Messin' with Texas

We made it! Descended 3000 meters in one day, back to warm sunny french summer! I feel like death. Now i must geT to holland in 12 hours #
Lost my wallet and phone. Jeromes cards don't work in europe and neither of us has money. spent 1/2day trying to figure out what to do! #
Found [...]

we will wait until night before crossing the snow plains back. We saw crevices on the way up that could be dangerous if soft from the sun #
Ten hours now in this metal shelter. Ten hours now of being cold. The forecast is that we can leave at 2am. Most groups plan to go up! [...]

All groups gave us the summit Only jeromes is still going. Meanwhile i am killing some finnish in english scrabble. Also won in chess and go #
After ten hours jerome is back. Dehydrated and exhausted. There was some debate in his group of calling a helicopter because he was so weak #
I am currently undefeated [...]

Against bills advice i let jerome get creative with the route. It took 2 hours to wade through waist deep snow. Everyone else followed us. #
We made it! The climb was exhausting. deep snow and nearly shear rock faces made the climb take 6hours. It was nearly dark when we arrived #
We are now [...]

We hiked through rain, then freezing rain then snow yesterday. High to no winds. Lesson of the day: Be 100% sure everything is water proof. #
Arrived in the hikers hut cold and wet, but just in time for an awesome dinner. After, we passed out. Slept very well. 3hours more today. #
There is a group [...]

mosquitoes in paris are polite and courteous compared to their rabid cousins in texas. Texas mosquitoes will carry off a baby if not careful #

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17 days of vacation starting now! After one heck of a week at work, i am starting by climbing mont blanc in france with a friend jerome #
Haven't taken off yet and already forgot my backpack, lost my drivers license and got in a fight at checkin. Last continental flight for me! #
Arrived in paris. [...]

After fermenting for a week, Eli and I went back to the log cabin in the woods where his friend lives. Eli didn’t want to blow up his living space so he got a friend to let him store it at his place. I think the real reason was that if people where Eli lives [...]

Last Sunday, I was invited to hangout with Eli, a guy I work with. The day was very interesting to say the least. Mudding, shooting and making moonshine were the highlights.
That’s Eli’s rifle. It’s a replica of some famous rifle from the civil war. I apparently have a lot to learn since I didn’t know [...]

Friday afternoon it snowed in Beaumont! All of my friends here say it almost never snows. It will be years between snow falls. Well since I have been here it has snowed twice! (last year’s snow blog entry)
Anyway, here are some pictures and video of the snow. It is so humid here that the cold [...]