I am in here. Im down here in the depths of one of these concrete monsters at the university of minnesota, thinking about Brucella, really studying for a microbiology midterm. It may be a nice day outside. I wont know, or if it is, it will make little difference. I love microbiology. I enjoy all of the material. I do miss the outdoors. I wonder how realistic it is to think that I could climb more outside in Minnesota this coming season, even in medical school(?).
In less than a week, I leave for Arkansas. Steve has been in town for the last few days, back from his mysrerious trips to dozens of places in the developing world. In one sense, things are going impressively well for him. He has created a new kind of profession for himself in the last couple of years, and is quite good at it. The offers keep coming in. He might be able to get me hooked up with some people out in Burma, so that I can contribute in some substantive way to the health of the people there. That would be a dream, and worth significant sacrifice.
For the moment, I dream of m y soon to be trip to HCR. I want to get on sport routes that are too hard for me, send boulders that are beautiful, flowing masterpieces, and to gain more perspective of what Im doing here. Im going to try to take a lot more video this time. Unless someone has a better idea, Im going to invest in an ipod touch for taking video. The quality is less, but you cam store multiple hours of video, do simple editing on the actual device, and editing and upload on the computer are easy as well.
Im not a big mfan of electronic stuff like that, but I love sharing video of climbing trips. Its almost like I had friends there with me. Wishe luck omy exam tomorrow, and marvel at the guts of this drawling guy. At least his screams dont involve a TN accent.
http://climbingnarc.com/videos/brent-perkins-trad-climbing-proper-soul-5-14a/
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