Francesca on January 30th, 2010

Today, my friends, I got rooked. I mean fleeced in the most embarrassing way. My host Dhanna says that Indians will cheat you with a joke and a smile. In my case it was a cup of chai and a good story. I am a complete sucker for a good story. I take small comfort [...]

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Francesca on August 3rd, 2009

It’s been over a month since I left my job and time is ticking down. Since I left, I’ve spent two weeks in the Cascades (trip reports to follow) and summited Mt Shuksan and Mt Rainier.
I’ve received and sorted mounds of gear and decided against carrying more than the essentials. Dragging 50lb packs up two [...]

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Francesca on February 28th, 2009

In lieu of putting up my own trip report - which I am notoriously bad at, here’s a link my friend Indy’s blog where he’s posting the whole thing. Special thanks to Indy for helping me with my first trad lead. It was a wicked easy 5.3 with a 5.6 crux but it was still [...]

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Francesca on February 19th, 2009

Back on Tuesday. Scored some cheap tickets on Southwest and conned some friends into going. The weather looks like it will cooperate. Pics to come. Cheers!
photo by august.wasilowski

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