Ellen's Tour de Europe 2004

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VIDEO LOG

October 4th	more coming	Ellen is now home - yippeee - stay tuned for more photos and video coming soon
Sept 23rd	back up - sort of	I apologize for the lack of updates, but my home computer bit the dust - most things were backed up, but not everything. I have been trying to get re-organized and get more stuff on the web. Stay tuned for more updates
July 12th	Kolin's trip	photos from my trip to visit Ellen
July 12th	more from Marc & Danny	more photos from Marc and Danny's visit - as well more photos from the week before Kate arrived at Ceuse, and their stay at Gorge de Tarn
July 10th	emails from Ellen	St Leger is not as busy as Ceuse and temps are perfect for SENDING
July 9th	Ellen calls	back to St. Leger with Kate and Howard - having a blast
July 7th	back from Europe	I'm back from visiting Ellen and have some photos and video to upload - may take a few days - sorry.
June 13th	no updates for a while	I'm off to Europe to meet up with Ellen - not returning until July 6th - get psyched for tons of photos and probably video when I return
June 10th	quick phone call	Ellen and Kate are still in Gorge de Tarn - it is AWESOME
June 8th	Ellen on email	Ellen FINALLY got on email today and spent most of the time reading the 727 emails that I had sent her. She did write back a bit though and re-iterated how AMAZING France is and how AMAZING the climbing is there. She and Kate are camped near this crystal clear river, just a short pleasant walk away from perfect French Limestone. Life is good.
June 8th	phone call from Gorge de Tarn	Ellen called this morning - she and Kate are LOVING the climbing in Gorge de Tarn- it's a bit hot but they can climb around the heat. They are both climbing well and will stay there until I arrive in Lyon on June 18th.
June 3rd	phone call from Gorge de Tarn	Ellen picked up Kate (from Boulder) with no problems. They are now in Gorge de Tarn and loving it.
June 2nd	phone call from Ceuse	Ellen got some mad phone beta from Justin - a different type of phone card - she called and we talked for 40minutes for about $5.00. Justin took off a few days ago - Ellen was climbing with some Brits that she said are hilarious to listen to talk. Climbing in Ceuse is amazing - temps perfect. Our friend Kate from Boulder arrives tomorrow for 2 months - Ellen is psyched.
June 1st	phone message from Ceuse	missed a phone call but got a message - had a blast climbing with Justin - he's headed home now - Ellen will spend the next few days in Ceuse climbing with a group of Brits - Kate arrives on Thursday for TWO months.
May 28th	St Leger is amazing	A short video of Marc's last day in France - commenting on the amazing stone (3MB)
May28th	Ellen misses me	A short video that Ellen will kill me for - of her missing me (1MB)
May 27th	photos from Marc	a TON, I mean a TON of photos from Marc's visit with Ellen (see a zillion photos) - for some reason this link is bad
May 26th	email from Ceuse	heard from Ellen - Marc and Danny have headed home - Ellen went back to Ceuse and met up with Rai and Justing from SLC - she was psyched and said she'finally' had a good day at Ceuse sending a 13a second try (even though she said it was probably really only 12d) - whatever???
May 25th	more photos	Marc is back with a bunch of photos that Ellen took - mainly touristy stuff (photos) - for some reason this link is bad
May 25th	video - installment #1	an 8minute video of Marc, Tom and Danny's trip to visit Ellen in Southern France (30MB)
May 24th	email from Ellen	Finally email contact from Ellen - she misses me - isn't that sweet...
May 23rd	short video	here is a short clip of some of the sports action going on in Europe. Note: No Climbers were injured while making this video. (2.5MB)
May 21st	phone call from Ellen	ellen called at work today - one more day in St. Leger - then taking Danny and Marc to the airport for them to head home. She will then head back to Ceuse and hopefully meet up with Justin and Rai.
May20th	photos	Tom Nay arrived back from climbing with Ellen and brought a Compact Flash Card full of photos and some video photos of the van - for some reason this link is bad photos of time in Germany and Relatives - for some reason this link is bad photos of Ceuse - for some reason this link is bad photos of St. Leger - for some reason this link is bad
May 16th	St. Leger	Ellen called tonite and I finally got a chance to speak with her. The van is great, she's having a blast with Tom and Marc - Danny arrives tomorrow - they went to St. Leger to check it out and are LOVING it.
May 15th	Ceuse	got a phone message from Ellen - She, Tom and Marc were all getting BOUTED at Ceuse - it's beautiful but hard and intimidating climbing
May 11th	Lyon, France	Ellen called today - she loaded up the rad van and headed from Germany to France where she would pick up Marc (Hammar) and Tom Nay - they're flight was late so she was chillin' in the airport - next stop - perfect French limestone.
May 5th	the van	the first shots of Ellen's van. Ellen says that her relatives are being so unbelievably nice, generous and helpful regarding helping her get and set up the van - more photos to follow. Also, all of her relatives apparently think she's nuts.
May 3rd	Ellen's Useful Phrases	Our friend Mandy put together a list of Useful French Phrases that could help Ellen out during her travels in France - check it out.
May 3rd	looking for a van	got word today from ellen that she may have found a van - stay tuned for photos
April 30th	Crazy German Holiday	Ellen hangs with her relatives and takes part in a crazy German Holiday. EVERYONE takes the day and plans a short biking or hiking trip - Ellen and her relatives walked 12 kms to a town two towns over. Somehow I can't see everyone in the US planning a family biking or hiking trip...
April 29th	Arrives in Germany	A quick email from Ellen - safe arrival in Germany and is hanging with family. Uneventful flight other than crying children for the entire flight next step - buying a van
April 28th	Ellen leaves	to the airport by 4am - Ellen had a hard time saying goodbye to Ellis and Yukon
April 27th	Party at the Powick's	A bunch of Ellen's friends come over for Kol burgers and to wish Ellen well on her trip.