Oregon: The Results

Let me start this off by saying that Oregon was AMAZING! I ended up having one teammate flying up with me to compete with me. We also got to have one of our 'coaches' who lived in Oregon to give us housing and transportation. So no big expenses (minus my overweight axe box).


In three of my four events I ended up with 4th in Caber toss, 3rd in Climbing and 3rd in Hard Hit. I also managed to make myself somewhat of a legend in the logging community by winning an arm wrestling match while pounding a beer.

I ended up being one of the better competitors and making sure everyone knew who I was.

Gee wiz, I sure do love logging.

Oregon...

So, I was supposed fly and meet my teammates in Oregon today. But last night I got a call telling me the team was turning around due to bad weather. This resulted in the team scratching itself from the competition. Because my flight plans were solid my team gave me the opportunity to go compete by myself.

Now, I am taking a full sized luggage and axe box. I'm pretty excited but also pretty sad. I'll miss having the team there for sure, but I will make sure to work hard. SUPER hard.


Wish me luck.

My Favorite Hobby

When I came to Colorado I knew one person. I struggled to make any friends of my own without this guy. So I randomly joined the logging team in hopes of making some. I was lucky to find what I think is the perfect group for me here.
This picture take by a friend sums up the logging aura. Everyone on the team was out moving metric ass loads of wood while hungover. Out of the twelve hours we were out there four of them were probably inefficiently spent skipping stones, making PB&Js or taking scheduled naps in grass infested with grasshoppers and cow pie (we harvest at a dairy farm).

We were given a hula hoop during a ten day long trip and we ended up hoopin' at one of the most beautiful places I have been in the US. I didn't even know about Glacier National Park.

I've also met friends through loggers that have got me into situations that I would never expect for myself. Climbing trees and making an ass out of yourself in front of the whole campus is fun with the right people.

They are my surrogate family while I am away from Los Angeles.

...and yes I got a picture with our new president with four other loggers.

Logging seems to take up all my mind and time nowadays. But I don't think that is a bad thing right now. My family is coming out for my competition this weekend. It may seem like a useless hobby and a waste of time to them but I am just excited that they finally get to see what I love doing. It is also more important to me that they come to this than my late graduation ceremony.

If I go to grad school I am going to look for a school that has a logging team.

Thank you for reading all my blabbering.


(images from friends)