exploration
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Exploring the abandoned ruins of The Pines, South Fallsburg, NY
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This past weekend, Michael, Dana, and I drove two hours north of NYC to South Fallsburg, NY. We explored the dilapidated, abandoned runs of the once-beautiful The Pines Golf and Ski Resort. The level of abandonment and distruction was amazing. It felt like all of a sudden, in the middle of normal operations, all the…
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Exploring the Salkantay Trail and Machu Pichu in Peru
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This past September, my friend Chris Shybut and I spend 10 days trekking through Peru. During the trip, we explored all over, and had some great adventures. The trip also forced us to brush up on our Spanish – a much needed refresher. During the urban parts of the trip, we explored the cities of…
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Exploring the Ghost Town of Centralia, PA
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A few weekends ago, Nick, Chris, Polina and I drove out to explore Centralia, Pennsilvania Quick background on Centralia, from Offroaders.com: The story began sometime in 1962 along the outskirts of town when trash was burned in the pit of an abandoned strip mine, which connected to a coal vein running near the surface. The…
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No aliens yet for SETI…
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Darn, not this time. Just when I thought we were making some progress with the SETI@home project, it comes out that the whole story of SETI finding a valuable signal was just twisted around by some reporter. Here’s how it went down: Dan Wertheimer, an astronomer, told a reporter from KTVU that he may have…