September 6, 2014, on Luna Col, Northern Pickets Range, North Cascades, Washington. Scroll to the bottom to see the view in a full VR panorama. The evening was about as peaceful as could be imagined, which was a welcome break from the preceding days. Four of us - Dave Morton, Sid Pattison, Jeremiah Watt, and […]
October 21, 2020, Juniper Pass, Colorado The clouds didn't make sense. They were rising in the north, high above skyline, towering into the upper atmosphere as I drove my kids to school along Evergreen Parkway. We got to the S-curves and it finally made sense. Those weren't clouds in the colloquial sense, they were towering […]
September 12, 2013, on the banks of the Bhagirathi, Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India "The river is insane," Wende texted via satellite. I was confused: She couldn't know that, at that moment, I was sitting on the bank of a raging Bhagirathi River in the hamlet of Gangotri. Sure, she of course knew I was in India, […]
Never let success hide its emptiness from you, achievement its nothingness, toil its desolation. And so keep alive the incentive to push on further, that pain in the soul which drives us beyond ourselves. - Dag Hammarskjöld
Everest History, inspiration, perspective, Tom Hornbein
Read MoreThese are tough times in our country, and around the world. But, we cannot run. We must believe: believe in the inherent goodness of humanity, of our fellow citizens, of our collective abilities to overcome, reunite, and move forward.
True leaders lead by example, by being positive reflections of, and for, those being led. We need, more than ever, leadership that inspires us to do the best, be the best, we can.
David Foster Wallace, perspective, politics, Thursday Thought
Read MoreGo out and explore. Turn left rather than right. Go south instead of north. Get lost, step off the trail and into the wild. Smell the trees and feel the wind on your face, let your feet and your mind wander the hidden path of possibility, and unlock the spirit and energy within.
exploration, Pema, Thursday Thought
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