I'll admit it: I have perfectionist tendencies. Not that everything (anything?) I do is perfect - far from it. But, I do have some mutated, recessive gene (thanks, family) that makes me get obsessive about certain things, trying to improve then perfect them to the point of insanity. One such thing is the Virtual Everest […]
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, […]
Nan Shepherd was ahead of her time, both in her mountain explorations and her insights and perspectives on the mountain realm. On this International Mountain Day 2022, here's a brief celebration of Nan, and of the mountains she cherished and told us so much about.
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Read MoreA Thursday Thought on embracing hope, not optimism, as a tool to move forward.
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Read MoreI am beyond appreciative of how many of you - friends, family, and more - came out and donated to dZi Foundation to help me raise - and match - $4,800 for Wende’s 48th birthday. In less than a week, we’ve already gotten to 52% of the goal - amazing! To all of those who […]
While we all may not be able to sacrifice ourselves to a tiger, feed the homeless with God's own cheesecake, or become a bodhisattva, we can all give in our own ways. It's good for us, and good for our world.
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