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Amazing feat – I’ve been posting about this here Two climbers close to completing the El Capitan free climb and here Amazing stuff: Free climbing Yosemite cliff – El Capitan . I’m still waiting for the answer to how you deal with bathroom issues up on the wall?  

Led by the intrepid Jeanne Marie; four pictures and more to follow. Yeah, it was cold … and slippery … and windy at times. Four on this walk – besides myself, Jeanne Marie (in Blue), Brigid (red) and Joe with his mountain guide look. Views from the top into the reservoir – around 2:30 yesterday.…

Great choice; he's a wonderful guy. CROTON KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS TO HONOR BILL RYDER KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS YEAR'S HONOREE IS LONG TIME CROTON RESIDENT, WILLIAM RYDER. January 15, 2015

The movie about the  early life of physicist Stepen Hawking. I've posted about Hawking a number of times and read his justly famous book which came out in 1988, A Brief History of Time. I've posted a few times about his atheism, like here. Barron has an excellent short discussion in this video, pointing out…

A relatively easy one: Turkey Mountain, noon on this Saturday. Weather forecast for that time and day: low 20’s and sunny. Contact me if you’d like to join us. Jeanne Marie and I decided to do one hike a month (at least), with each of us alternating where. JM decided on this one (a good…

No surprise really. Plenty of past studies have found the same thing. The study found that people who attend religious services on a weekly basis are nearly twice as likely to describe themselves as “very happy” (45%) than people who never attend (28%). Conversely, those who never worship are twice as likely to say they…

46’4″, for a second place finish at the Fordham Prep throwfest/jumpfest Thursday evening. And a new PR with the HS 12 lb. shot. Football over; now it’s on to the indoor track season for Tim, and track is Tim’s major sport. With the extension of Stepinac’s football playoff season Tim got a late start on…

Very interesting, and frustrating. From the LA Times business section. "The latest data reinforces the larger story of America's middle-class household wealth stagnation over the past three decades," Using the latest Federal Reserve data, the Pew Research Center said Wednesday that the median wealth for high-income families was $639,400 last year — up 7% from…

Dec 16, 1773: Sons of Liberty dump British tea Parliament, outraged by the blatant destruction of British property, enacted the Coercive Acts, called the "Intolerable Acts" by the colonists, in 1774. The Coercive Acts closed Boston to merchant shipping, established formal British military rule in Massachusetts, made British officials immune to criminal prosecution in America,…

I love champagne, and Piper's is one of my/our favorites. Got to love the CEO's accent! Her's how Cecile Bonnefonds got to the top of the champagne world.