I'm doing 16 things
Heinous Cling, 5.12a
5 days ago
TR’d my first 5.12 yesterday: Heinous Cling at Smith. I fell 3 times but it didn’t seem that hard… (ie it didn’t seem completely impossible).
Laurel Fan's Life List
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1. Hike the West Coast Trail
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2. Hike the pacific northwest trail
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3. See the midnight sun
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4. Visit all of the parks in Seattle
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5. Make 43 Things Faster
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6. Speak at a conference
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7. Fix up my apartment
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8. Make 43 Things better
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9. Learn chinese
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10. Try 43 new recipes
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11. knit myself a hat
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12. pay off my mortgage
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13. Improve the 43 Things iPhone app
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14. climb the ceiling route at Stone Gardens
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15. lead a 5.11 on gear
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16. climb 5.12
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: The quiz can be taken at: http://43things.com/book#quiz. Just check the boxes and see what you get.I found out that I'm a Spiritual Extroverted Tree Hugger. What are you? Read how I did it…
It made me
blue-haired
How I did it: I'd heard a lot of horror stories about bleaching black hair, so I went to a hipster salon and had them do the bleaching and first dyeing. It took almost four hours for the foils and bleaching process, so I'm pretty sure I got my $100 worth. I chose a really dark color (Special Effects Blue Velvet) for a more subtle effect.They don't make permanent blue dye, only semipermanent. I expected the color to gradually wash out, but I… Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: I have Backpack send a reminder to my cell phone at 8:35 every day. I don't always get it at exactly 8:35 (and sometimes I have my phone off or aren't in range), but I don't really feel like I need to be on the second with the 8:36 thing.I take a picture of the most interesting thing within reach, and poke a short message in the phone (I don't have a fancy phone so it only lets me enter 40 characters in the subject of picture messag… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
if there's another Vantage trip this winter
1 week ago
There are a couple thin finger cracks I have my eye on at Vantage. Might need to buy or borrow a few more small cams and another set of nuts…
in Vantage!
1 week ago
Led a couple short and relatively easy bolted 11a’s at Vantage: Weep Holes on a Sill and The Creation of Tranquility.
Also TR’d a couple of 5.11 crack routes (Bob’s Your Uncle 11a and Stems and Seeds 11b). Next time…
