So ever since I got back to the material world from the hills I have been feeling sort of pissed off. I came to the conclusion that while my life is actually pretty great, I can't think of anything I can do to make myself happier. Which is a pretty damn strange issue... I realized that there is nothing material I can purchase which would make my life better... I have pretty much bought everything I can actually use, and I'm not the type to buy stuff just so they can sit some where and gather dust....

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“It’s time.”

Those simple words sent my pulse racing and I became fully alert in seconds as adrenaline rushed through my body. Through the tent walls I saw the many headlamps flashing around camp and realized that rest of the group was already up and the final ascent of our trip was about to begin. I quickly dressed and stepped into the night air. The temperature was bitter cold, as the freezing level dropped to 9000 feet due to the weather front that was moving through the...

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July 4th is the only holiday which I feel still have the imbued spirit that was....


When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the...

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I felt it today... that tingling of the mind brought forth by a combination of fear toward the unknown and the thrill toward discovery. It is a sensation that signals I am in fact pushing at the boundary of my comfort zone and walking on the razor's edge.

One more week until my Rainier climb. Just one more week to go before crampons, ice axes and the freedom of the hills!

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Damn I was pretty sure it was hitting the bottom a month back, and today it's a new low. I mean even my energy stocks dropped, wtf? Oh well, its the long term return that counts.

Lets see, the smoke from all the wild fires is creating a lot of smog here in the bay area, can't even see across the bay into Oakland any more, in fact I can't even see the lookout at top of Mt. Tam at the moment, madness.

I wonder if the market is going to tank some more tomorrow,...

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Two more weeks to go before my Mt. Rainier climb... I'm starting to feel the soul draining effects of project reviews bearing down on me... Enron, Tyco, Broadwing, St. Paul II... and all the other 30 something litigations on top of my head.. wahahahahaha why can't my vacation start tomorrow!!

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