Mt. Rainier

I'm flying to Seattle today with Mike Cullen, Ann Truelove, and Andrew Eckert, to meet up with the rest of the 'rainier crew.' We're going to try to summit Mt. Rainier, one of highest peaks in the continental US. And it's a volcano. The mountain has occupied my thoughts for a long time now, we started planning this trip about a year ago...










...Well, we made it. Climbing Rainier was incredible! I'll do a proper write up soon, but for now you can enjoy some more pictures.

the beginning

I've been thinking about writing a blog for a while now, sort of to take the place of, or supplement, my personal website (patrickmoloney.com). And now I've actually created it. I was recently inspired by a friend of mine, Chad Heddleston, who showed me his friends blog and his brother's write up of a climb in Washington, Mt Shuksan. I thought both the blog and the write-up were really inspiring, and figured now that I'm planning some adventures, this would be an awesome way to share them with my friends and family.

I'm going to keep this as up to date as possible, as long as it doesn't become a burden. So I apologize in advance if it gets old and stale like my other websites have become. I'm really keeping it as a journal or diary of travels and adventures, somewhat for myself, but also to share with anyone that's interested. I hadn't felt like I was doing anything really 'blog worthy' for a while there, say 2002-2005, just working and living in Frederick with the occasional fun trip thrown in there. Wish I would have written something down though! (Vail, Jackson Hole, scuba in Bonaire, backpacking weekends) But I would always get back from a trip and immediately be immersed in the day to day of work and life, as if the trip never even happened. A total bummer. I always had my photos to enjoy and spark memories, but I wasn't writing anything down. I've keep a journal before, when studying abroad in Australia, and I love reading it now. So hopefully this will work out in the same way.

I don't plan on making it really mundane like so many other blogs I've read... So it won't include stuff like: "woke up today, had some cereal for breakfast, drove to work..." yeah, I know ya'll don't care about that stuff, so I'll leave it out.