Since it's the end of July, I wanted to publish a quick update with the goings-on of the past few weeks. After Jackson, Philippe and I spent a few days back in Boulder preparing for him to leave. Coordinating with his other climbing partner (Brad McMillon), running a million small errands, packing... all the while, enjoying the excellent company of old and new friends in Boulder. When I dropped Philippe at the airport on the 7th, I just kept heading east... driving all of the way to Omaha, Nebraska to see my family - especially my 87 year-old grandmother. Splitting my time between my dad's house and the retirement community, I played a lot of cribbage, gin, and rummy-cube, watched a lot of Price Is Right, and fixed a few computers. I think Cameron Diaz made
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