Holly

May 20, 2007 :: Climbing at Great Falls, VA - Romeo's Ladder

MAP

Loved a decent couple hours here climbing Romeo's Ladder and doing some good crack climbing. Romeo's Ladder is at 38.99090°N / 77.2486°W (See sat photo on google maps)

SummitPost - Romeo's Ladder -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering

The Romeo’s Ladder crag is adjacent to Seclusion and separated only by an interesting crack and a short wall, but the two crags are quite different in character. Seclusion, which rises directly from the Potomac River and towers above it, offers a bit of Great Falls at its wildest and most spectacular. Romeo’s Ladder, though it is home to some of Great Falls’ most popular and most challenging climbs, is set back a few yards from the river and seems somehow quieter and tamer, and the cliffs are a little lower, reaching about 40 feet in height. But don’t let that keep you away from the nice climbing opportunities there.

As is the case elsewhere in the park, toproping is the predominant climbing style here, but leads are feasibly on routes such as Delivery Room and Romeo's Ladder.

As a look at the next section’s list of routes can tell you, there isn’t much here for beginners and scramblers. There are, though, a few options, which will be detailed after the routes list."

Sometimes we let bella drive.
Holly

May 12, 2007 :: 1L Life, The Summer, and Resting

This is day two after life as a 1L has come to an end with successful (I hope) completion of second semester finals. Of paramount importance, I don't think I failed anything. I have never been able to peg quality of law school grade from feel. In retrospect, it seems the british saying "slap-dash" would work, or in american geek: indiscriminant. We'll know when we know.

The photo is climbing on April 29th, but I hope to get some good climbing trips on this summer's weekends!

I'm still tired, and on the 11pm to 5am sleep schedule. Yesterday, I organized and cleaned the house for a couple hours, giving the shower it's due scrubbing (and it needs more this weekend). I did a couple errands and watched tv. It was a nice first eight hours of the day, topped when I was starting to doze in front of "Deadliest Catch: Best of Season 1, Part 1," Holly came home after eight days of being with her family. That was a nice treat, as she got home 30 minutes earlier than she planned...tailwinds, I suppose.



Then our day got even better! We got a quick snack together and fountain drinks at a convenience store. Then we enjoyed coffee in the nice warm afternoon shade before trekking (accross the parking lot) to a couple g-stores for misc sundries. Then we got to REI and spent too dang much money, again. Penzey's Spices in Rockville was well worth a lightning $30 spree of spices. Then a none too romantic, but wonderful dinner where neither of us left stuffed.

In summary, it was a really nice day yesterday, despite the heat/humidity, but I'm still tired, and will either visit M&D today or tomorrow, but I think today would be better, for the buffet traffic tomorrow is going to be hellish for all who attend, and I just want to give my parents a hug for all their support (no small amount, by a damn sight!) this first year of law school being now officially completed. Sigh.

climbing

Climbing with holly at Carderock, MD, April 29, 2007.

Concealed carry permit reviews show loopholes

It seems to me that this is how rights are taken away, little by little. Reminds me of the "frog in hot water" analogy where the frog tossed into boiling water would jump out, but the one placed in cool water and the temperature is slowly raised gets cooked.

Concealed carry permit reviews show loopholes

"Dann highlighted one example in Summit County. A 76-year-old Akron man was issued a permit in 2004. Recently, that man's family applied for guardianship to the courts because he suffered from dementia. A judge then declared the elderly man mentally incompetent.

'He wasn't deemed incompetent until four weeks ago,' said Christine Croce, general counsel for the Summit County Sheriff's Office. 'That's 3 years later. His license was still going to be valid for another year and a half. So we have no way of knowing....the courts don't notify us.'

Dann's office notified the Summit County sheriff's office of the mistake Friday morning.

'That led us to revoke his license today and notify his guardians that he's no longer permitted to carry a concealed weapon,' said Croce.

The state's review of all permits is considered a step in the right direction by many.

'It's an improvement,' said Tim Dimoff, a national security expert based in Akron. 'But it's not the bulk of where we need to go if we want to make a bigger impact with carried concealed weapons and making sure the wrong people don't have those permits.'

By law, gun licensers are prohibited from checking mental health records in any medical facility. Dimoff suggests that hospitals, clinics and doctors should be required to enter names of people"

Star Trek: Generations (1994) - Memorable quotes

Love this quote:

Star Trek: Generations (1994) - Memorable quotes
Dr. Soran: "We're all going to die sometime. It's only a question of how and when. You will too, Captian. Don't you feel time gaining on you?

It's like a predator; it's stalking you. Oh,you can try and outrun it with doctors, medicines, new technologies but in the end, time is going to hunt you down... and make the kill."