2010: we're out!

goodbye everybody!

cXc along the Presidential Range

This is from my Backpacking trip along the Presidential Mountain Range in NH. The weather was great up until Mt. Washington, where upon some fog/cloud covered the entire mountain, followed by snow/hail that started to hit us (my backpacking buddy and myself). On the top of Mt. Washington, it was 27 degrees, with 47 mph wind at our face, which came to a 16/17 degree wind chill, on a nice August day.

-Eric V
class of 13'

Cross Country in Kilts

This is Arthur's Seat, the highest point in Edinburgh, Scotland. There is a really good trail around the hill for running and a hike to the peak takes about 15 minutes-it is over 800 m above sea level. Edinburgh is a very historical city and a huge Summer music festival makes it a lively place, until 7:00 pm when all of the shops and restaurants close.

Holy Carp! CXC is in Mesopotamia!

In the Cradle of Civilization, there is a city called Urfa. In that city, there is a pool. And in that pool live sacred carp. Huge, ravenous sacred carp. If you go "all in" with the tray of fish food they hand out, they writhe in a slippery flopping mass. This needed a CXC for the novelty.

Ancient Rituals at Göbekli Tepe

11,000 years ago, sedentary hunter-gatherers worshiped in these, the oldest man-made temples in the world. Think Stonehenge is old? A greater time separates these temples from Stonehenge than separates Stonehenge from the present. This image shows a reenactment of the ancient ritual of CXC in a setting that is, I would say, appropriate.