Aug 31, 2010

Tweetaholics, the Butler did it, and not enough Rice

Won a Jeep hat from the official Jeep Twitter account today for this picture of Layla, my ZJ Grand Cherokee atop Freedom Falls in the Pa Wilds:
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Just a reminder to everyone that I am rocking a Twitter account... probably the best way to keep track of my updates on the blog and follow my madness as it happens considering I've become addicted to tweeting. Follow me!!
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Expect some updates the next few days from a few little adventures I had at or around Nemacolin the past few months... some Jeep and canoe fun at the least! On a related note, don't expect any updates over the holiday weekend as I will be headed back to Nemacolin to work. Hey, someone's gotta facilitate adventures for rich newbs, right?


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Following next week will be some Pittsburgh related adventures and such in honor of my return to the Steel City.




Reminder that time is winding down on this year's edition of the Most Amazing Race. If you're unfamiliar, its a version of CBS's reality show by the same name packed into one weekend in the greatest city on earth: Pittsburgh! It's charity race that helps raise funds for the Salvation Army, and competing teams need sponsors. Gunz and I will be competing under the Team Crash moniker again on September 25th and we still need lots of sponsors! Please help a great cause and a great adventure by donating to our team!


An even larger contingent of Team Crash will also be competing in the Warren Great Race on September 18th when Gunz and I are joined by Sparky and Bilo to show the Pa Wilds what's up. More to come on that soon enough when I re-establish the entire "Events" section of the website. Stayyyyy tuuuuuuned.




Back to the books... see ya soon!

Tally-ho!
-Crash

Aug 30, 2010

The End of One Adventure and the Start of a New One

Tally-ho!

It's the short cheesy battlecry that's become my trademark as I'm beginning a new journey or challenge. It's appropriate in a different way at the moment.

Backtrack a bit: the blog stood nearly still the past few months because I had temporarily moved to my cabin up at Sandpile Springs near Ohiopyle in the Laurel Highlands. I started training to be a whitewater guide on the Yough, but before I knew it I took up a position as a Recreation Coordinator at Nemacolin Woodlands. For the unfamiliar, its a swanky 5 Star 5 Diamond resort in the heart of the Pennsylvania mountains. I operated out of their Adventure Center, running zip lines, ropes courses, paintball combat, and rock climbing... with the occasional guided hike, bike trip, or offroad Jeep ride.


It was a crazy combination of class and adventure. Rubbing elbows with some of the economic elite at a beautiful hotel and taking them to play in the mountains around Ohiopyle... yeah... it was a kick-ass summer... even if I had no internet to blog with.


But it was only a stop-gap. Sparky and I had a sweet apartment lined up in downtown Pittsburgh. And as much as I enjoyed having waterfalls and rock crags in my backyard, this is home. And it's great to be back.

I'm trading in my climbing harness and starlight for law books and city lights. After a long break, I'm going back to school to live out my dream of practicing law while attending law school at Duquesne University. Our apartment is a far cry from the secluded cabin I just got used to, going from a forest down a dirt road to a boulevard in the heart of the Steel City but a great change nonetheless.

I hope my reintroduction to regular internet service means that I can go back to multiple updates here during the week. But no promises yet... the workload of law school doesn't leave much time for blogging... or adventuring. But I will do my best to restore the Adventures of Captain Crash to what it was. Hopefully a few posts these next two weeks. Keep coming back.

Here's to a new adventure, and a challenge for the ages.

Tally-ho!
-Crash, future esquire

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This blog focuses on the travels of Captain Crash, a Pittsburgh native and outdoor guide with a knack for adventure. With a few sidekicks and two great Jeeps, Crash finds incredibly unique and scenic areas throughout Western Pa, WV, NY, OH, MD, and beyond. The adventures are typically off the beaten path to places almost completely unheard of today and often involve camping, offroading, ATVing, paddling, biking, hiking, backpacking, climbing, urban exploring, rappelling, cliff jumping, ghost hunting, urban legends and more.
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