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-# News
-
-Recent ramblings from me can be found on my [[blog]].
# Family
-[[!img family-photo-2005-10.jpg size="200x133" alt="Family photo"
+[[!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 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.
+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 [Intel](http://www.intel.com), (and previously,
-[Red Hat](http://www.redhat.com)), which gives me the opportunity to
-write Free Software as a full-time job.
-
-[[!img cairo-logo.png alt="Cairo logo" class="left"]] 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).
+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
people that didn't hear me speak alongside the slides can still
understand them.
-# Other things
+# 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).
-When I'm not at home, I'm likely [rock climbing](rock_climbing), or
-maybe hiking in the Columbia gorge with my family. When I'm home, I'm
-often trying to learn to play the piano, (I love the work of Chopin,
-but can't play much of anything yet), doing origami, or playing
-[[games]] with my family. I'm toying with the idea of implementing
-several networked games over at
-[friendlygames.org](http://friendlygames.org).
+# Old news
-I may be reached by email to cworth@cworth.org (shocking, isn't
-it?). I'm always glad to hear any response you might have to anything
-I've written here.
+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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