August 2007

It was Melissa’s last day in town before returning to Detroit so we decided it would be fun to climb Shoshone. For those of you who don’t know, Shoshone is a 600′ granite wall an hour south of Missoula. The approach is about 3 miles and the climb consists of five pitches of 5.8. I […]

It was Melissa’s last day in town before returning to Detroit so we decided it would be fun to climb Shoshone. For those of you who don’t know, Shoshone is a 600′ granite wall an hour south of Missoula. The approach is about 3 miles and the climb consists of five pitches of 5.8. I […]

Jaime is in town for a few days and today she dropped Trigo off so I could spend some time with him. I took him out to Kootenai Canyon so I could go bouldering and then take him for a walk. He sure has mellowed out. While I climbed, he just found a nice spot […]

Jaime is in town for a few days and today she dropped Trigo off so I could spend some time with him. I took him out to Kootenai Canyon so I could go bouldering and then take him for a walk. He sure has mellowed out. While I climbed, he just found a nice spot […]

Yesterday Bill and I met Ron at Tarkio for an evening flight. Conditions looked good for a glass off, but thermals were still cycling up launch late in the day. Bill hooked in, launched, and went straight up. Ron and I followed. The flying was butter smooth and effortless to stay up. I had put […]

Yesterday Bill and I met Ron at Tarkio for an evening flight. Conditions looked good for a glass off, but thermals were still cycling up launch late in the day. Bill hooked in, launched, and went straight up. Ron and I followed. The flying was butter smooth and effortless to stay up. I had put […]

Thursday John and I went to Tarkio for John first flight on his new glider. It is a bit more demanding to fly so we thought it would be wise to wait for conditions to mellow out in the evening. After taking our sweet time to set up, we checked launch and realized the conditions […]

Thursday John and I went to Tarkio for John first flight on his new glider. It is a bit more demanding to fly so we thought it would be wise to wait for conditions to mellow out in the evening. After taking our sweet time to set up, we checked launch and realized the conditions […]

Kara, Jeff, Josh and I returned from our flying trip to an all too common smell in the valley. Smoke! It’s August now and fire season is starting off as expected. After record temps for longer than I care to remember, it was inevitable that something started to burn. It’s not just the poor air […]

Kara, Jeff, Josh and I returned from our flying trip to an all too common smell in the valley. Smoke! It’s August now and fire season is starting off as expected. After record temps for longer than I care to remember, it was inevitable that something started to burn. It’s not just the poor air […]