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John, Nick, Monica, Hiddeko, Vasko, Burke, and I battled thigh-deep snow on our attempted ascent of West Granite today (aka the Tusk o’ Granite). We made it to within about 500′ of the summit, but cold, driving snow, really challenging snow conditions, and exhaustion  sent us back downhill with our tail between our legs. Sigh… Next time!

Seattle has had some wacky weather lately. Today’s freezing rain was simply amazing. When was the last time you saw icicles on airplanes? No wonder so many flights were cancelled.

I met Lisa and Mark at the climbing gym tonight. I thought climbers – of all people – wouldn’t be scared of a little snow. Turns out, we were the only people climbing. Not having to wait to get on a single rope was luxurious to say the least.

We have an old Minolta film camera and set of lenses on permanent loan from my dad. A small adapter ring was all it took to mount the lenses on Nick’s GF1. The marriage of old technology and new is incredible. Simply incredible.

It might have been snowing hard in Seattle yesterday, but I was on safari with a gang from Digital Photography Challenge, an online community of folks who use informal online competitions to improve their skills. I’m not sure I got anything worth writing home about, but it was a fun way to spend a snowy morning.

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