"To qualify for mountain rescue work, you have to pass our test. The doctor holds a flashlight to your ear. If he can see light coming out the other one, you qualify."
- Willi Pfisterer
Possibly, I’ll post something during the trip. Possibly not… See you in 2 weeks! 
Soon I’ll be on vacation mode!
It has long been my contention that there is a fundamental difference between a “racer” and a “runner.” I like to race, to run marathons to see how fast I can go, to compete against others, to watch the clock in hopes of beating my previous best time. But in racing, there is a finish line. I don’t like finish lines. It is the journey I cherish, not crossing the finish line. In racing, there are boundaries, preset courses, rules that must be abided by. Racing is a construct of man.
Running, to me, is the purest expression of absolute freedom. There are no boundaries; there are no finish lines, nothing is contrived. There is only never-ending liberty to go as you please, to savor and explore, to immerse yourself wholeheartedly in the experience of being completely alive for this fleeting moment in which we inhabit the universe…
Dean’s Run Home: Best Of Both Worlds
I feel like going for a “short” run…
Yeah, it has been a really messy day and it hasn’t ended yet 
By the end of February, 2007, if you had asked any of the international talent in Argentine Patagonia what kind of season it was, they would have said, “not so good,” or “very unstable,” or “unpredictable,” or “too windy, and cold.” Amongst a congregation of talented alpinists such as Alex Huber, Rolo Garibotti, Jon Walsh and Josh Wharton, to name only a few, two Swiss climbers, Cyrille Berthod (brother of the crack climbing phenom, Didier Berthod) and Simon Anthamatten came out of the season with eight major and two minor summits…
Source: Alpinist Magazine.
We arrived there by mid-day, but with enough time to do the circumnavigation of the crater via Espinazo del Diablo. We had a really nice day, the weather was good (it snowed a bit while we were climbing the Espinazo) and we enjoyed an extremely beautiful orange sunset while descending towards Laguna del Sol.
Here is the GPS plot of the route and if you want to see some photos please go here:
We were barely able to catch some breaths during the run. Beto had to cut down the route in order to make it back alive to the car, while I managed to run it entirely but in not-so-elegant style.
What is wrong with us humans? Do we need to live under such extreme conditions? 
Pedro Beltrao has created two pipes for combining bioinformatics-related content. Their design for now is pretty straightforward, but I’m sure that they’ll serve as a starting point for creating more complex ones. We’ll see what comes with time…
From my point of view, these notes are useful to any programmer, specially those who like to live in a constant mess…
En la Patagonia, a la sombra del Cerro Torre, el Cerro Mocho no llama la atención. Mocho porque parece cortado transversalmente, su cumbre es amplia. Ixchel Reyes realizó la primera ascención mexicana a ese cerro junto con el español Eneko Pou en febrero de este año…
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Disclaimer: Don't do it. Look at the pictures between these covers, read the stories. Look in Leo's eyes. Don't be a fool. This shit kills people, takes friends, steals parents, seduces children. Maybe you won't die climbing, but you might. We suggest golf.
Taken from Alpinist #0
