Holiday Season Gaming

Tis' the season for new all the sick new video games to come all out once..It's bitter sweet.
New games = Awesome, but also expensive.

These titles I'm referring to include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Assassins Creed II, Left 4 Dead 2, and Dragon Age: Origins. Funny that 3/4 are sequels, but that is probably why they were so hyped up. With COD, AC, and L4D being some of the best games to hit the the 360 in the past years it's a no-brainer that their sequels would be so highly anticipated.

So if you're rolling in dough and time I'd go and buy these all up.

Here is a screen shot from each game.

Modern Warfare 2

So one of the most anticipated games of this year is coming out Tuesday the 10th, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. I usually don't get too excited about video-games, but this one seems particularly awesome. First of all it is in the first person shooter genre, which I love and secondly it looks beautiful.

If you own an xbox 360 or ps3 I strongly recommend you atleast rent this, cause it should not disappoint. Here is a video to hold you over for a couple days.

Pusch Ridge Summit

Since this is my first post I might as well give a small introduction about me and my passion; mountains. I just have this thing for them. A glimpse look at a range or even one peak makes my mind spin with questions

How high is it? How long would it take to climb it? Could I mountain bike up it or would it be a straight hike? These are just a small sample of the question that arise in my brain after stumbling upon an image of a mountain.

So with that said I have to shamefully admit that the first time I climbed one of the Pusch Ridge Peaks was last Friday. As a Tucson native my whole life the scenery of the Pusch Ridge Peaks has dominated the eastern landscape from my northwest residences. Despite its low elevation of ~5,500 ft. it was a tough hike to the top especially since the town of Oro Valley starts at 2,600 ft. The hike took about 2.5 hours to get to the top with Mustafa dying and only about an hour to scramble down in time to get to work.

The view from the top is awesome. I wish we had more time as there is just so much terrain behind the mountains to explore. I'd definitely do this hike again and recommend bringing a nice amount of water. I used my entire camelback bladder of 100z as soon as I reached the car at the bottom. Here are some pictures I finally go around to uploading.