Dagrim's Tales

Important question

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 01:41:15 GMT

Is a big slice of (left-over) apple pie an appropriate breakfast before a day of climbing? I'm hoping so, because that is tomorrow morning's plan.

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ICN -> YYZ -> YOW.

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:37:02 GMT

Homeward bound. Passage through customs and security at Incheon has been quick and easy, without lineups, both ways.a

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YOW -> YYZ -> ICN

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:43:54 GMT

An actual business trip!

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BOS -> YTZ -> YOW

Fri, 29 May 2026 19:44:19 GMT

Booked Porter because it was the only direct Ottawa -> Boston I could find, sadly the return direct flight was too late and I have to go through Toronto, but at least it is Billy Bishop, not Pearson.

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Delay

Fri, 29 May 2026 00:12:51 GMT

Finally arrived in Boston - a 3-hour delay on a 1.5-hour flight. Not a good ratio, Porter.

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YOW -> BOS

Thu, 28 May 2026 16:33:10 GMT

One-day trip to Boston for a marketing event.

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YOW -> YUL -> ATH

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:51:55 GMT

Headed to Leonidio for a return visit for two weeks of climbing with Kate, Chantalle, and France.

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YOW -> EWR -> SLC

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 02:21:58 GMT

But, this time I made it.

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YOW -> ORD -> SLC

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 10:16:21 GMT

Perhaps my last business trip?

Or not... stupid Chicago weather.

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Home!

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 01:29:50 GMT

I am back home again, after a good week of climbing in Squamish. Due to weather and scheduling issues, I ended up climbing 6 days in a row, and was very tired by the end of it. Luckily, it actually rained on day 7, so we saw spawning and dead salmon, packed up, relaxed, drove back to Vancouver, and had good sushi.

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YOW -> YVR

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:32:07 GMT

Then on to Squamish.

I'm not making nearly as many of these posts any more. :(

This trip is climbing, to nobody's shock or surprise.

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New crag!

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 02:39:01 GMT

Another new crag has been opened near Ottawa - and tomorrow I go to explore it. Hopefully I come back!

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Canada day cottage

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:02:40 GMT

That was a lovely Canada-day long weekend(ish) at the cottage. Thank you everyone who joined me and made it a good time. And, especially, thank you weather for presenting us with an awesome weekend of weather for all our cottage activities.

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Climbing weekend, finally!

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 23:33:23 GMT

Finally a weekend with a solid forecast of two days of climbing weather! Today, got out for a light day at Lac Sam, hitting Pink Floyd Wall and Gully Wall with Bart.

Tomorrow, aiming for Panorama/Bowman with a bit bigger crew.

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YOW -> YYZ -> FRA -> MRS

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:46:16 GMT

I am off to climb in the Calanques (and that region) with a good crew: Simon, Kate, Chantalle, France, Phil, Rachel (and 'Xander who will only be climbing if he escapes supervision for too long), and I think a couple of Phil's friends from England. It should be a good time.

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Mont Saint-Anne

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 01:44:46 GMT

Michael and I are trying Mont Saint-Anne this time, for our annual ski trip, rather than Whistler/Blackcomb.

We expect a somewhat difference experience.

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Snow

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 19:19:07 GMT

That's a properly Ottawa-winter amount of snow out there. I don't feel like we've had a "real" winter in several years, now. A combination of warm temperatures and lack of snowfall and/or snow accumulation. But this winter has been pretty steadily below freezing for what feels like a month now, and we've gotten two foot-level dumps of snow in 5 days, so actual real accumulation.

Of course, this also means I'm moving a lot more snow around than I'm used to doing. I've got a little "electric snow shovel" to help, and so I don't become one of those 50s male heart-attack on first snow-storm of the year statistics.

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Tonight's Experiment

Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:16:56 GMT

1 (blanco) tequila : 2/3 (cold) decaf coffee : 2/3 creme de cacao : 1/2 simple syrup. Shaken with ice.

Perhaps I might call it "The Mexican Connection".

Reasonably tasty.

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2024 reading

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 20:31:11 GMT

For a number of years now I've been targeting a reading rate of (an average if) 1 book a week over the year, and recording what I read.

This year (2024), I read 55 books, which sounds like nicely exceeding my goal, until I compare to last year's 87 books.

Still mostly not Cis/Straigh/Whilte/Male authors.

List in first reply...

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'Tis the season...

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:01:17 GMT

Merry Christmas!

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Home again!

Sat, 14 Dec 2024 23:14:27 GMT

International arrivals at YOW was the busiest I've seen in ages, maybe ever. There was my Chicago flight, and 4 sun-destination flights all at the same time (Orlando, Ft. Lauderdale, Cancun, and Punta Cana all arriving at the same time.

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SLC -> ORD -> YOW

Sat, 14 Dec 2024 13:35:47 GMT

I am returning home by a slight more direct route than I came out here.

Unfortunately, no lounge at SLC; apparently, it is a new airport, and the United lounge is "under construction".

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YOW - EWR -SLC

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 18:21:46 GMT

Work trip this time. Unfortunate time for visiting Salt Lake City, though, as it is neither climbing nor skiing season there right now.

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The time has come

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 17:53:45 GMT

The time has come to emotionally commit to the idea that climbing season is done for this year, and it is time to sort, organize, clean, and put away the climbing gear.

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Fuck

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 01:44:52 GMT

Fuckity-fuck fuck.

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