(Best on Desktop. It’s a long one, jump to what you find most interesting or just look at the photos) It was finally time. My last meeting at Microsoft ended, I sprayed the champagne (thank you Renata) and 4 hours later I was heading to the airport for the first adventure of the Gap Year. …
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What the hell is Azure? I was panicking. Frantically, I dove into research, all the while praying the shuttle driver would hit every red light. (There was only one, it wasn’t red) Azure. Cloud Computing. IaaS vs. PaaS vs. SaaS. AWS. Distributed Systems. All foreign words. I was screwed. Six hours of interviews. Question after question. Interview …
1.2 mile swim. 56 mile bike ride. 13.1 mile run. The Half Ironman It was finally time. After signing up for my first 70.3 back in January of 2019, it was finally time for my first official race on my 4th attempt (1 dropped out for surgery, 2 due to Covid) An unofficial solo race …
Mt. Rainier. Tahoma. Tacoma. Known by many names the iconic mountain dominates the Seattle skyline at 14,417 ft. and is the most glaciated, most prominent, and 5th tallest peak in the Lower 48. This climb felt like the ultimate culmination of my Covid mountaineering adventures. With glacier & crevasse crossings, 9k feet of elevation gain, …
This page will eventually be replaced with a video. Apparently trying to build a full website and wrap up all the financial, health, and work requirements in a week is a little bit of effort. Me. Ben Alberts. If you haven’t met me, that means this website is doing way better than I could have …
14 months. As many adventures as possible. (Next 3 highlighted in bold, links to blog will be added) US Based: International: Snowboarding: San Diego (Oct 2021) Utah National Parks (Oct 2021) Puerto Rico (Nov 2021) Bay Area (Dec 2021) Portland (Jan 2022) Los Angeles (Feb 2022) Leavenworth (March 2022) Boston (April 2022) Chicago (April 2022) …
Short Story: July 11th 2019. The day I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Fuck Cancer. I’ve tried to find a better, more verbose way to say it. There’s no other way. Fuck Cancer. Seriously. Long Story: Back in May of 2019 I found a lump. I went to my primary care doctor who was optimistic; but referred me …