Perhaps we're taking this too far?

The Chicken rides the Pig on Leaning Tower - the Cow was on lead.

The Chicken Storms Yosemite; This is Training, Right?

So here I am, sitting at the pizza deck in Curry Village, which apparently is the only location in the Valley with free internet.  Miles Turner and I have been tearing up Yosemite (along with park employees Eric Bissell and David Aguasca) - by which I mean we've been practicing our big-wall techniques for a go at the Nose with Mr. Ryan Dilts.  Meanwhile, our pal the Chicken has been taking Yosemite by storm:

 

The Chicken slots a nut on Royal Arches. 

 

The Chicken uses his wing on Generator Crack. 

... this is training, right??

HTML and Other Headaches of the Blogosphere

Encouraged by friends who say they're adding this thing to their Google Reader (yikes!), I've decided to start updating a bit more often.  Also because we got our first comment, and it was positive (thanks Libby!).
So for those of you considering starting blogs - to help raise money for a trip, to keep your friends in the loop, or just because you're kind of tacky and haven't heard of Twitter - be aware that it comes with certain obligations.

One of which, I discovered the other day, is teaching yourself HTML.  It turns out that embedding video that is a. high quality, b. centered, c. has a splash screen d. autobuffers but doesn't autoload e. etc. etc. is REALLY DIFFICULT.  Perfectionism is a desirable quality in an alpinist,  I think, but by nature of the game it's never really possible.  At some point things have to be "good enough."  Not so with HTML.  With HTML it has to be perfect or it doesn't work at all.  

In case you haven't gotten the picture by now, it took me approximately six hours the other day to post that video.  Fortunately I saved the code, so it should be easier in the future.  But aspiring bloggers, beware!