2023 In Review
Notables
General
It’s been a strange year- I was sick for six weeks in the beginning and lost a lot of weight. It was not a Good Time. I’ve been off and on sick for the rest of the year- not ideal. In between that though there were some pretty good moments. The traveling continues:
- Lived in San Carlos de Bariloche for the first few months of the Year
- Lived in my car until July, paddling a bunch of whitewater
- Lived in the Faroe Islands
- Did a pretty rad trip in Tajikistan
- Lived in a comically small AirBnB in Snoqualmie pass for about a month
- Lived in Mexico until the New Year, survived all the bad shit that
happened there
- San Agustin Etla
- Jalcomulco!
- M and I have been married for a year now, so that worked.
- My spanish is much better now. Still transactionational.
Bikes
- Finally got one- a Singlespeed new-gen Krampus. It’s nice to have a bike again waiting for me.
Running
No big runs or anything this year other than a small vert race in September in Snoqualmie Pass. Lots of consistency though. Or trying to have lots of consistency.
- The shin splints will continue until morale improves- I’ve been battling this since my stress fracture in 2022. Giving my shins some good time off currently.
- Discovered running in sandals really works for me
- Got back some fitness in Mexico, I ran a lot for me- the daily mile is a really nice way to keep some consistency.
Adventure
- Tajikistan packrafting!
- Megan got me into the daily cold dip in the Faroes
Skiing
- None at all! But we’re in Japan now and skiing every day.
Climbing
- Climbed at El Potrero Chico
Packrafting/Kayaking
62 recorded days in the boat, with probably 5-6 more unrecorded. I’m pretty happy with that number considering how mobile we were.
- St Joe Drainage
- My new favorite drainage- Slate Creek was a gem.
- Lochsa Revenge (No swims!)
- Little Salmon revenge (Didn’t walk off!)
- 3-bears on the metolious
- Niagara on the Santiam
- Hiked into Canyon Creek (CA)
- Paddled Canyon Creek (WA)
- Paddled The E. Fork of the Lewis for the first time and didn’t swim
- Still can’t reliably roll my packraft
- John Day multiday with Jake
Strength/Fitness
Mostly had to build back up from ground zero on this one, so no real break-throughs.
Books
Too many audiobooks to count, which I don’t, and only a handful of paper books. I decided not to write them down this last year, which I don’t really like.
Living the Best Day Ever is my favorite book of all time. I return to it often.
Code
I rewrote the backend for shithouse.tv which adds a cool, weird, custom Python <-> Lua binding. I like it. It was quite a lot of work, actually. Otherwise it was pretty Monday to Friday. ReverseGPX continues to tick along with a few users.
Regrets
Goals from Last Year
n/a
Goals for 2024
- Books
- Infinite Jest
- 2066
- Mao II
- Born to Run
- Videography
- Shoot video every day
- Make some fun edits from Japan
- Self
- New Tattoo
- Guitar Daily
- Weekly meditation
- Eat better - More veggies!
- Get resting heartrate under 50
- Wake up and go to bed consistently. Do the work.
- 20 consecutive pull-ups
- Cold Dips
- Boating
- The Chetco/Tin Cup Creek/Illinois Triple
- Any one of those rivers ^^^
- Paddle in Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan or Zambia
- Live in Kernville
- Running
- Fastpack something, preferably the Kalmiopsis
- Have a good 50k
- Have a good 50-miler
- Fix shin splints
- Skiing
- Land a 180
- Learn to ride switch
- Don’t get injured
- Do some cool spring touring
- Ski Yotei
- Visit a ghost resort
- Relationships
- Monthly/Weekly check-ins with M
- Interact and support Mom/Dad/Cameron
- Hang out with close friends more often
- Writing
- Write about Japan life
- Write about the GoPros I’ve been using
Injuries
Besides being sick all the time and my chronic shin splints, I’m doing pretty well. Feeling pretty strong and fit.
