Tad's Rocktrip

Well, it’s been way longer than promised — and you’re getting a video instead of more pics. Ah well.
Anyway, I just entered this video in the American Alpine Club video contest — the video with the most views between now and Feb 15th wins some cool stuff, and is featured on the AAC site.
So [...]

Words, words, words.  I have a habit of writing too many.  This time, I’ll try nothing but pictures and video.  Enjoy this quickie!

[Click on any of the photos below to launch a slideshow starting there]

There are more pics on my Picasa page.
So all you basking in the glow of florescent light, here’s your dose [...]

The drive to Indian Creek from home is about 16 or 17 hours. I split it across two days, with an overnight in Las Vegas. Bored during the drive on the second day, I found a new “continuous” mode on my camera. This mode keeps taking pictures as fast as the camera [...]

So it’s been a slow couple of weeks climbing wise. Basically, I got sick (ugh) and haven’t been out climbing since our Matthes Crest trip. Ugh. I’ve been to the gym bouldering a few times, but I’m just starting to recover enough to climb. Keeping my fingers crossed that the antibiotic [...]

[Note from Tad:  If you are more into pictures or video and less about the words, just skip down to the youtube video below, and give it a look see.  I Guarantee you'll enjoy it.  For best viewing, I recommend watching it in fullscreen HD.]
I’d been out to climb Matthes Crest (5.7, according to Supertopo, [...]