Ice Climbing!!!

This is me going crazy... at least I thought you would have to be to climb a frozen waterfall with a couple of axes!

Here is my buddy Kevin, we are adventure junkies and are planning a glacier traverse next! Should be really awesome.

Here is Kevin doing some flying leaps on his way down....

This is a shot from the bottom where Kevin held the rope and that is me up on the ice almost all the way to the top....

You really stick to the ice, I was amazed, too much fun! I did pretty good for a first timer, never fell and passed a bunch of guys that had been doing it for years... not to brag or anything.... ;)Representing Marmot!!!

That is a shot of Kevin at the bottom in the blue coat.... Pretty far down eh? You rapel down and that is a blast too!

Cant wait to go again!!!

Cabo San Lucas Wedding and Tucson Trip

The long awaited Mexico trip finally came, and went too quickly. Our friends Michelle (how Ben and I met through in Tucson) and her fiancee Rob had asked up to be a part of their Vacation Wedding in Cabo San Lucas. We had a great time. Here are some shots to enjoy of Cabo, hope you like the following posts and get a feel of just how much extreme fun we had. We're hopeing to have a reunion soon! :)

Wedding Rehearsal and dinner

All us gringos out on the beach trying to rehearse for the wedding while the local jewelry dealer tries to sell us "top of the line" bracelets, earings, and necklaces. Funny, we all ended up buying some by the time the trip was over! :)

Michelle and her girlfriends at the rehearsal dinner----back together again having a blast!

A pirate-ship in the bay that was lit up at night

Our Villa

Michelle and Rob did an amazing job finding a great place for us all to stay. It was called Club Cascadas de Baja. Ben got lucky and got to stay in the villa with the bride and her maids!

The fun tropical bed, complete with bug net (guess they get crazy mosquitos in the summertime)

The great open air shower.....

The amazing hot tub and bar on the deck of our villa!

Morning of the wedding

Ben giving the bride (above) and the groom (below, along with a couple other groomsmen) an early wedding present, jet skiing! Ben and Michelle were lucky enough to have a whale come out of the water right next to them while they were out!

Morning of the wedding

Ben, Michelle, Holly and Erin enjoying the sun on the deck of our villa. All trying to get a little more color before the wedding!

Wedding preparation

Michelle's beautiful hair.....those are real orchids, quite heavy too! But it looked fantastic.

The view out of the honeymoon suite, where we got ready in, nice day!

The girls!

The Wedding

The father walking his daughter down the sand and flower covered aisle.....

Taking their vows....

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The wedding party......

The first dance...

reception

The reception area....sorry for the blurriness, but just so you get an idea of how beautiful it was!

The lovely ladies!

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the table layouts...very cute, complete with luminarias.

Even had starfish in the bowls!

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Awwwwe!!!

The ginormous rock and new wedding band on the brides hand------- B-E-A-UUUUUUUUtiful!!!!!

The back view of the bride and her wedding party.

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The traditional "Feed each other cake" gig, a little disappointed there wasn't any "smashing cake into each other's face" gig though! :)

The garter search......

The guys waiting patiently, deciding when to run away! :)

Mexico...

Lisa and I on the scuba cruise.... This is the famous arch in the background... the side we are on is the sea of cortez and through the arch is the pacific ocean!

Man all that partying tired me out! Here are our partners in crime Holly and Erin, it sure was a blast hanging out with yous twos.....