Spring 2005

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Back in the US just in time for Lora's birthday. As a gift to her, we all pitched in to rent a sailboat. I had a chance to try my hand at the wheel.

A group of SIO folks go to Joshua tree together. I hadn't climbed outdoors in a long time, but managed a 5.7+ slab.

We move into our new house in Bay Park...

and I spent a weekend with Sach in San Jose.

I did a lot of volunteer work with the Wetlands Conservancy in Pacific Beach. We did some trash pickup one day and built nesting sites for rare birds the next. I also joined the surfrider foundations and began spending some Saturday mornings picking up trash on the beach.

The weekend of Emily's birthday ended up being one of the best ever. We had Friday off for the holidays and I ended up going to Joshua Tree for some crazy crack climbing with Jamie. Saturday, we joined up with Emily and friends for a limo wine tour in Temeculah. Some drunken debauchery was had. The next day I surfed and then went back to Puerto Nuevo for lobster dinner. Climb. Wine. Surf. Mexico. All in one weekend. I love Southern California.

Much of spring was spent climbing. I go to the Vertical Hold once a week to train for my weekend jaunts to Joshua Tree. I also joined an outdoors club and went bouldering in Santee where I met Angeline and Jeremy. We arranged to meet the the gym thursday.. and we've been meeting lots of other climber friends since. I spend every weekend from March to April at J-Tree.

One weekend, after an overnight cruise, I went with Jamie to try my first multipitch climb, Walk on the Wild Side. It wasn't tough, just very exposed. Another time, I bought some cams and learned how to build anchors.