Exciting plans (climbing)

I'm going to spend a week of guided climbing at El Potrero Chico in Mexico. I'll be heading down the week of February 14-22nd, and will have 4 days of training (skills and technique), a rest-day, then a 2-day ascent of a 2300 foot "Time Wave Zero" sport climb, including an overnight on the cliff. It won't be cheap, but I'm really excited about this. (For comparison, Coyote climbing gym is about 23' tall, so I'll be climbing 100 Coyote's up. Yeeha!)

This is an (approximate) picture of my final climb:
http://www.rockclimbing.com/photos/Big_Wall/Timewave_Zero_83432.html

When you get games wrong...

"consume" powers are mandatory in Race For the Galaxy. Interesting. Changes things, maybe not a lot, but it does change things. One person's consume action can prevent another's later wish to trade. Cool.

And, in other thoughts, I'd like to own Brass, it is a good game. But, I've got two friends, who are often at gaming, who both own the game, so I don't need to own it. But, the collector in me wants to own it. Gar.