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Counting games

Posted by Ken Campbell May 27, 2011 0 Comment 1123 views

As I am cataloging possible sampling sites on the Olympic Grand Circle, I’m also going to try to quantify my results a little. I’m going to be measuring out a square, two meters a side, using a rope that I’ll have with me. Inside this 4 square-meter area, I’ll attempt to collect all the plastic […]

Number two

Posted by Ken Campbell May 26, 2011 0 Comment 1146 views

Mount Adams is the second-highest peak in Washington, after Mount Rainier. It’s 12,281 feet, a couple of miles up there. It doesn’t seem like it’s that high to me at first, since it’s a deceptively flat summit with a straight-forward southern approach, and the only time I’ve climbed there before was a relatively easy two-day […]

Alternate energy

Posted by Ken Campbell May 24, 2011 0 Comment 1180 views

I’ll be going to the San Juans later this week for a 4-day class in the islands. Memorial Day weekend, so I don’t expect that we’ll have the place to ourselves, but it’s all dependent on the weather. Someone once told me that, “kayaking is solar powered,” which seems to be true. Then again, I’m […]

Armageddonish, with a chance of rapture

Posted by Ken Campbell May 21, 2011 0 Comment 1047 views

The world is supposed to end today, at 6:00pm local time. (I have my doubts, since it’s already past the appointed hour in Sydney and things still seem to be functioning normally down under, but just in case you didn’t get the word, consider this a public service announcement.) Check here for a view of […]

Morning has broken

Posted by Ken Campbell May 19, 2011 0 Comment 1145 views

I obsess about the weather. At least, it feels like I do sometimes, but it might not be all that much different than the way many other people deal with it. Still, for all the complaining I do, I have to say that the past few days have been close to ideal. And this morning, […]

From the wrack line

Posted by Ken Campbell May 17, 2011 0 Comment 2951 views

I’ve gone back and forth about what I want to accomplish on the Olympic Grand Circle when it comes to the issue of coastal plastic pollution. At first, I wanted to do samples along the way of beach trash, focusing on the amount of plastic I found. Then, learning more about the micro-plastics problem, I […]

Quick time

Posted by Ken Campbell May 15, 2011 0 Comment 1212 views

There’s an article in the latest National Geographic about climbing in Yosemite, and part of it deals with the difference between the way that climbing is now and what it was back in the early days in the park. During the 50’s and 60’s, the dinosaur days of big wall climbing, it might take days, […]

Legislating fun

Posted by Ken Campbell May 12, 2011 0 Comment 1443 views

It was only a matter of time before the old school got the new religion. After looking over the curriculum, I find that I’m unable to care much about organized certification programs, especially SUP requirements that look like they’ve been cut-and-pasted from some ancient kayaking course. Could this be more hokey? And, more to the […]

Tranquilo

Posted by Ken Campbell May 11, 2011 0 Comment 1159 views

No words today. Not many, anyway. I’m looking at the calendar, trying to visualize the next few months and how crazy it will all be. There is much to be done and so little time in which to do it. I thought the picture might bring some serenity.

The edge of the day

Posted by Ken Campbell May 9, 2011 0 Comment 1088 views

The transition from day to night is a powerful span of time. Dusk, twilight, sunset, whatever you call it. It’s the one part of the day that people all over seem to make a point of catching a glimpse of, if there’s any way they can. Living at Salmon Beach, it’s a ritual, standing on […]