Castle Peak - 14,260 ft.

To decompress after the bar, a few of us decided to head to the high altitude summit of Castle Peak just outside of Aspen. I had previously climbed King's Peak in Utah a few times (13,526 ft.), but I had never climbed above 14,000 feet. Here is a photographic summary:


This is the road we drove up, which took us well above treeline.


Above, you can see the most scenic parking lot in all the rocky mountains.


This is Matt & Joe scoping the route up . . .


Almost to the summit, looking back down the ridge just below 14,000 ft.


The Summit Shot! 14,260 feet! But there was no view except for heavy grey mist.


Once the mist cleared, this was our view.


The fast way down . . .


. . . and then back into town before the evening lightning storms roll in!

FULL SUCCESS!

Front Porch Visitor

The other night, I drove home from Denver in a daze after enduring the two day Colorado bar exam. Back in Aspen, I went to get my bags out of the car in the rainy darkness. As I went to open the back of the Jeep, I looked to my left, and there on the front porch was a black bear. He looked at me, and just wandered away.

I, on the other hand, made a mad dash for the back door. Welcome back to Aspen!

A New Food Critic

Aspen's Black Bears on our Driveway

The bears are out and about this summer in Aspen! This big black bear paw print is on the door in the driveway where the garbage is locked up. A bear evidently took a liking to something he smelled inside, but couldn't get it. But he didn't leave without unleasing his claws on the door (see below).


Sam's wide eyes illustrate his opinion of living in bear country:
AMAZING!

Unprecedented Bar Exam Boredom

Below, you will find a snippet of how I spend my days. Not only that, but the bolded sentence is my favorite of all of the "Secured Transactions" curriculum found in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

"Because the rules governing priority in non-filing collateral contain many exceptions to the "first to file or perfect rule," the UCC contains a special priority rule for certain proceeds of that collateral. A secured party has priority in the proceeds of non-filing collateral if: (i) she has priority in the original collateral, (ii) her security interest in the proceeds is perfected, and (iii) the proceeds are cash proceeds or proceeds of the same type as the original collateral. If the proceeds are proceeds of proceeds, all intervening proceeds must be cash proceeds, proceeds of the same type as the original collateral, or accounts relating to the collateral."

Unbelievable!