Gregory Crouch's Blog, page 17
September 1, 2013
Climbing Mount Damavand
Of all the mountains in the world I've been fool enough to climb, Iran's Mount Damavand stands with Argentina's Cerro Torre as the only two "offshore" mountains I've been fool enough to climb twice. Here are some pics of my second trip up the mountain. Continue reading →
August 31, 2013
2013 CNAC reunion party at Moon Chin’s house
Photos from the 2013 CNAC Association party at Moon Chin's house Continue reading →
August 28, 2013
The “old” Bay Bridge’s last day
I've always been partial to the Bay Bridge, a working man's bridge, the red-headed stepchild of the Bay Area compared to its glamorous twin Continue reading →
August 27, 2013
Photos of Esfahan, Iran
Most taken in the Friday Mosque, one of my favorite public buildings I've ever had the pleasure of visiting. Esfahan, Iran Continue reading →
August 26, 2013
What are those huge concrete arrows pointing the way across America?
Do those things really exist? What are they doing out there, and what purpose do they serve? Turns out that they do, and they were once crucial to the U.S. Airmail Service. Continue reading →
August 25, 2013
Right Mate, Let’s Get On With It still ticking along
I think it might be the best piece of adventure writing I've ever done. Continue reading →
August 24, 2013
Musical arrow to the heart courtesy of Rachel Price and Lake Street Dive
I get that I'm the most spectacularly unhip person on earth, so everybody else has probably been turned into this for years, if not decades, but Mother of God, what a phenomenal voice... Continue reading →
August 23, 2013
Random Friday Linkage
Random Friday Linkage: Carly Rae Jepson, Paul Bogard, car chases, Bo Xilai, bad human beings, Louisiana sinkholes, two funny foreign commercials, and most importantly, why Robert Plant won't reform Led Zeppelin Continue reading →
August 22, 2013
Stephan Siegrist did Cerro Torre’s West Face in winter, AGAIN!
I'm thrilled to see the news that Stephan Siegrist has done it AGAIN--made ANOTHER ascent of the West Face of Cerro Torre. Congratulations, Stephan! Links & photos. Continue reading →
August 21, 2013
BASE jumping tragedy
Regular readers of this site will remember that two months ago I posted a review of Steph Davis’s remarkable book, Learning to Fly. In it, amidst a description of the wild concatenation of adventures that rock Steph’s life during the … Continue reading →
