Friday, April 30, 2010

Date Night


Date Night is a movie about a married couple that is trying to spice up their relation ship and not be so......dull any more. So they go for dinner in New York city and try to get into this restaurant but they hadn't made a reservation and the place is booked. So when a party's name was called but they we rent there so Phil and Claire took there reservation. While there there couple of guys take them out back and ask them we res the flash drive there confused with this but its because they took the reservation from somebody who stole a flash drive from a gang lord so through the whole movie there trying to evade bad guys and find the people with the flash drive. I thought I could have been better but there were a few laughs and I thought Steve Carell could have few more break lose moments but I like it over all.

Cats and Dogs


An old time myth is that dogs hate cats and cats hate dogs. I think this is highly mistaken because look at this picture. Holt the cat and Frisco and Hank are cuddeling on the couch together. Ok in the begining they werent to freindly with each other but now look at this they are prectically best buds. I just hope other cats and dogs get along as well as these guys do.

Mountain Lion Tracks




When I was on the recent hike with my dad we found a mountain lion track. What was even more interesting was the rabbit tracks right next to the lion tracks. Sadly I stepped in track a little but it still has the clear w shape to it. We know that we have lions around but I didnt think they would be so close to the house. Hopefully I never have to be face to face with one.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Bouldering Project


On my little mountain theres tones of rock. Sadly most of it is to crumbly to climb on, although I have found a little overhanging problem in one of the caves. To me the problems pretty hard and its even harder if you start from a sit down. I havent gotten very far with it because I really dont have the strenght for it....yet. It starts of with a horizontal crack then you heel hook and from there its nothing but crimp and pinch holds. Hopefully ill get one of these days.

11 point buck rack


While I was having a nice hike with my dad he saw a huge buck rack just laying in the desert. We incpected it and saw some of the spinal cord was stil in tact. We thought maybe a mountain lion had gotten it but then realized it probably died of old age. Theres even some hair still on the skull so maybe it died this winter. I think it s a pretty good find dont you?

Stone Age Climbing Gym


Another place I like to climb Is Stone Age Climbing Gym. Stone Age is in Albuqurque and is the biggest climbing gym in New Mexico. What can I say this place is tons of fun from the 60 foot high walls to the two giant bouldering caves this place has got it all. The main reason I come to Stone Age is to get stronger for climbing and to get in shape for the 15 pitch needle climb in the Sandias this fall. One thing I need to do here is get tested for lead climbing so I can do there gigantic arch. This is just a really good place to mess around in.

White Rocks New Mexico











White Rocks one of the best places to climb in New Mexico. I has everything from easy acces to stunning veiws and above all great rock. Also the people that climb there are extremely nice to. I remmember a group of guys accidentally tied their rope to the top anchor and another gut lent them his brand new rope to go get theirs. THe place that I climb in white rocks is awesome beacause the climbing grades range from 5.4 to 5.12 so theres a pretty good variety. And the rock has really fun little edgers and tond of little finger pockets since its mostley volcanic rock. Anyways it's my favorite place to climb and I hope to go there more often.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Terrible rope


Yes again my dad and I have upgraded our climbing rack with a new rope. Although this time were not to happy with the purchase. The rope is a Eldewiess Axis 60 m in lenght. When me and my dad got it we were so pumped on it but then when we went to go use it it got tangled up on the first lead climb and from then on it just didnt have the right feel to it and its a major pain in the ass to belay with. Hopefully we can return it and get something else like a petzl or mammut rope instead. Overall im really disapointed with it.

New harness


Again I am slowly uprgrading by getting my own gear instead of using my dads 20 year old harnesses they just semmed a little unsafe so again I went to the magical store rei and got a new black diamond momentum harness. I like it alot even though its on the lower scale for harnesses. I like the padding and the stiff gear loops isprobably the best thing. I love the harness over all and hopefully it keeps on protecting me

Evolv Defys


Rock climbing is awesome hands down, But theres also alot of gear you need. the most important gear you need is climbing shoes. So instead of using my dad 20 year old five ten razors I decided i needed My own pair. After actually going climbing I went to rei and got a pair of evolv defys. I love the shoes especially the velcro its so nice to take shoes of with such ease and the mesh tounges and the sticky eco trax rubber. The only thing is i got mine a little big so they work fine for sport climbing but for bouldering there not so great.

Hot Tub Time Machine


This movie is some kind of stupid let me tell you. Its all about a group of friends going to An old ski town they went to in the late 80s so they could keep an eye on their friend who tried to comiet suicide. When they go into a hot tub it sends them back in time to the 80s. While there in the 80s the have to do everything exactly the way they did back in the day other wise one of the characters little nephews will disapper because he will have been disrupted from the past. I really didnt think the movie was all that great it had a few laughs but over all i didnt think it desearved a medal.

kick-ass


The new movie craze hase been to go see Kick-ass. The story of some vigilantes trying to be super heros by kicking bad guys asses. So the movie gos on with acotrs like Nicholas Cage to Christopher Mintz. Also their is this amazing bad ass little girl in the movie that kills a bunch of guys with knives ,guns etc. I remmember an interview she had and she said she did about 1000 situps evryday and 50 pull ups I guess she does most of her stunts. I thought the movie was pretty good although most people thought it sucked but aging I though it was good.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Lakes in New Mexico

Another great camping trip i recently had in New Mexico was Lake Cochiti. I was surprised to hear there was a lake in New Mexico. Athough it is pretty samall it is still fun. Our crew camped not exactly on the water but pretty close and did a variety of thing from kayaking to canoeing to picking up trash. It was cold at night and even though we werent aloud to have a fire we ate some amazing green chilie stew. It was definitely an fun water experience in New Mexico.

Cold wheather survival

I am currently involved in a venture crew. So we go camping every now and again....well one trip was a cold wheather survival trip. We camped in about 2 to 3 feet of snow. It was extremely fun and the fact that nobody go hypothermia or frost bite is amazing. One bad thing about the trip was out stoves didnt work so we had to cook everything over and open fire which resulted in a burnt hand. Also we had to make our own shelters out of ..... snow. The process is find a really deep snowy place then dig out out spot then fill it back up with snow and pile a lot of snow on top of it then let the snow settle for an hour the dig a small door and then carve it out. It was a long process but it was warm and nice overall awesome trip.

The break up

I have been on a movie watching streak lately and the break has made Vince Vaughn one of my favorite actors. He and Jennifer Aniston have amazing chemistry. They are two amazing actors. It is mainly a comedy movie with some drama. It is about Vince getting in a fight with Jennifer and ending with them breaking up hence the name The Break Up. Vince and Jennifer go through the whole movie trying to make each other jealous pretty hilarious watch it.