India-Venster -> Union Ravine

Tried another route on Table Mountain, this one involving a traverse on the face.

First a scramble up India-Venster, the main approach for climbing routes on the mountain. The route goes directly under the cable way. Every 10 minutes, a can carrying another group of tourists to the top. They all seemed so excited to see people walking on the mountain below them.







































Then a traverse with some climbing and sneaking behind rock walls. When coming out from behind them, you get some great views of the city and some nice vertical exposure.

jetLAG

Time to get the hours straight. I'm actually sleeping through most of the night, and my appetite shows up at appropriate times.

3 weeks and a day ago, I left Colorado. I headed East, stopping at a good friend's in Illinois to see his cliff, dropped to Charlotte to see another friend off on on his honeymoon, headed North to Delware, loaded up on furniture and a bed to take to my brother in Connecticut, drove back through Pennsylvania to see a friend's first child, and arrived back in Delaware to pack.






8 days ago, with nothing left to do, I made a novel trip to swim in the warm side of the Atlantic before boarding a plane the following day.



D.C. down to Atlanta, then somehow got First Class to Cape Town.









Sarah and I had Sunday to relax and headed out for a drink to look back at the city that's now my home.




















With Sarah back to work on Monday, I had a day to play guitar and accomplished little else. On Tuesday, Sarah, ever trusting, let me loose on the streets, so I hiked up Table Mountain via Skeleton Gorge from Kirstenbosch, the botanical gardens. I made it to the highest point on the mountain; however, I feel it is somewhat contrived.






















I had enough time to hike up Lion's Head yesterday to have another view of the city as the clouds started rolling over Table Mountain.





By the time I was back at the car, Lion's Head was also covered. We moved all Sarah's furniture to her mom's, who I met for the first time while carrying a bookshelf in the rain. A second load completed the evening, and here's to hoping we can finally relax.

Upcoming in the next week is hopefully surfing, climbing, unmentionable sport, and job hunting/interview scheduling. Ok then. I suppose many subjects require individual posts. I suppose I have time. I suppose this post has been far too straight forward, and does not fit this blog thematically.

Zion(s) again

Life

While I can always find something to complain about, should I ever complain to you, please refer me to the perspective of this photo:



Thanks.

Saffa

So, 48hrs later I was back beyond the same latitude North of the Equator and stepping off the highest ski lift in North America. But I'll back up...


Landed in Cape Town and was constantly amazed by the "Table Cloth," which was commonplace to the locals.













After forcing me to stay awake all day after 37.5 hrs of travel, the next day, Sarah and I went to the Cheetah Outreach Project, conveniently located on a vineyard. We, however, opted for a bottle over the tasting.





Then I saw the sights:





They've got their fair share of waterfalls, and surcharges to view them. So it goes.









More pictures are available there. I might write more.

Lights, Lights, Doughnuts, Tacit, Obscene.

Chicago:


London:



Not Hot & Fresh, But Still Found in London:



So, no worry of Class-War over in London. Tell it like it is:



Yup.

...Then it was winter again

Catch

Long time. Let's see: CO, WY, MT, ID, UT, NV, UT, CO, IA, CO, PA sums it up. Sarah visited for 3 weeks in September. All in all, a fantastic time. Anyone willing to put up with me for that long should be commended.






Finally made it to Yellowstone. Some gorgeous scenery, but too much wildlife makes them insipid.

Then Vegas, with Cirque du Soleil's KA. Back across Southern Utah and home. Sarah left and made the all too regular returns to DIA even less appealing.























I was home for 4 days before going to Iowa. 3 weeks of blade inspection, which began quite pleasant. But being October, it became cold and gray; the phone calls kept coming as I found myself staring at Excel spreadsheets all day.












Then home again. Moved out of the house in a week, then drove down to Lamar, CO, for another job. Nice to finally drive. I finally got to hear an entire episode of Wait Wait, which kept a smile on the face. No security lines, just the flat plains of Eastern CO. But there, we lived in the Tube.

















5 days home, 2 of those skiing, and now in PA:

Ingen order (2)

Love, I miss you

Regardless of the two-headed twin nature of the photo

Still Flowing

...but getting damned cold.

WV pt.2

WV

Cheers to a good location, and a good locale when work is getting ever more ridiculous.

sold

So a small technical canyon ten minutes from home...



See you in West Virginia.

NCack2

My good bud Chris got married at the end of last month. The wedding was lovely, with the ensuing debauchery and lack of sleep, dizzying. yay.











Bar in the background, smoke, or...


...go listen to your favorite music.









In other news, the Dam Road remains closed, pending more meetings between Summit County and Denver Water. Protests continue; with A-Basin closed for the season, ski bums have a new place to grill out in the evening, with the added benefit of the ease of making witty placards or t-shirts with only a primary level education.





The boobs from the previous post have been removed and replaced with those seen on the right. The former were sighted; awards will be presented when someone arrives to claim them. That is all.