July 2008
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Return of the Wanna-Be Paddleboarder
This picture is of Greg “Suggs” Miller, my real surfer/paddleboarder friend who is gracious enough to let me, the wanna-be, tag along and paddle around on his 9:Fish 12-footer. He looks a lot better at this point than I do with my newbie stance. Greg and I traded-off every 30 minutes, so I spent a ...read more
Zion Canyoneering
Training Time I’m officially six weeks from guiding Sol’s Redrock Backpacker: Southwestern, Utah trip (out of official park boundaries Zion canyoneering trip), and it’s time to get this booty in shape! I had LASIK surgery 4 weeks ago today and patiently, diligently, obediently, painstakingly (do you get the picture?) followed doctors orders and laid low ...read more
Urban Gardening
My friends are always asking how an adventurous westerner like me can stand living in such an urban, geographically flat, and might I add green, city like D.C. Well, there are a lot of ways to cope, one of which is the urban garden plot I share with two of my fitness clients. My name ...read more
Olympic Hopefuls
Did you see Olympic swimmer Dara Torres in the June 29 New York Times Magazine? If that picture doesn’t inspire you to make fitness your lifestyle, I don’t know what will. She looks incredible! The athlete in all of us has visualized an Olympic moment of some sort: the rush of the competition; the glory ...read more
Zion Canyoneering
Dreaming of Dynamite I couldn’t fall asleep last night. I was too busy thinking about the logjam on Sol’s guided overnight Redrock Backpacker: Southwestern, Utah trip. The logjam grew by at least 4 feet between my May and August, 2007 trips, forming a waterfall out of what used to be a simple rock chute dropping ...read more
