After the alumni row on Saturday I was eager to get back out with my old teammates and do some more non impact activity. So last night 10 alumni showed up at the boathouse to row. That’s right, ten – nine rowers, one coxwain. Other than the single, most rowing boats require even numbers. So [...]

I spent 8 years of my life rowing both in high school and in college. Rowing is seriously destructive to the skin on your hands. When we were in high school we used to joke that rowers had to date other rowers because our hands were so gross that no one else would want to [...]

I had intended for this post to be quite picture heavy and I had taken a lot of pictures with my cell phone to support what was going to be a pretty wordy report. But my laptops have decided to be difficult trapping the pictures on one, and making typing difficult on the other. Our [...]

Cooper on top of New Hampshire’s Tallest Summit for the first time.

I’ve had to take it very easy since I’ve realized that I have a stress fracture. Overdoing it can lead to days of throbbing and aching. For a while I was dependent on Tylenol to sleep. So I decided to take it completely easy. I’d been feeling pretty good so I decided to do some [...]

The last month has been terrible for me. I had to accept that despite the lack of pain during activity, the throbbing in my leg was probably due to the fact that I was over doing it. So I did pretty much NOTHING for the last few weeks. I did however offer myself up as [...]

The weather has been phenomenal here in New Hampshire, especially for April. So Sunday we went rock climbing at one of New Hampshire’s most famous crags, Rumney. Adam, his most recent climbing partner “Leaf” and I got to the cliff early and spent the entire day climbing on Jimmy Cliff. Of the 7 routes we [...]

We have had a strange winter here in New Hampshire. We had some great snow in December, then lost most of it in the January thaw and February rains. Even the White mountains had a relatively light snow year. Most transplants are not complaining, but I am. I didn’t move to a Northern State so [...]

I love winter. I do NOT love winter rain. This Sunday was a real demonstration of why I hate winter rain. Our trails had just gotten nice and snowy. They were packed down. Then the rain came, along with the January thaw and turned the trails to this: There was usually a swath a few [...]

It’s brutal cold in New Hampshire today. I looked at the weather at one point and saw a windchill of -17 F. So I wanted to share some pictures from last weekend, when we spent the morning ice climbing under blue skies and relatively mild temperatures. I hadn’t been out ice climbing since 2008. I’ve [...]