www.PeteWilk.comPete and I went to Rangeley, Maine for Labor Day weekend. It was my first time visiting Maine and, as it happens, the only state in New England to which I’d never been. We began the 7 hour odyssey to Rangeley from Hartford just before rush hour on Friday and arrived slightly before midnight. […]
Mike D, Ben Hein and I made and assault on Thor’s Hammer 5.9 at East Peak on a hot but beautiful day in August. This was Mike and I’s first time this season on the route. Ben was tackling it for the first time. After the three of us set up the climbing rope […]
Chrystal and I were finally able to sync up weekends so that we could go to the Gunks with Paul and Lauren. We carpooled out to New Paltz on the morning of August 16th. This was Chrystal’s first trip to the Gunks. We headed straight to the main climbing area and hit up a bunch […]
Chrystal had another retreat for her summer internship on July 18-20. The trip was again to the AMC huts in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. This year the trip was to the Zealand Falls hut which is much closer to the parking area than last year’s trip. However unlike last year we got some […]
Chrystal, me and a few friends went to a polo match this afternoon. Let me tell you it is a different world. Imagine all of those things you might normally associate with polo, affluent people, big hats, champagne, pretentiousness. All of those things are there. Despite those things it was a good time. […]