Ok the winners for the August contest are:
Previously unreported trips:
hanman
mattschweiker
daylward
Random drawing:
scottg
Ptown_Climber1
Jacob Smith
Drop me a PM to claim your prize.
If you haven't received your prizes from a previous contest please drop me a PM and I'll make sure the lose ends get closed. We'll have t-shirts out in a few weeks, I just need to pick up some mailers and stuff.
First, August set an all time record for the number of trip reports at 128. We had two months previously at 127.
Second, I'll announce the winners for August later today as well as post the details for the September giveaway.
THE GLOBAL STRATEGIC MAPLE SYRUP RESERVE HAS BEEN COMPROMISED!
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/police-probing-quebec-maple-syrup-heist-worth-up-to-30-million/article4510740/
Good for you. Not a great statistic but I've had two friends lose their Dads to ALS the last couple years. It's a disease that unfortunately suffers from a lack of funding.
+1 to see a doctor and let a good PT treat it. I know an excellent PT in the Seattle area if you need a reference.
I think there is another way to think of injuries now that you are out of your 20s. Instead of "I want to be doing X in Y weeks" it should be more along the lines of "I want to still be able to do X when I'm Y years old" (Y being much later in life if that is your thing). That means making the number one priority being treating it to get back as close as 100% as you can get, and spending more time doing preventative training.