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Adam on one of the classics at the Gloria boulders, Flagstaff

Winn's Graham portrait- the best!

melissa's graham portrait

Adam's graham portrait

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Adam sending the classic Bat Roof at the Priest Draw

Adam on a nice boulder at the Gloria boulders

Tigg's- he has a goiter in this pic- he had a small seizure and had to go to the vet where he got some IV fluids- they squeezed a whole bag into him at once and he looked like a camel, until gravity pulled the fluidous hump off of his back and it dropped under his neck- here is the fluid at about 1/4 of it's original size. Tigg's is doing great now!

Abe "the BABE" is he a cow or a dog?!

Pre Flagstaff launch!

brother and sister ready to go!

Eric, Leigh, and Blythe visited the night before we left for Flag- we had a lot of fun

A great meal with friends Jon, Ellie, Eric, Leigh and Melissa at Trio

One of our first stops on the way to Flag...a bizarre boulder field with a rickety house-like structure that some people who owned the old gas station next door used to live in.

odds and ends

Winn displaying Adam's new prize possession- a vintage ice cream maker

Winn taking herself on a walk dragging a couple of shoes she picked up along the way

Winn after she picked up shoe #1...

Cedar Breaks National Monument- southern Utah memorial day weekend

Well, Adam's birthday was a huge success. On his birthday, which he shares with our neighbor Rayna, I made homeade cannelloni (like manicotti) and fried eggplant- their favorite! Then on Friday, despite cold and somewhat damp weather, we still managed to pull off a great bbq and party. Good times had by all. Earlier in the week, we put woodchips down in the backyard, with the help of some good old fasioned child labor- thanks to 3 year old Gavin for raking like a champ!

The Agony of Defeat - aka Powder Keg 2007

I (Adam) had this bright idea to do the Black Diamond Powder Keg race. It's a ski race where you hike up and down hills with a total elevation gain (and loss) of 5400'. There was a race division and a rec division. I had to try and be macho and enter race. Bad idea. These guys had skinny skis, lycra tights, and thunder thighs waiting to leave me in the snowy dust. The first hill went up an icy mogul run at Alta. Super heinous with bodies and ski poles slipping and sliding to the bottom. I redlined early and couldn't catch my breath from that moment on. But the skiing was great---NOT. There had been no snow for 2 weeks and we had blistering high temps so the snow was icy, death cookie material. I made it to the top of 3 out of 4 hills but by then the hot sun had made avys possible and all remaining competitors had to stop and head straight to the finish. Thank God I didn't have to slog up that last hill.

Here's to doing it next year and hoping for a middle-of-the-pack finish in the rec division.

Malloy - Silver Fork 2-20-07 Dawn Patrol

John and I had a great dawn patrol - 5am-9am got 3 runs in Silver Fork's West Bowl and then one run back to the car...3400' vert

Who needs cable TV?

When you're addicted to the TV show Lost, you'll do anything for a clear picture. 

The White Pine Death March

Skiied with Erik last Sunday and here's a little movie.

No Name Baldy

Did a great shot off of No Name down this chute. Fun and not too hard...unless you accidentally left your skins on. That's right. I'm a dumbass that couldn't figure out till the bottom why my skiing sucked so bad. The snow is pretty dismal out here so at least I didn't screw up some sweet powder shot.

Adam skiing Pink Pine

Finally got 6" of snow. That's Erik doing the filming.

Dawn Patrol

Sometimes it's fun to wake at 4am, go skiing for 3 hours, and then head to work. What better way to start your day?

What price, glory?

I just wanted to share with everyone an example of what happens to your body parts when they hit rocks while skiing.

Melissa in Hueco

Melissa is having a good, though cold, time in Hueco. Here she is climibng on Swiss Crisp Mix and Chablanke. Photos by Klemen Demsar.

Cold In Hueco

Melissa seems to always find the bad weather when climbing. She's now in Texas where it's been snowing.

Chillin at the Tipi

Went out for a long-ass day with Erik. I would always fiddle with my forzen camelbak tube just so he could break more trail. We found a teepee up on the Maybird/RedPine ridge.

Day 5 - Return of the Sausage

Lots of demo skis we tried today...but not a lot of snow at Alta to play on. This pic of Rob sums up how everyone felt at the end of Sausage Fest '07. Damn good time had by all. Here's to doing it again next year.

Day 4 - The Two Sausages

We went up to Brighton today and got a one-ride ticket up Millicent lift to get to the Twin Lakes area and skiied Figure 8 hill, Twin Lakes Pass, Patsey Marley, and then over to East Bowl of Silver Fork down to Solitude.