{"id":3652,"date":"2010-11-27T20:53:02","date_gmt":"2010-11-28T00:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galadriel.astro.utoronto.ca\/ballast\/?p=3652"},"modified":"2010-11-28T17:28:44","modified_gmt":"2010-11-28T21:28:44","slug":"old-ob-hill-stuff-thanksgiving-eventually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?p=3652","title":{"rendered":"Old Ob Hill Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I spent the whole day dealing with some big new problems we&#8217;d encountered. I didn&#8217;t take any pictures at all. But, I was prepared for this eventuality and have a stash of older unposted photos to fill this gap. For now, I&#8217;ll go through some taken on a hike up Ob Hill with Laura, Barth, and Jeff.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was also the big McMurdo Thanksgiving dinner. At LDB we had already been treated to a delicious Thanksgiving dinner for lunch on Thursday, but the giant McMurdo dinner (actually, there are four dinners to fit everyone) is a different beast. Thanks to Laura&#8217;s sneakiness, we managed to all sit at one big set of three tables. Some people dressed up. Eventually I will lift some pictures from other people, so stay tuned. Update: I gave Thanksgiving <a href=\"index.php?p=3680\">its own post.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3652 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3655'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7941-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Laura, Up Close\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3655\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7941-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7941-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7941-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3655'>\n\t\t\t\tLaura, up close. This trip was the same day as my telephoto portraits, and I was still in that mood\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3656'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7948-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Barth Summiting\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3656\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7948-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7948-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7948-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3656'>\n\t\t\t\tBarth reaches the summit\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3658'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7955-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Scott Base\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3658\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7955-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7955-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7955-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3658'>\n\t\t\t\tScott Base, all in sun-faded kiwi green\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3659'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7957-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Jeff\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3659\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7957-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7957-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7957-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3659'>\n\t\t\t\tJeff\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3660'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7960-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Laura Again\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3660\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7960-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7960-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7960-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3660'>\n\t\t\t\tLaura again, at the top this time (you can tell right?)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3661'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7963-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Wind Mills\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3661\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7963-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7963-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7963-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3661'>\n\t\t\t\tWind mills\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3662'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7971-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Castle Rock and Erebus\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3662\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7971-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7971-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7971-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7971.jpg 1664w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3662'>\n\t\t\t\tCastle Rock with Mount Erebus in the background. I just looked at a map and discovered that Mount Erebus is a lot further away (it&#8217;s HUGE!)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3663'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7977-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Helipad\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3663\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7977-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7977-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7977-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3663'>\n\t\t\t\tThe helipad back down in McMurdo\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3664'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7978-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"155\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3664\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7978-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7978-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7978-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3664'>\n\t\t\t\t155 is blue\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3665'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7984-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sign-In Box\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3665\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7984-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7984-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7984-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7984.jpg 1664w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3665'>\n\t\t\t\tThe partway-up sign-in box\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3666'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7999-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Arrival Heights\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3666\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7999-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7999-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_7999-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3666'>\n\t\t\t\tArrival heights, on the other side of the harbour. Another good evening walk\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3667'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8005-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Dive Hut\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8005-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8005-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8005-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3667'>\n\t\t\t\tDive hut, down on the sea ice\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3668'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8013-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Laura Poses\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3668\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8013-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8013-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8013-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3668'>\n\t\t\t\tLaura poses for a picture with White Island in the background\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3669'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8019-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Out of the Wind\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3669\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8019-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8019-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8019-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3669'>\n\t\t\t\tJeff walks around the the cross portion of the summit (out of the wind)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3670'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8037-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Me Posing\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3670\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8037-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8037-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8037-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3670'>\n\t\t\t\tI pose for a picture with Mount Erebus in the backgorund\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3671'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8040-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sun Over Ice\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3671\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8040-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8040-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8040-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3671'>\n\t\t\t\tI know I had one of these last time, but it&#8217;s hard to resists photographing the sun over the sea ice\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3672'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8045-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Laura Once Again\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3672\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8045-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8045-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8045-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8045.jpg 1664w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3672'>\n\t\t\t\tOne last Laura Posing picture. This time thoughtfully\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3673'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8051-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Jeff Monster\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3673\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8051-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8051-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8051-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3673'>\n\t\t\t\tOn the descent, a Jeff monster attacks a saluting Laura\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3674'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8059-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Escape\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3674\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8059-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8059-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8059-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3674'>\n\t\t\t\tFortunately, Laura manages to escape, and put some distance between them\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=3675'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8063-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"McMurdo\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3675\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8063-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8063-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/img_8063-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3675'>\n\t\t\t\tMcMurdo\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I spent the whole day dealing with some big new problems we&#8217;d encountered. I didn&#8217;t take any pictures at all. But, I was prepared for this eventuality and have a stash of older unposted photos to fill this gap. For now, I&#8217;ll go through some taken on a hike up Ob Hill with Laura, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3652"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3652"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3706,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3652\/revisions\/3706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}