A few buddies and I (hello Jason and Ben) decided to climb the Mountaineer's Route on Mt Whitney this past weekend.  It was a blast and quite exciting.

Here's a couple that were my favorite:

Here's our camp at Iceberg lake, just below the Mountaineer's Couloir that we climbed the next morning:

Here's another taken at sundown of Mt Whitney (the peak to the right):

Here's the sand dunes in Death Valley, better click on it to see a larger view:

Here's a slide show of the rest of the photos (if you're bored):

The Vermont Sun Triathlon series was in Branbury, Vermont this past weekend.  It's a sprint tri, but it takes these really fit dudes over an hour to complete it, so I'm not really sure if I'd consider it a sprint.  Amanda ran, swam, and biked it, besting last year's time by 10 minutes.  It was probably the special triathlon shorts she picked up at City Sports on the way up to Vermont yesterday.  To view large photos, over at Picasa, click here.  Otherwise, enjoy the slide show below.

Here's a few from the road trip to North Carolina.  To see the other few shots of this style (heavily saturated, bold colors), click here to view them over at Picasa.

This is of some random field near Pinehurst, NC

Here's the same field:

And one from the Outer Banks, NC, northward of Duck, near the end, but I'm not sure where...

Don't mind that I was kicking it Euro-style wearing just my long underwear (I couldn't find my really, short shorts).  Enjoy these photos of Amanda and I climbing to the top of Mt Washington last week.  Here's the boring weather comment:  It was a beautiful, blue-bird day with perfect climbing conditions (slushy snow for easy grip to the mountain).  Typical Mt Washington winds prevailed at the top at Lions Head.  (If you wanna see full-sized images, look here)

These are the fierce winds of the White Mountains.  These clouds are whipping through the saddle between the peaks of Mt. Adams and Mt. Madison.  Keep in mind, while these winds were blowing, it was pleasant and 70 down in the valley.

Here's Amanda coming up in the strong winds.  Very strong.  45 - 60 mph, with the highest gust of the day recorded at 80 mph (over on Mt. Washington).  Whether or not we were on the mountain at the time of the wind, needs to be determined.  But if I'm drinking beers telling the fellas about it, it was 80.  I often wished I had some kite string with me so I could attach it to Amanda.  Amada-kite, a new toy coming this Christmas.  The weather report said the temperature with wind-chill was between 20 and 30 degrees.

Here's Amanda topping out.  See how she lunges for the safety of the peak maker.  Hug the pole.

Here's a slide show of the photos.