http://toid.net Claire will soon be running this website herself v3.2.0 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:43:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As far as courses go in the Denver area, the views don't get much better than Arrowhead. Arrowhead Golf Club is open to the public, but one heck of a drive from Brighton. It's all the way down near Roxborough State Park. In order to get on ... http://toid.net/2008/10/28/golfing-at-arrowhead/ Date: 10/15/08 Lat/Lon: 39.67800°N 105.857°W Elevation: 13,234 ft Route: 4 miles, 1300ft vert Team: Matt Esser, Zac Gutkenecht Pre-climb: When we were in Steamboat, Zac wanted to do a climb, in fact, he was eager to do Longs Peak first, but he knew better and mentioned we should start on something a little easier first. ... http://toid.net/2008/10/28/mt-sniktau/ So, don't yell at me... I know it's been too long. Where do I start? Claire is running everywhere: climbing, scaling, up and down, fast fast fast. She has the cutest little waddle/run but she is really efficient! She is amazing both Matt and I with her communication ... http://toid.net/2008/10/25/claire-update/ Following on the heals of our other "camping" trip, where we were introduced to the luxuries of car "camping", we decided to go to Dick's Sporting Goods and purchase a few items. Needless to say, we filled up our seven-seater vehicle with stuff after making it by with a ... http://toid.net/2008/09/02/labor-day-camping/ We took a lot of pictures after Claire turned one, and so here they are! [gallery] http://toid.net/2008/09/01/random-12-13-months/ Date: August 24th, 2008 Elevation: 14,005′ Rank: 52nd Route: North Ridge, Grade II, Class 1, 12.0 miles, 5525ft vert. GPS: N 39° 28.083' W 106° 28.75' Team: Matt Esser (Toid), Mike Ross Pre-climb: I have always been fascinated by Mt. of the Holy Cross ever since I was a kid. I would look at pictures ... http://toid.net/2008/08/28/mt-of-the-holy-cross-north-ridge/ Usually when I go "camping", that means that we carry what we can on our backs, hike in a ways, find a stream and setup our camp and spread out our minimal gear and use what we can for more purposes than it was intended. However, this trip started off leaving ... http://toid.net/2008/08/20/camping-816-and-817/ Yesterday morning Mike and I decided to go golfing at Hyland Hills. Here are a few pictures from that... [gallery] http://toid.net/2008/07/21/golfing-at-hyland-hills/ Busy Claire continues on her adventures which in the beginning of July included: Mt. Mama hike at Mt. Falcon, Birthday extravaganzas, Zoo adventures, and exploring our backyard while mastering her new slide! [gallery] http://toid.net/2008/07/14/happy-first-birthday-claire-and-more/ Date: July 9th, 2008 Elevation: 14,433′ Rank: 1st Route: Northeast Ridge, Grade II, Class 1, 9.0 miles, 4400ft vert. GPS: N 39° 7.05′ W 106° 26.733′ Team: Matt Esser (Toid), Stan Reeder, Jason Staudinger, David Pre-climb: So I know I was saving Elbert for the end. Why? Because it is the tallest in the ... http://toid.net/2008/07/13/mt-elbert-northeast-ridge/