I talked to an old friend from university the other night on the videophone. “You haven’t really been blogging much,” he said. “In fact, you haven’t done anything creative of late. It seems like all that energy has just gone into climbing.”
It was an insightful comment and made me think a lot.
Anyways, here’s some photos from the first day out ice climbing this season.
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2013.
4 a.m., Tijuana, Mexico.
Just across the border from San Diego.
Outside of a strip club.
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In the course of my job, I read a lot about cryptocurrency. Really. Like, too much. And for a long time, I barely understood any of it. DeFi? Blockchains? Staking? Hashing? As someone who is definitively ‘not a math guy’, I let it all wash over me.
However, I recently decided I had to learn a bit about this sector which was becoming a big part of my everyday world. So I started doing some due diligence and tuned into the space with a bit more intention. Eventually, figuring I would learn more with some skin in the game, I opened up a Coinbase account.
Here is where I found the Coinbase Card.
In my humble opinion, the Coinbase Card is the single best rewards card you can get in 2021 (for those in the USA — in Europe, this card is plagued with fees & is considerably less useful). Let me explain:
The Coinbase Card is a no-fee debit card (not a credit card), which currently pays you 4% back on every purchase you make. These rewards are deposited instantly into your Coinbase account in the form of selected cryptocurrencies.
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“Remote” backcountry place popular with climbers, backpackers, and fisherfolk.
I write “remote” in quotes because there were easily over 100 cars in the Big Sandy Trailhead parking lot when I arrived. A bit shocking after an hour spent driving in on “Am I in the right place?” kind of dirt roads.
The Trip: Drive (8 Hrs) > hike (5 Hrs) >camp (4 days) > climb 1,000+’ faces (x2) > hike out (4 hrs) > Drive home
Continue readingI witnessed a car accident yesterday in Boulder Canyon.
Before continuing I think it’s important to note that no one was hurt. I hung around after and made sure.
So you can enjoy the following story guilt-free.
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