Stage Write

For the past 6 minutes I have been carefully crafting the poem I want to add to stage-write and troubadour this year. Enjoy,

I wonder if all the trees near Waldon pond know that a bunch of important stuff happened their. When their roots suck the water from the pond, do they remember the days of yore when Emerson sat under their shade? The walnuts on those trees must feel so lonely stuck in a prison like shell, then eaten by squirrels. Inches away from others, but always trapped, unable to contact on another and enjoy a sunny day. Seventy years is a long time, but not for the great pumpkin, Charlie Brown didn't see that coming, just like the old football trick. But, to be fair, nobody could have seen what would force the cows milk to turn sour and the mountains to be dusted with yellow snow. Unless of course you can read minds at the speed of light. If John Lennon had been a religious fanatic would he have supported terrorism? Bono probably would have tried to stop him, and I don't believe they would ever be friends. How come we can't fly without the aid of machines? Do the birds like being hit by airplanes? Most librarians are strange to me and have a boring job. And, as we all know books aren't just for squares. They are Squares!

-Adam Tross 1/27/09

1/19/09 The magic of the king

Happy MLK day everyone I hope all your dreams and wishes come true on this magical day. I haven't had much time for blog updates with the semester wrapping up and finals to prepare. After finals my focus will switch over to track, along with longer more frequent blog posts and rants. I've lowered my rowing PR to 20:05. Kosta Loukas is our current leader with 19:47, so i've got to keep working. Thats all for now. 

You stay classy DFDC.

-DFDCguru

1/5/09 Quick Update

Today I decided to take on the record for the 5000 meter row. I was unable to topple the current record of 20:40 set by Jacob Cohen, as my effort brought me to a second best 20:49.7. I am making it a personal goal to beat this record by the end of cool breeze, I think if next time I don't go out as hard as Sean Jacob's used to in the 800 then I can break it. Thats all I've got for now, except that blogging is lots of fun......and Brian Haley loves Ketchup.

The DFDCguru says keep it real ya'all!

Winter Break Shenanigans

The other day I had the chance to experience something that very few people get to do in their lifetimes. I was able to ski some of the most intense inbounds skiing in North America. So intense it is still considered back-country. What I speak of is of course the famous Highlands Bowl, at Aspen Highlands ski area. Highlands Bowl features experts only terrain, where the average pitch is 45 degrees, and 8 people have died skiing it since it was deemed safe enough and opened to the public in 2002. But, what make Highlands Bowl so famous among the ski industry is that it can only be accessed through a 45 minute hike, on a narrow snow covered path with shear cliffs on either end. Starting at 11,600 feet and finishing at 12,400 feet above sea level this 800 foot vertical elevation gain and 1.1 mile total distance hike is strenuous on its own, add 30 pounds of ski gear, and oxygen levels that are 47% lower then Deerfield because of the altitude, and even some of the most rugged, advanced skiers choose to stay away. 

You may be asking, well what does this have to do with the DFDC? Well as I started the hike I was already tired just from being at such a high elevation with gear on my back. Climbing up was an agonizing experience. About halfway up after a more leveled section there is a sudden steep incline, crawling along upward with my lungs feeling like they wanted to explode, and my legs ready to give out, I thought of all the workouts and and different runs I have gone on as a DFDC runner. From the muggy long runs over the summer, to SI's on a freezing snow-covered North-Trail in the early weeks of Track. Thinking of all of the hard work I have accomplished over the course of my high school career helped to push me over the last few ridges to the top of the bowl, something only about 1400 people do a winter. I felt on top of the world, the rush I got from climbing to the top of this mountain, can only be compared to the feeling you get after accomplishing a goal during a race.

 I firmly believe that without the mental and physical training I have received from the DFDC I would not have been able to do something, that is now one of the most special things i've done in my life. The DFDC gave me the edge needed to make it to the top, and I know I will always use the lessons i've learned over the years to keep doing incredible things like this.

My first post...test

While I could use my first post as a test. I don't feel just writing the word "test" like so many of my contemporaries have done, would be a good way to break my blogging cherry. So here's to blogging. And, Hopefully my test post, works so I didn't spend 30 seconds typing for nothing. 

-DFDC Guru.