I had just been revisiting photos from my time with him in Khumbu in 2012 when I heard the news that Jim Whittaker sadly passed away on April 7 at age 97. I'd been going through photos, looking for a specific one, of a specific peak, when I went down a rabbit hole. Photos of […]
Big Jim. A gentle giant. A gem of a human, and a loss that will be missed. Jim Whittaker, who passed away at 97 on April 7, was - to say the least - an amazing person. Like his twin brother - Lou Whittaker, who passed two years back - Jim was a massive man, […]
“Don’t get happy!” came the thundering voice from the sidelines. It was a classic saying of the late Norm Walker, my football coach, English teacher, poet, wisdom-giver, and wonderful man in high school at Holderness School. It sounded strange at first blush, but made sense the longer one played for Coach Walker: he hated cockiness, […]
The flakes stung my cheeks, wind whipped, swirling through pines swaying in the gale. It was only 25 degrees or so, not cold for this valley this time of year, but cold enough to feel icy tendrils snaking up my extremities. I wanted to go, to move, to get warm. But not yet. I came […]
Want to go straight to the tour and not read the below info? Go for it! Well, it's been a minute, hasn't it? A little over a month to be more precise. My excuse? It was the holidays, I was traveling (Belize, Montenegro, Fairplay). But, if I'm being 100% honest, it was more than that: […]
Mahakulung Muddhi-Kongmedingma Trail
Read MoreA year ago I had just finished an epic adventure in the Nepal Himalaya with my friend Sam Heughan. Now, I invite you to join the adventure virtually. Come and travel along the Mundhum and Muddhi-Kongmedingma Trails to Everest Basecamp!
Muddhi-Kongme Dingma Trail, Nepal, virtual reality tour
Read MoreBy all accounts, he wasn’t an easy man, my grandfather. He pushed hard, asked a lot, expected excellence - or at least excellent effort - from all around him. But, also by all accounts, he didn’t have the easiest beginnings, so his idiosyncrasies can at least be understood, if not justified. Sadly, I never met […]
politics, Quotations, Thursday Thought
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