A Day Off @ Boston

How much fun can I have on a day off?

I asked myself this question late Sunday night after a grueling weekend of back to back double shifts totaling in 32 hrs of work in two days. Tomorrow was Monday, Columbus Day, I had the day off and I desperately needed a distraction to get my mind away from my last two double-shifts. 

I lay in bed trying to suss out my plan for tomorrow. I decided to try to cram in three of my favorite Boston activities: climbing, sailing and music. When I woke up around 1130a I was still groggy from some accumulative sleep debt and need to take a slow morning. I popped in a movie about the history of climbing in Yosemite, it passed the time while I snargled some breakfast and planned my day. First it would be to Hammond Pond (a local climbing area about a 20 minute bike ride away in Newton) with my Brother and friends, Ingy, Peggy, Addison, and Tom. From there I would bike to Charlestown for some sailing in The Harbor with MoWo and Gracy. 

Video: A Boston Climber's Journal: A Day Off @ Boston pt.1

From there I planned on trying to see some music. What ended up happening was Taco night @ MoWos. This was the bomb and such a nice way to relax after so much outside-ness. After Dinner I could not find a music option that I was super stoked on so I gave my buddy "All the Nicolaides" a call, if there was good music in Boston he would know where it was going down. Instead of music he invited me to the climbing gym, with him and Flan (one of my roommates and friend). We did some mellow topdogging linking up easy climbs just to get some movement in. Then we settle on attempting the brand spanking new obstacle course. This was fantastic and many of the obstacles were a fun challenge. Next we did some fun campusing shenanigans that got us giggling and having fun. The night ended at around 230a with some car packing Tetris(R) followed by some chinese food. Most of the events, I attempted to document with my new GoPro camera and "Thunder Gun" into a video.

Video:* A Boston Climber's Journal: A Day Off @ Boston pt.2

-Jeb, out-

*Note the footage from pt. 2 is filmed at a much later date.