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Colorado + Arizona trip
Since November I had loose plans to come back to Colorado in the spring. I had put this on the back burner, and towards the end of January it looked as though I could time a trip out to Colorado and then meet up with Rachael in Arizona after her observing run was done. I … Read more
Mount Washington Trip
A little more than a week ago, for UVa’s spring break, I joined an outdoors club trip to go to Mount Washington, NH. I had to observed early Wednesday (3am till dawn), so I let Max drive the first 9 hours (I got in some good sleep), and then I drove the last bit, even … Read more
Moormans: Fishing + Bouldering
November 12, 2011 After much deliberation, I decided to fish the North Fork of the Moormans today. I had considered fishing other places, or perhaps even going for a hike or trail run, but went for this option. Somewhere along the decision process I heard that a friend would be climbing at the Moormans boulders, … Read more
Intro to Fishing: Pond + Rose
Last Sunday (Oct. 16) I led an intro to flyfishing trip for Outdoors@UVa. We went to Roland’s dad land in Madison county, which had a pond for us to fish. Including Roland, there were three beginners to flyfishing. Rachael and I were able to then teach them how to cast (with no lure on of … Read more
Big Run
After a long stretch of no fishing, I decided it was time for me to get back on the water. Thinking that recent rains might have put streamflows at a good level, and cooled down the streams, I decided to try some trout fishing in Shenandoah National Park. Big Run had been good to me … Read more
Developing the Portal Boulder
At the Trifecta crag in The Forest, there are the “Alien Face”, “High Crack”, and a yet unnamed boulder. I have proposed “Portal” for the name, and have cleaned off several VB routes as well as a V0 and a V2 (maybe V1): Over and Out. As for the picture above, the middle route, “Step … Read more
Michigan Fishing
Since I had planned to drive out to Wisconsin for my brother’s wedding, I figured I could working in some fishing on the way back. In particular, I wanted to try a state that was far enough away that I wouldn’t be likely to fish it again anytime soon (i.e. not close to Virginia). I … Read more
Astro Camping
A word of warning, this is a much belated post. I had been wanting to do a camping trip for other graduate students in the astronomy department for quite some time, especially those who hadn’t been camping before. The party ended up being Chris, Eric, Joanna, Kim, Rachael, Tang, Tim, Tuck, myself, and Rachael’s dogs. … Read more
Jones Run and Doyles River
On April 10, I went fishing on the Doyle’s River in Shenandoah National Park. I hiked along Jones Run to where it meets the Doyle river and fished below the confluence.
Mint Springs Hike + Fishing
On Saturday April 2nd I went hiking by the Mint Springs Lakes in hopes of finding the plane wreck, but was not succesful. On Sunday, April 3rd I led an introductory fishing trip to the lakes for the Outdoors club
