Gotta keep 'em guessing

Howdy guys and gals,

So lots of explaining to do... if you didn't know already I am currently residing in Phoenix, AZ. My time in Crusty Butt, Colorado was cut drastically short. I was enjoying myself greatly in CO but kinda felt a little out of place. I spent one afternoon sending my resume to rope access companies. I didn't think I would get much positive response (let alone so quickly). A few days later I got a phone call from a company in AZ that was hiring rope techs. I jumped at the opportunity. I will get more into the business aspect later... first lemme show ya what kind of adventures I'm getting myself into these days.





So these first few pictures are from a wild day I had by myself in the Superstition mountains. You can see the drastic change in scenery compared to Colorado. It has been in the 60's and 70's since I have arrived. Saguaro's have replaced pine trees and sand has replaced the snow. It has been an interesting last few months to say the least.









Along with the change in scenery has come a change in the environmental hazards. While I was out hiking I came across this big fella. I suppose he posed no real threat to me while I was hiking but it sure did give me a good scare. While I was out hiking in the "Supes" I had greatly underestimated the day I would have and the temperature. I was running low on water and came to a point where I either would have to turn back or continue on and risk dehydration. Luckily for me I found a nice spring to fill up my water at.








This picture is of the rock I climbed. The first picture on this blog was taken at a "window" on the rock. If you look close enough you can see the whole on the upper right part of the rock. Anywho, the summit was amazing. For being only 40 miles out of Phoenix I felt like I was in the middle of nowhere.

So anyways, that was just my first weekend out here. A two hour drive in any direction yields more climbing than I could do in a lifetime... I think I am going to like it here. But enough about playing, let me tell ya about work (which has pretty much become playing in and of itself).






So as I mentioned, I am now working at a rope access technician. I am working for a company called AZ Clearview. We do high rise window washing. This complex to the right is where I will be spending most of my time. As you can see it is a very interesting structure. We pretty much set up anchors on top of the building and then rappel over the edge and wash windows as we descend. There are lots of complications with overhangs and such. I gotta be honest though... washing windows is an art and substantially more challenging than the rope access aspect of it.

We are also doing work down in Tucson. There are a number of buildings we have to clean so I will be making frequent trips down there. This picture is from Tucson. I am hanging about 70 feet off of the ground here, washing windows as I go.

So that should about catch you up for now. Not sure when I will get another one of these up. So I hope you all had a merry Christmas, and will have a wild new year! Until then...

Danjerous

Let it snow let it snow

Here we go...

So this first picture is what I see when I look out of my bedroom window. Jealous? Its about a 5 minute walk to get to the lifts. Something got messed up with our original apartment and so they ended up putting us up in a vacation rental. Damn its hard being me. I am living in this place with 7 roommates which always keeps things interesting too.





Today was the first day of both my new jobs. I am going to be a liftee by day and a dishwasher by night. It might not sound too glamorous to be washing dishes but let me tell ya... this is at a place called Lobar's. It was rated one of the top sushi restaurants in a ski resort town... like I said, it is tough being me.








So since work has only just recently started and I have been out here for a while now, I have been snowboarding like a madman. I have gotten to do a fair amount of snowboarding in my life but nothing like this. I had one really awesome powder day and I know there are more to come and they will only get better.







So this one's gonna have to be short and sweet. I dont have too many other photos to put up right now. Stay tuned though, I may have some more interesting news coming up. Anywho folks, my love goes with you.

Always,

Dan