Archive for August, 2006

2nd Anniversary - Part 2

August 23rd, 2006 3:57 pm by Matt in Misc | 5 Comments
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We arrived back at the house at 2am quickly showered and went to bed as we were both barely awake when we finally got home.
By 9am I couldn’t sleep anymore and got the idea that we should go to Six Flags - Elitch Gardens and have some fun. Colleen thought the lines would be [...]

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2nd Anniversary - Part 1

August 22nd, 2006 5:34 pm by Matt in Misc | 2 Comments
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So for our second anniversary, Colleen and I decided to do something different. We decided to head up to Central City and Blackhawk on Saturday night and spend $40 at the casino having fun, plus go out for a nice meal.
For those of you that don’t know, Central City and Blackhawk are towns in [...]

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Haven’t Posted in a While…

August 17th, 2006 6:42 am by Matt in Misc | No Comments
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So when I started the transition from my old “static” website (version 2.0) to this one (version 3.0) I was for sure I’d be done by now. I have about 40 pages to still convert and I’m now forcing myself to do one page each time I sit down at the computer so it [...]

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Sunlight Pk - South Slopes

August 6th, 2006 6:11 pm by Matt in 14ers, Climbing, Trip Report | 5 Comments
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Date: July 25, 2006
Elevation: 14,059′
Rank: 39th
Route: South Slopes, Grade II, Class 4, 17.6 miles, 5860ft vert.
GPS: N 37° 37.667′ W 107° 35.733′
Team: Matt Esser (Toid), Rick Esser (Dad)
Pre-climb: Ever since I first started reading Gerry Roach’s book, “Colorado Fourteeners”, I was amazed that were still some mountains so remote that you had to [...]

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Mt. Sneffels - South Slopes

August 3rd, 2006 8:25 am by Matt in 14ers, Climbing, Trip Report | 1 Comment
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Date: July 23, 2006
Elevation: 14,150′
Rank: 28th
Route: South Slopes, Grade II, Class 2+, 3.0 miles, 2110ft vert.
GPS: N 38° 0.25′ W 107° 47.533′
Team: Matt Esser (Toid), Rick Esser (Dad)
Pre-climb: I was headed up to the San Juans to do the Chicago Basin with my dad, however, my mom wanted to go see the wildflowers of [...]

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