About to glide over the ceiling

2016/03/24 Karen 0 comment

Climbers' Corner, Collingwood

Alternative career paths

2015/10/31 Karen 0 comment

Sometimes I stumble upon old pictures of myself that surprise me. Can’t help thinking, What if…
:D

Artificial climbing wall tester

Professional rock climber

Dog show contestant

Adventurer

Fashion photographer

Secret gadget importer

Japanese housecoat model

Machine gun operator

Protester

Baseball mascot manager

Bodybuilder

Navy Seal

Organic farmer

Rollerblader

Sherpa

Spy

Personal trainer

Rice field wildlife hunter

Climbing at West Rocks

2015/05/19 Karen 0 comment

Sunday we went climbing for the first time in a long, long while. Like 5 years.

The pluses: this spot is fifteen minutes from home, has a very short hike, several 5.8s, top-roping, and a long, traversable wall (not that we’ve tried that yet). Fun!

The downside: it’s a party spot for high-schoolers so there’s lots of (stupid, ugly) graffiti and trash, and the whole area is carpeted with broken glass. Requires a giant solar powered vaccuum cleaner.

I did one route.

climbing1 — Yay, my harness still fits!

climbing2 — Arghhhh, my forearms are burning!!

Missing Korea

2009/04/22 Karen 0 comment

Daisies at dusk @ the park near Gubong Mt.

Chuseok (Thanksgiving), ca. 1998.

Our blankets, Gubong apt.

Norae bang.

Carnage.

Pojang macha (soju drinking tent), Daejeon.

Teacup, downtown Daejeon.

Calligraphy festival, Jeonju, ca. 2005.

Random kids downtown Daejeon.

Paula shopping in Insadong, Seoul.

Playtime at Hanaro apt.

Mask Dance festival, Andong, ca. 2004?

Surrounded by kids while touring Pulguk Temple with my parents.

More norae bang.

Pub at Suwon folk village.

Cosmos.

Road trip through rice fields in the south.

Calligraphy shop, Insadong, Seoul.

Calligraphy exhibit in Jeonju.

Riverside beach in Andong.

Secret dictionary in a pen.

Demilitarized zone photo line (facing north).

Edible styrofoam snack.

When you order “no meat” you don’t know what to expect.

World Cup 2004.

Seafood stew.

My first climb?

Electricity at the temple, Jikji Temple.

Sage’s Japanese PJs.

Pension on Geojae Island.

Roof detail at Jikji Temple.

Big Swing at Suwon Folk Village.

Geojae Island beach.

Climbing at Goryeo, Gyeryong Mt.

Tourist sign near Mungyeong.

Near Sanshin-ri, Daejeon.

Sage’s first attemp at swimming, Mungyeong.

Taiwanese dancers at the Mask Dance Festival.

View from pension on Geojae Island.

Rice.

Fallen persimmon.

Paula at the Folk Museum in Seoul.

Rice.

Cabins on Namhae Island.

A wall of children’s masks at the Andong Festival.

Carving masks.

Guest room in a traditional village near Andong.

Autumn at Taedun Mt. park.

Some plant by the Gapcheon river, Daejeon.

DMZ.

Beer chick at the baseball game.

Train to Seoul.

Mask Dance Festival.

Namhae cabins.

Lantern in a pub.

Inside the drinking tent.

Cherry blossom festival.

Our 1990 Kia Pride Beta.

Way too hard for me.

Hanhwa Eagle, Daejeon.

Greed dance.

New Year’s Eve.

Parking lot.

Buddha’s birthday.

Taegukki door at the shrine to Admiral Lee Soon Shin.

Chinese takeout delivers to a park.

Dew on rice.

Lee Soon Shin.

Birthday pie.

Student portrait of Eric.

Tile wall at Hyangil-am, a south coast temple.

Kyeongbok Palace, Seoul.

Eric and Sage trying to be patient.

Delivery dinner!

Pavillion in Yeo-su.

First glass.

Girls’ calligraphy contest.

Hyangil-am.

Takahiro and friend.

Buddha’s birthday lanterns.

Eric at Gapcheon in fall.

Evening out.

Gaeshim Temple.

Hallowe’en at Cool Bar.

Cosmos.

Tea set downtown Daejeon.

Green tea cake.

Rice.

Soju event.

Woman selling soondae in the Daejeon market.

Bicycle museum near mungyeong.

Somebody funny.

The mask carver, near Andong.

T-shirt on sale.

Leftover pneumonia medication.

Sangshin-li, an out-of-the way little village on Gyeryong Mt.

Roses for sale downtown Daejeon.

Tile path at Jikji Temple.

Kites inside a Lee Soon Shin related exhibit.

Cabins on Namhae.

At Tudari.

Rice.

Daisies.

Me at Seoul Station.

Figure watching the moon.

Mountains over China?

Climbing at Goryeo.

Buddha’s Birthday at Donghak Temple.

Train sleepers.

Climbing wall in Andong.

Friends at the soju drinking tent.

Calligraphy festival in Jeonju.

Bomun Mt.

Rocky beach on Namhae Island.

Woman making kimchi at Hahoe Village.

Buddha at Seonun Mt.

Fall mist.

Calligraphy festival.

Bridge near Yeosu.

Jake and Eric.

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