ajm - errata non grata

Activity in the Nether

That guy Andrew Matranga: Writer | Editor | Cartographer has taken to covering the 2008 Election Cycle and posting some cartographic reflections on the emerging geoweb. Check in with one of his many interweb alter egos.

Update to andrewmatranga

Check the latest from AJM @ andrewmatranga blog.

Award-winning website

So, for the second year in a row, BACKPACKER has won an award. And this time, it’s for the website that is my waking life, backpacker.com/hikes

See more on this exciting honor at my Andrew Matranga - Writer, Editor and Mapmaker blog.

Updates from yet another alter ego

So since I am writing for publications now, I figure I might as well stake even more intellectual acreage in the vastness. I’ve set up a blog for the writings that will be featured in print and online.

Go to Andrew Matranga for updates on the upcoming writings you’ll find in BACKPACKER Magazine, THE Journal, and Campus Technology. I have a few pitches I am working on, so hopefully someone picks up those ideas.

A story I wrote for T.H.E. Journal (Technology Horizons in Education) about Math and Science software/courseware tools is now live on their site and in the February issue.

I hope to get more freelance work, so there’s a reason to update that page.

Early Winter's Welcome

After a full-on day and night of snow yesterday, today we’ve got a fine layer of icing on the Flatirons and surrounding farms and fields of Boulder Valley. Days like these remind me that ‘tis is a priviledge to live in Colorado. So, I figured I’d head up to the roof to snap some pics of such a fine day.

Sierra Images

Pictures from the long walk are up on anize. Thanks to the Professor for uploading and picture taking, and the 1ey and [tmo] for photo and food help.

The Waking Moments Between Alarm and Dawn

but really, it was a long walk. we made it out just fine. a pair of crocs saved my trip from the first week on. trail angels. i shed tears, no joke. it was an early morning before our resupply, and mentally i was prepping to enter civilization and then have to re-enter the woods. not that i wasn’t excited, but once your legs get dialed you have to then amp up your mind. two parts physical four parts mental. a real test of stamina and will. then many days of mountain passes and crysal-clear lakes and rushing creeks and high basins and granite spires stretching into infinity. fast forward to a tequila sunrise on half dome with two strangers and two buddies who made it out as our last food drops. amazing moment. played guitars on the top before the camera-wielding touristicos arrived. after 29 days, i was spent and was running the last three miles, pavement pounding my knees and feet down the JMT to the valley, which might have hurt my foot. we’ll see how it feels in another weeks. indeed, too many moments of pure bliss. a sensory overload like times square but with nature’s neon and ticker tape each morning. walking through evolution basin at sunset. waking up in a sleeping bag of ice after sleeping out one night that night at 11,000 feet. the muir hut at muir pass after being sick that morning. meadow after meadow of purple and pink and yellow wildflowers. each peak a new story to tell. a few brushes with the black bears of yosemite….

Back in the Saddle

See erratanongrata at Blogger to follow our trip through the High Sierra.