Plans for 2009

It's Thanksgiving week, the year is coming to an end... Time to look back, but also time to look ahead. I have accomplished quite a few of the goals I had set for myself for this year, not all of them, but given the circumstances I am quite happy with what I managed to complete.

During the year a few things came up which I want to do next year:

Running:

• do more races (5k - half marathon)
• improve PRs
• do trail races
  
• run an ultra (50k)
• increase weekly mileage (and run consistently)
  

Climbing:

• Palisades Traverse
• become a more solid leader, I know this is hard to quantify...
• Mt. Whitney East Face/East Buttress
• East Buttress of El Cap
• a bigwall (Half Dome, Washington Coloumn, Leaning Tower?)
• a trip to Red Rocks
• a trip to J-Tree
  

Mountaineering:

• Mt. Shasta
• Mt. Lyell/Mt. Maclure
• Matterhorn Peak

Travel:

• Asia, South America or Central America: I need to do international travel again! I haven't done any (besides Germany) since 4 years! I miss it!!!
• Hawaii
• Skiing in New Mexico, Colorado

Also (and this is quite important!): More Urban Adventures! (like concerts, clubs, shows, restaurants, etc.) I've been missing that without even noticing!