Just like the real thing, it's taken me a while to make this full virtual climb of Everest a reality. But, we're finally there! Well, via the Southeast Ridge at least, and part of the West Ridge. And, a nice view from the Pang La pass in Tibet - from Nyonno Ri to Shishapangma - […]
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 […]
At a speech in Springfield, Illinois, in 1838, Abraham Lincoln foretold the tragic events we're seeing unfold today.
Abraham Lincoln, politics, Thursday Thought
Read MoreVisit Mount Everest and the surrounding peaks and valleys virtually with this interactive, 5.5 gigabyte panorama by Jake Norton.
gigapan, mount everest, panorama
Read MoreLessons from Everest - and life - about hope, fear, challenges, and how to manage it all as we approach the new year.
hope, inspiration, perspective, Rebecca Solnit, Rene Descartes, Thursday Thought
Read MoreDuring this season of trying to give happiness, and as we look to the new year still immensely complicated by pandemic, war, and strife, we need to look deeper at what brings happiness to us, and to the world.
croatia, Gandhi, Leo Tolstoy, love
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