Krill Lemans is my friend

I have a friend named Krill Lemans. He has one passion.
It's not like other peoples' passions. Other people are passionate about politics, art, education, and such. Krill has chosen to leave these things to the professionals and focus on a much more intimate subject.

Krill married an adventurous, beautiful young lady named Jean ten years ago. Together, Jean and Krill Lemans rode side by side on their bicycles across lands as wide and diverse as God could make them. They loved each other and riding their bikes, and there was nothing in the world that could separate them, or so they thought.

Two years ago, Jean and Krill were riding to the community garden to pick up some summer squash when a neon green Honda hatchback ran a red light just as Jean was safely crossing the crosswalk. Neither Jean nor the driver could react quickly enough to prevent a collision between the reckless rice-rocket and the vulnerable cyclist. Krill watched from the other side as the love of his life was killed by carelessness on the road.

For a year after that, Krill went on a spiritual journey that included spurts of asceticism, drug-induced romps in outer-space, and trips to the tallest mountains in central Africa. Finally, after coming to peace with the world and his destiny, Krill settled in Provo, UT to team up with some of his mormon buddies and embark on a new revolution: Bicycle Safety. His mediums of communication involve musical, theatrical, and cinematic productions convincing the world of the importance of being safe on your bike.

Included in this blog is Krill's first effort in expressing his passion. It is a catchy tune entitled "Bike Safety". He teamed up with the musical geniuses at Krunkster Beats to give us this heartfelt declaration of bike-death-prevention.

Scrabble

Words with Friends provides bonding opportunites with my brother and I. Words with Friends is scrabble game and it's awesome. If you want to play me, my name is kirkkrunk. Anyways, I had a conversation today with my brother via g chat. It went as follows:

me: i see you

Andrew: ...
busy
play scrabble
you can not beat me

me: you are a homo

Andrew: under any circumstance

me: of course i can
i already did

Andrew: never again
MARK
MY
WORDS
YOUNG
PADAWAN

me: im putting this on facebook

Andrew: ha ha

me: the entire conversation

Andrew: please do

me: and then when i win i will refer back to this

Andrew: although you called me a homo.
some people will be offended

me: i will put it on my blog
and i will say that it contains offensive material

Andrew: this part too?
If I don't see the entire convo, including this, I will bruise your face
now, I really must be off
toddaloo
toodaloo

me: this is embarassing
come down for anti-matter

Andrew: I want to

me: let me know.

Andrew: How about Friday or Saturday?

me: im going to beirut tomorrow night

Andrew: may we join you?

me: i think im busy this weekend, climbing and such
yes

Andrew: maybe we should meet up over here?
you can park your car

me: my buddy is not going to the concert

Andrew: we can walk and take trax

me: oh...yea for sure
k talk to you later
Andrew: ok

Stay tuned for score updates and notable words...

Pheifferhorn

Up Little Cottonwood Canyon

Hawaii

Lava

Lava erupts and forms rocks.

Rocks erode into gravel, sand, and mud.

Gravel, sand and mud turn into rocks.

Rocks melt and erupt as lava.

Field Camp Week 6

Due to technical difficulties*, no pictures will be posted of the final week of field camp. It's a shame because the desert has a lot to offer us geologists. We had to make a geologic map of a fairly extensive region this past week. I was able to enhance my tans lines, my hiking skills, my loner skills (we mapped alone), my pb & j making skills, my homeless skills, my compass skills, my rattlesnake awareness skills, my first aid skills, my sunscreen appliance skills, my wilderness survival skills, my thinking skills, and some geology skills. Good times were had.

*My camera broke thanks to an over-anxious, clumsy, silly geologist as I was taking a picture of a rattlesnake.

Field Camp Week 5

The Beaver Dam Mountains: Good for Nothing is Good for Me

Field Camp Week 4

Diamond Fork Canyon: A great place to herd cattle

By Kirk Schleiffarth

Field Camp Week 3

This week we went to Capitol Reef National Park located in south central Utah. The park is pretty awesome. Our group stayed in the park field station which is run completely on solar power. The facility was really nice, simple, and clean. We were instructed to limit our use of energy, water and trash. It was refreshing to live so simply and comfortably in an essentially impact-free facility. I feel motivated to live more simply and get over the American or generational mindset that I can't make a difference.

The geology of the park was a lot of fun to study. My group of 3 was assigned a certain formation in the Triassic period and we spent 3 days finding exposed beds, analyzing, and measuring the entire unit, which represented over 100 million years of deposition. Based on the composition of the rock and sedimentary features we could interpret the environment and climate of the past.....Anyways, I think it's sweet.

Field Camp Week 2

We went to Yellowstone this week.

It was practically vacation.