Fun & Adventure – Page 8 – Life in Yosemite

We’re going to Burning Man

30 October 201523 August 2003 by Theresa

We hemmed and hawed, changing our minds several times over the last few weeks. But now, we're committed. We spent the money, bought the tickets, and we're going.

For those of you who don't know, Burning Man is an annual event held out in the Black Rock desert some 129 miles north of Reno, NV. The idea is a week long experiment in temporary community – with people coming from all over the country and even across the world to participate. You can find out more about it here . There are lots of crazy “theme camps” and huge pieces of artwork, including a giant “man” that gets burnt at the end of the week.

Half Dome (July 16-18)

3 August 2003 by Theresa

This is sort of old news, but I finally got around to writing back to Rossano who asked for details of our Half Dome outing. I decided to put the details up here, where I could throw in a couple of pictures. Read on to see an exclusive image of Phil the Adventure Duck bravely traversing Thank God Ledge and one of me on pitch 17

It's funny, all this time I thought Half Dome (HD) was much bigger than it is.

Whitney postponed or canceled

1 August 2003 by Theresa

We are still here. In the final hour, at some point after we had laid out our various meals, pulled the sleeping bags and tent out of storage, but before actually getting out of the house, we decided not to go.

New Web Pages

30 June 2003 by Theresa

Hey, I finally got some other pages up to go along with this nucleus blog software. Unfortunately, the next big step is to hack into the navigation links on this page, so that you can actually get there from here. That may take a some extended effort and learning on my part. Meanwhile, you can … Read more

Friendly neighborhood bear

18 June 2003 by Theresa

View larger image This morning, Tom and I were treated to the sight of this beautiful bear in our backyard. I've seen this bear before in our neighborhood – it crossed the street as I was driving down into the Valley to go climbing – it looks really sleek and healthy. I was gratified this … Read more

Absolutely Free

4 June 2003 by Theresa

36K version

There are some people in the world who can pursue something with an intense focus and determination that is amazing to watch. One guy that I met last month confessed that climbing was his whole life. He does other things only so far as they permit him to go on climbing, and thinking about climbing. I'm not like that. Maybe my brain just gets restless, or I haven't found that one passionate thing that I can devote myself to utterly. At any rate, when Tom left for Michigan, I thought that it would be nice to take a break from climbing for a while and do some reading, some drawing and other non-climbing activities that having been itching in the back of my mind for some time. Oddly, that is not at all how it worked out.

Stoner’s and Bircheff-Williams

26 May 2003 by Theresa

We met up with Jens at Middle Cathedral to climb the first few pitches of Stoner's, then perhaps some other stuff. The idea was to do a minimum of walking since Theresa's ankle has been bothering her. After Stoner's I got back on Bircheff-Williams, which I hadn't tried since the first time, about three? years ago.

Fresno Dome

25 May 2003 by Theresa

The weekend was a Memorial Day party courtesy Chris and Pat, including a cookout at their house and climbing and Fresno Dome.

Projects – Red Zinger, Cookie Monster, Lurking Fear

24 May 2003 by Theresa

We went back to the Cookie on Friday (May 23) for our respective projects and then we spent the next day watching Yuji on his project. It was pretty instructive all around.

Butts Kicked on Mindahoonee Wall

21 May 2003 by Theresa

Mindahoonee Wall from Yosemite Falls trail

53K version with route

Theresa and I had had a running joke for several days with our roomate Nick. We said we were headed up to do Mindahoonee Wall, a two-star 5.11a up near the top of Yosemite Falls. He said it was going to take us six hours to get there, we would never find the route, it would be choss and we should just go do a known, quality route. “Where's the adventure in that?” we asked. So joking that we would be back in three days, we set off yesterday in search of adventure and boy did we find it.