Erika's New Climbing Shoes

Global Warming 3

Use Al Gore's website to calculate your annual carbon output and post your score as a comment:

I am going to global-warming hell for using 16.45 ton annually, well above the US average.

Marysville today

Winter is finally here!

Gaspe

Merry Christmas!

Global Warming

Dec 18th, 2006. My ice axes are gathering dust in the basement and Mal killed a mosquito today...

House

Our new pad...

Christmas is lame...

As requested, photos from this year's Haunted Barn Halloween party. A good time was had by all who attended (and made it out alive...)

Clifton and Acadia

I have been back from Mongolia for a little while now. It was nice to get in one more (chilly!) rock climbing trip before the "off-season" between the end of rock and the start of ice.

Seoul Searching

Fun day in Seoul!

Last Disco in Outer Mongolia

I survived one more drive across the Gobi. I spent my last night in UB having a quiet beer and some dinner in the "Grand Khan, Irish Pub". I'll miss Mongolia but mostly I am looking forward to coming home.

S.

Coming home

Today is my last day in camp, I head home tommorow!

S.

Wedding

We went to a traditional Mongolian country wedding last night. It was a good time, but not an experience I care to repeat soon. You are pretty much forced to drink copious amounts of vodka, airag (fermented mare milk, vile beyond description..) and mongolian vodka (distilled airag). The snuff bottle that the men pass around certainly didn't help the hangover this morning either. I was also coerced into singing. This was difficult because I don't actually know the complete lyrics to anything other than "Happy Birthday". It wasn't pretty...

Happy Birthday Michelle

Have a cold one!

Why I love Mongolia

Absolutley no workplace health and safety regulations!

Rowie's First Cast

…the result of a living room dancing injury. It is undoubtedly not your last :-). Get well soon.

Love Oncle Stefan.

Family Day - 4, Men's Mongolian Wrestling

Family Day - 3, Highland games

I take full credit for introducing Highland Games to Mongolia. We had hammer throw, braemer stone and caber toss events which were hugely popular.

Family Day - 2, Ladies Sumo

Family Day - 1, Kids

We had family day here at camp where everyone brought their kids, parents, third cousins-twice removed etc... for a tour of the camp, food, fun and games. This is the first of several posts showing highlights from the day, starting with the kids events.



Three legged race



Bushka's Daughter



The kids



Batushvim and his baby




Rice Bag Race