It has been quite a while, so I thought I might keep ya up to date, should you be so interested. I am technically done with my AmeriCorps term for the NCC. I thought my sawyer days were behind me, but it seems I was mistaken. At the point in time it is looking like I will be working and living out here until the middle of November. Here is a picture of my last week of work. It wasnt the greatest tour but it still beats working inside. That lake is called Eagle Lake.
Here is just a neat picture I liked. The trees are watching you.
What a surprise... climbing. This here is a picture of Lovers Leap (one of the coolest places I have ever climbed). This route is called Bears Reach. It took about an hour and a half to climb. It is about 400' tall. If you want to see a wildman climb it in 4 minutes go to youtube and check out "Dan Osman speed climbing". It is pretty impressive, even if you arent a climber.
This was a place I went climbing around Lake Tahoe called Eagle Creek (not to be confused with Eagle lake, where I was working). Just another alpine lake all to myself to play on.
After my last week of work I had a very good friend of mine come out to visit. We ended up taking a climbing trip, which turned out to be the climb of a lifetime. Here again is Lovers Leap. You can see that it is beautiful in its own right, but you cant even imagine how this looks to a climber. I know I have an addiction, but I just cant quit the rock.
After the Leap we headed to Yosemite. We climbed one of the most classic moderate climbs perhaps in the world, if not just North America. The climb is called Cathedral Peak. John Muir climbed in around 1869 and said that it was the first time that he had been to church in California. I know exactly what he meant. We got there early and had the route to ourselves. We had splitter blue skies and beautiful fall weather. It had been snowing and blowing pretty hard the day before, so we got pretty lucky. This picture to the right is not from Yosemite. It is from climbing around San Fransisco. This is on Mt. Tam. It might be hard to see, but there is thick fog rolling into the bay. One of the most beautiful places I have climbed.
Here is another place we climbed around San Fran. This place is called Mickeys Beach. The climbing wasnt much to write home about, but the climbing was literally right over the ocean. It was so amazing, and again we had great weather.
So that is about all for now. I will probably be in Reno until the middle of Nov. and then I am hoping to be working at a ski hill in Colorado. Keep your fingers crossed for me. I hope life is well for you all.
Remember me this way.
Love in abundance,
Dan the man Van Janssen
