i’m a craigslist and climbing junkie

Monday, Jun 16. 2008  –  Category: Musings

i’ve been craigslisting stuff like mad lately… old snowboards, old furniture, basically anything i can find in the basement that we’re not using i’ve put up on craigslist. it culminated this weekend with me selling my Audi A4 (which, mind you, was NOT in the basement)

i was hugely bummed when my A4 blew, but i’m glad i found a good home for it. the guy who bought it clearly knew cars, knew about VW/Audi’s, and is going to rebuild the engine himself and get it running again. that helped assuage my conscience a bit for selling my first car i ever loved (the ’87 Thunderbird i totalled in high school doesn’t count)

zac, jaime, and i went to Castle Rock State Park on Saturday and climbed Castle Rock Falls. i’ve climbed it once before, but this was the first time i lead the main falls climb (100 feet of 5.8ish) up the face. i’d forgotten how beautiful and aesthetic a climb it was… we got out there early in the morning and soaked up the sun and had a great time. this was the first time i’d been belayed by zac on a lead climb, but it felt pretty good and pretty comfortable…. so hopefully we’re all good for next weekend’s climb up Cathedral Peak.

i’m really really psyched to go to Cathedral. i’m determined that this year will be the first year that doesn’t end in disaster of some kind. cross your fingers for me. :-P

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3 Comments to “i’m a craigslist and climbing junkie”

  1. Geoff Arnold Says:

    So what’s replacing the A4?

    And I’ll cross my fingers, even though I don’t put too much store in magical-action-at-a-distance. Much better to rely on skill and team-work.

  2. Geoff Arnold Says:

    Sorry, I missed the fact that you’d said in January that you were getting an Audi TT. I’ve only ever ridden in one of those – a German spec model, castrated, brought to the States, and un-castrated.

    Frightening.

    Really frightening.

  3. Stephen Lau Says:

    Actually, we ended up getting a BMW X3. Wendy, for her job, needs to drive referring dentists around and take ‘em out to lunch, etc. and a TT isn’t really practical for that. (much to the dismay of both of us)

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