Biking to Key West

Mellow 36-miler from Big Pine Key down to Key West.

Southern-most point in the United States. Myself and Big Daddy O(rion) - a fellow couch surfer.

Chillin'.

Biking The Keys

Old Railroad Bridge

Another View

Grandfather Mountain, NC - Christmas Eve Hike

Blue Ridge Mountains

The Mile High Swinging Bridge @ Grandfather Mountain

Vestibular Assessment Lab #1

Check out this video of my eyeballs during saccade testing:

horizontal saccade test from Curtis Hartling on Vimeo.

Here are the accuracy tracings. Right on target. Woot!

My classmates and I having fun with Frenzel Lenses:

New Job

I was recently chosen to be a research assistant in the Hearing Aid Lab at the University of Iowa. So far, I've been using digital audio editing software to analyze the ways in which different hearing aids process and output sound... a task strikingly similar to the digital video and sound editing I was involved in at the job I left in order to go back to school and change careers. Ha! It seems I'm doomed to be sitting in front of a computer monitor for all-eternity. Just kidding... it's actually a super interesting place to work.

Here's a link to the staff website. I made the top of the list. Woot!

Redwood Zip-Line Adventure - Arcata, CA

Brother Doug climbing to the 70-foot perch.

He made it! (that's him at the top right corner)

Part of the group.

A practice run before ascending Jah trees.

Dad making sure all knots are secure.

Chi-Town & The Bean

Here are a few film shots of Jah Bean - From March of 2011

Ramona Falls - Mt. Hood Wilderness

Random Order Coffee

This is java - PDX styleee!

The ol' neighborhood coffee house - Random Order

Mount St. Helens

A view of the mountain from the Johnston Ridge Observatory. The clouds burned off just in time!

Fern Canyon - Nor Cal

Home (I wish) For The Weekend

My buddy (and former housemate), Mark, had his wedding last weekend out in Portland, OR - a place that I was suddenly and tragically removed from last year because of my desire to become an Audiologist. Miraculously, my flight back to Iowa was canceled on Monday, giving me an extra day to go hiking in the gorge with cousin Larry. Epic!

Jah Gorge

Multnomah Falls

Latourell Falls

I can has Slowburger.

3:00 am swimming in the Pacific.... brrrrr!

Lincoln City Barnacles

Lincoln City Starfish.

15 Minutes of Fame..... in iowa

Story Time

A reading of a few original short stories by Drew Dillon. Filmed at The Sanctuary Pub in Iowa City, IA.

Drew Dillon Chatbook Reading from Curtis Hartling on Vimeo.

Weekend in The Twin Cities

The Midtown Greenway:

A former railroad corridor converted into a cycling highway which cuts right through the city. Brilliant!

The Hub:

The largest bicycle co-op I've ever seen. There are three of these in the TCs.

Minnehaha Falls:

The Mighty Mississippi