico -- Aviva, Lisa, Mona, Jamie, Anjali, Renee, Chris (and of course Cover and Justin)

• Summer, Europe -- (6 weeks)  France (Soreze), Germany, Switzerland (Zurich), Italy (Milano). I had a job as a chef's assitant in Soreze at an artist's resort. I then traveled to Switzerland to hang out with my godmother, Christine. We went to Germany and Italy on side trips.
  

• Summer, California with Kamala, Chris, Susan, Liam , and Ysabel. Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnisota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, California. Traveled through the Badlands, Black Hills, and Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone, Jackson Hole, to get to Juliette's 75 birthday in Mendocino, CA. Went to Vermont afterwards with Kamala.
  

• Summer, Europe -- (6 weeks), traveling with Christine and Juliette. Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, Switzerland. Stayed with Christine in Zurich. We went to Milano to visit John, Paula, and PJ. Also went to Pforzheim to the jewelry school. We went to Locarno to a jewelry workshop. The orange juice is wonderful there. I made a frog of solid silver using the ghanan lost-wax method. His name is Ferlin. I then traveled with Juliette through France and Denmark and Germany. We went to Copenhange, Hamburg, a very small town called something like Wintner (in Germany), Paris, and the countryside outside Tolouse to say with Gerard and Marie-Clarie.
• blue lake music camp for 10 days
  
• Backpacking with YMCA camp at pictured rocks, MI.
  

• Traveled across the United States from California to Michigan with family. Through Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Indiana, Illinois...