New Belgium Beer Photos
January 5th, 2008 admin
The Guys Trip
…the back story
A tradition of sorts, the “guys trip” is something that started for me many years ago, when I joined a friend and his father for a winter trip to RMNP for some winter camping and ice climbing. Over the years the trip expanded to include new friends that shared the same interest in the outdoors.
It wasn’t long before we decided to start venturing out to other destinations, such as Joshua Tree, Arkansas and other areas of Colorado, which included one very cold trip to Mt. Columbia for a winter summit attempt. (I’m sure there will be a future post about that trip…)
So what is the significance of the New Belgium photo? Well life has grabbed a hold of all of us and has taken us in many different directions – some have moved away, and for others their job and their family is demanding more of their time. All of this has made it difficult to come together for trips.
However, individually we still find time to venture out and pursue the things that we love. So again, what’s with the photo? Well, as with most great adventures a day is not complete until you sit around with your friends with a few cold ones and lie about your exploits for the day. Since we can’t be together on all our trips westylivin started sending a photo of a New Belgium beer in a setting that without words shares with all of us what the day was about and that he was thinking of us…not sure if that was truly his intent, but that is what it did for me.
So in the spirit of this, I took this photo on my last climbing trip to Horseshoe Canyon Ranch. Westylivin has now ventured into blogoshpere and has motivated me to do the same. So for the rest of you that have been apart of these trips, I challenge you to take a stab at blogging about your adventures…
