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 […]
Impermanence is often a dirty word in the Western world, but with thought and acceptance, it is a massive positive, and a brush with eternity.
impermanence, inspiration, perspective, Thursday Thought
Read MoreA wildlife utopia, Salisbury Plain and other parts of remote South Georgia may soon be impacted by an iceberg the size of Rhode Island.
Antarctica, climate change, South Georgia, travel
Read MoreA brush with a Damara tribesman in the hinterlands of South Africa and lessons about forgiveness and the unbreakable human spirit.
forgiveness, inspiration, perspective, south africa
Read MorePondering our significance (or not) in the span of space and time under the Geminids meteor shower.
Blue Sky Mountain, History, inspiration, Mount Evans, perspective, Sand Creek Massacre
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