Roger Hsu's Blog

Originally posted to RohJuh.com on Apr 27, 2003. For Judy and me, this was our first trip to the Phoenix Bouldering Contest (PBC), an annual event where scores of climbers from around the world descend upon Queen’s Creek near Phoenix, AZ for a weekend of climbing, socializing, music, food, and all around fun. Since we were going to drive all the way out to the Phoenix area, we figured we might as well get the most out of our gas costs and spend a few days mountain biking as well. After all, Phoenix was known to have some pretty good mountain biking trails. Patty, Brian, and Ryan planned on going out early with Judy and me for some mountain biking. We’d later meet up with Aaron, Kate, and Sean at the PBC. Judy and I rode in the 4-Runner, Ryan and Patty took Patty’s Yuppie-Mobile, and Brian soloed it in his Outback. Since it was pretty much a straight shot east on the 8, we all decided to meet at our place and caravan from there. Despite a minor flap with our maid (who showed up a...

Originally posted to RohJuh.com on Apr 6, 2003. We had been wanting to do the Corrizo Gorge ride for nearly three months. On two separate occasions, our planned trip to Corrizo Gorge was cancelled because of rain. Rain?!! In San Diego? On two separate occasions?!! Yes, it was hard to believe, but it happened. We hoped that our third try would be successful. After all, the third time’s always a charm, right? That’s certainly what we hoped when Judy planned the trip for Sunday, April 06. We kept an eye on the weather reports and were in near disbelief when earlier that week, weather.com indicated that showers were likely on Saturday. If rain spoiled our Corrizo Gorge trip three times in a row, that would surely be a sign that we shouldn’t ride it! Of course, we knew that weather forecasts are notoriously incorrect and thus took the forecast with a very small grain of salt. Lame Weather Forecasts As Sunday neared, the forecast gradually improved and by Thursday of that week, the ...