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# Family
-[[img family-photo-2005-10.jpg size="200x200" alt="Family photo"
-class="floatright"]] My family is the greatest source of joy in my
-life. Stacy and I have been married since December 30, 1995 and are
-having many wonderful adventures raising our four sons, Cameron,
-Hyrum, Andrew, and Scott. One defining aspect of our family life is
-our membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
-([lds.org](http://lds.org)). Another essential aspect of our family
-life is play. The [[LEGO]] system is a favorite toy of all the boys in
-the family, and we're starting to put together a decent collection of
-favorite [[games]]. We also love wrestling together and doing pretty
-much anything to make each other laugh.
+[[!img carl-stacy-peru.jpg size="405x304" alt="Family photo"
+class="right"]] My family is the greatest source of joy in my
+life. Stacy and I have been married since December 30, 1995 and have
+had so many adventures raising our four sons, Cameron, Hyrum, Andrew,
+and Scott to adulthood (or at least getting there). I'm really looking
+forward to seeing what each of them will do in the next phase of their
+lives.
# Software
-Since about the age of 10, (think BASIC on an Apple ][e), I've found
-myself wanting to program computers more often than time generally
-allows. I feel very fortunate that so much [Free
-Software](http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html) exists
-that I can very often find that someone else has already written the
-programs that I would like to write if I had the time, (and I'm given
-the freedom to adapt the software to my exact desires). I'm also very
-fortunate to work for [Red Hat](http://www.redhat.com) which gives me
-the opportunity to write Free Software as a full-time job.
-
-The single software project that I've spent the most time on is the
-[cairo graphics library](http://cairographics.org) which has been a
-tremendous amount of fun, but it's really only interesting for other
-programmers. Non-programmers might be interested in some of the other
-games and toys that I've written. I share all my programs as Free
-Software and I'll put more information about obtaining those programs
-here soon, (please pester me if you're interested in something I've
-written and cannot find it).
-
-# Other things
-
-I enjoy doing origami, and I've recently started studying word lists
-suitable for games like SCRABBLE, (though, oddly enough, I very rarely
-play any such games). I've also recently started running for exercise,
-and I'm thinking of taking up indoor rock-climbing.
-
-I have some older pages of information [about
-myself](http://cworth.org/~cworth) which I still need to completely
-migrate to a new location. The most significant information on the old
-web pages is the collection of [papers and
-talks](http://cworth.org/~cworth/papers/) that I have given.
+When I was about 10 years old, my Dad bought us our first computer,
+(an Apple ][e), and I started teaching myself how to program. I found
+software truly fascinating because it allowed for creating something
+where nothing had existed before and working in a medium of pure
+thoughtstuff. I've had the good fortune to spend a large part of my
+career in the world of "Free Software" where a worldwide community
+collaborates together on software.
+
+[[!img cairo-logo.png alt="Cairo logo" class="left"]] I'll mention two
+software projects which I created from scratch: The [cairo graphics
+library](https://cairographics.org) and the
+[notmuch](https://notmuchmail.org) mail system. I'm really pleased
+with both because not only did I build a succesful piece of software,
+but I was able to form a vibrant community project around the
+software. It's been very satisying to watch those projects have a life
+of their own beyond when I could dedicate much of my own time to them.
+
+During the COVID-19 pandemic, I started writing some simple games for
+family and friends to play together while isolated in our own
+homes. These are hosted at [LMNO games](https://lmno.games).
+
+Other little toy projects I have worked on are in various states of
+completion and can be found at my [personal git
+server](https://git.cworth.org).
+
+I've presented [[talks]] about several of my software projects which
+might be interesting to read about. I've always posted the slides I've
+presented, and I've recently started doing much better writeups so
+people that didn't hear me speak alongside the slides can still
+understand them.
+
+# Search and Rescue
+
+Since 2017 I've been active on Search and Rescue teams, currently on
+the [Clackamas County Search and
+Rescue](https://www.clackamas.us/sheriff/sar.html) team also known as
+CSAR. The work we do is hard, often thankless, but also hugely
+rewarding. I'm on specialty teams for both technical rope rescue and
+for trail-running. The friendships I've made through search and rescue
+are priceless. So many people volunteering so much time, money, and
+effort and strictly to help others.
+
+# Fitness
+
+I started [rock climbing](rock_climbing) in 2008 and I love the
+puzzle-solving nature of climbing and the many disciplines it leads to
+(toproping, lead climbing, sport climbing, trad climbing).
+
+In 2019 I started running, initially to rehabilitate my knee after a
+surgery. I found that my knee felt best as long I kept running several
+days a week, so I've tried to never stop. I've really fallen in love
+with doing long trail runs to cover in a single day what many people
+would backpack in 2 or 3 days. I get to see all the same things as the
+backpackers, but I have a lighter pack and I get to sleep in my own
+bed. My first 50k (31.1 miles) race was in November 2021 at Silver
+Falls. So that was my first ultramarathon without having competed in a
+marathon, (I had registered for one in 2020 but it was canceled for
+the pandemic).
+
+Ultrarunning introduced me to the crazy concept of the "backyard
+ultra". I thought it would be fun to test my own limits by
+participating in one. But when I found that none existed in Oregon, I
+decided to put one together myself, so now I'm the race director of
+the [Banana Slug Backyard Ultra](https://slug.run).
+
+# Contact and resume
+
+I may be reached by email to cworth@cworth.org . And if you're
+here because you might be interested in hiring me, you will likely
+want to see my [resume](carl_worth.pdf).
+
+# Old news
+
+I once tried to write somewhat regularly in a [[blog]] but it is now
+just an archive of things I wrote quite some time ago.
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