Kyle sent me a number of photos from California and a nice note with an update on his extracurricular activities, excerpts of which I am including below.

I have become more active in a group on campus called In To The Wild. I took a trip to a beach in Santa Cruz the second weekend back to school, and last weekend we traveled to San Francisco Bay and sailed a catamaran under the Golden Gate Bridge. I got an up close look at Alcatraz. I am planning on going on a hiking trip this weekend and hopefully every weekend they offer activities. I am also attending a viewing session of this indie documentary called The First 70 which documents California’s attempt to close down the first 70 national parks in an attempt to reduce the deficit.

I joined the boxing club today with my friend Athan. I just turned in the forms last night and will be traveling to a gym in Sunnyvale tonight to start training. College boxing has relatively well padded gloves, as well as padded head gear. I haven’t decided whether I plan on competing or not, but for now I will just be training with the team to get in better shape. I am very near my peak soccer/ wrestling shape. My bench press has nearly reached my old weight and reps, I am down to weighing 142 lbs (my wrestling weight) and I run regularly. Last weekend I went for a 10.5 mile run and plan on running a school-sponsored 5k this Saturday. The stretching has really helped, and I have learned to work out regardless of minor injuries. I am just more careful not to over exert my injured muscles.