ydnar Vox 2008-01-01T22:28:00Z ydnar http://ydnar.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00b8ea0674f2dece/tags/vacation/ is living in your future Retirement? tag:vox.com,2007-12-29:asset-6a00b8ea0674f2dece00e398ccaa6b0003 2007-12-29T05:00:33Z 2008-01-01T22:28:00Z ydnar http://ydnar.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

<3 crowd parents in the kitchen liz dabysan

Sometime before Flickr and Twitter scratched my lazy itch, I used to blog. Whole paragraphs! Structured sentences, posts with conclusions and enclosures! Double entendre! Exclamation points! Retirement’s been mostly a drag, just kidding. Yester...

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]]> Costa Rica Trailer tag:vox.com,2007-06-12:asset-6a00b8ea0674f2dece00cd9734f12a4cd5 2007-06-12T05:05:06Z 2007-06-12T19:43:51Z ydnar http://ydnar.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Poolside

945 photos taken. 945 photos to sort through. 500 Colones = 1 US Dollar (more or less). 14 hours flying. 7 days in Costa Rica. $26 to leave (honest! tax!) Zero internet. 562 unread emails. Not including spam. 20 photos taken underwater. 1 los...

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]]> Good Holds tag:vox.com,2006-11-29:asset-6a00b8ea0674f2dece00cd9700746a4cd5 2006-11-29T21:21:23Z 2006-12-01T03:41:35Z ydnar http://ydnar.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

entrance misc climbers on toprope (2) delicious blueberry pancakes, camping style yum Climber’s Guide to Pinnacles Anchor First Outdoor Climb Rappel Bounce Sunset Underneath Chockstone Dome Chockstone Dome janet on rappel

This weekend I learned to lead belay, rappel and climb on real rock. As other people have put it, climbing on plastic doesn't quite completely prepare you for the experience of hanging off the real thing. My friend Janet and I went to Pinnacles ...

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]]> I Got High tag:vox.com,2006-09-08:asset-6a00b8ea0674f2dece00c225256726f219 2006-09-08T07:31:31Z 2006-09-25T03:09:13Z ydnar http://ydnar.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Reflector Lofty View Lake Waiau A Murky Glass Climb Paired Cloudscape Subaru Telescope Featherlight 13796 Shrine

Before the unfortunate incident with my foot I drove & hiked up to the top of Mauna Kea. This is kind of cool for two reasons: Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world, measured from the base (33,474 feet). At the summit is the largest c...

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]]> Island WiFi tag:vox.com,2006-09-05:asset-6a00b8ea0674f2dece00c22524eed2549d 2006-09-05T06:11:35Z 2006-09-05T06:34:06Z ydnar http://ydnar.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

peopletagging (tm)

Found WiFi at a coffee place in Kailua. After trying a half-dozen seats in the place, one router restart and commiserating with a fellow also lacking internet, I was able to connect. Currently skirting Alamo's 30 minute grace period, 10 miles and ...

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]]> If I was a Superstitious Person... tag:vox.com,2006-09-03:asset-6a00b8ea0674f2dece00c22524bd6df219 2006-09-03T20:46:33Z 2006-09-14T09:20:59Z ydnar http://ydnar.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

gash clutch of life Idlewild worst. road. ever. cinder cones moonscape

...I'd say the gash on my foot was because I violated a half-dozen kapu by taking photos and committing other generally annoying tourist shit on the mountain summit. But I'm not, so your angry god can stuff it. However, being an engineer subject ...

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]]> Saturday Plans tag:vox.com,2006-09-02:asset-6a00b8ea0674f2dece00c225249aa4549d 2006-09-02T20:22:49Z 2006-09-02T20:22:49Z ydnar http://ydnar.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Going up to the top of Muana Kea, more desolate landscape photos to come...

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]]> Sunset tag:vox.com,2006-09-02:asset-6a00b8ea0674f2dece00c2252482c4604a 2006-09-02T04:21:17Z 2006-09-03T09:20:39Z ydnar http://ydnar.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

tidal pool at sunset (3) CIMG4289 kona sunset (8) kona sunset (5) kona sunset (4) one tree beach kona sunset (3) purple waves CIMG4223.JPG

From the west coast of Hawaii (Big Island). Edit: Replaced broken photo.

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]]> Planes, Trains and Automobiles tag:vox.com,2006-07-03:asset-6a00b8ea0674f2dece00c2251d61838e1d 2006-07-03T04:34:06Z 2006-07-24T19:20:32Z ydnar http://ydnar.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

sure, it's just a few more miles closer symbolism

This one time in Japan, I was caught in a blizzard on top of a volcano in Kyushu, abandoned on a 70 mile bridge between Shikoku and Honshu and caught Scarlet Fever. Had I died it might have been a worse vacation. If you ever go to Japan, n...

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