Trying to wrap up one adventure and start another one here. This post marks the tail end of 23 days with 14 undergraduates from University of Washington. We just finished […]
Annapurna Base Camp
Just a short note here to say all is well. We had a beautiful walk yesterday up the valley toward Machhapuchhre Base Camp which is almost 12,000ft. We are now […]
Annapurna Sanctuary Check-in
Just a quick note from deep in the Annapurna Sanctuary. Should be at Base Camp in a couple days. 14 undergrad students are doing great! More later – using sat […]
Angel’s Staircase 50k Run
Another great run directed by James Varner from Rain Shadow Running. Kelly and I signed up a couple weeks ago, knowing it would be a bit of a suffer-fest because […]
Peru! Cordillera Blanca Trek, Part III of III
It’s now August 4th, but I will backdate this to July 17th once I get it posted as that is when Kelly sent out the email update below. Much thanks […]
Peru! Machu Picchu, Part II of III.
It’s now August 3rd, but I will backdate this to 7/8 once I get it posted as that is when Kelly sent out the email update below. I’ve moved the […]
Settling in to Peru, Part I of III
It’s really August 1st, but I will backdate this to 6/29 once I get it posted. Kelly and I returned from Peru a little over a week ago. What a privilege to […]
Beacon Rock 50k Run
Been meaning to write this post for a good 6 weeks or so. I’m way behind on posting, having spent most of the last month exploring the Andes with Kelly […]
Tieton Rock Climb and Home Sweet Home
Today was my first full day in one place in quite a while. I had a great day (Friday I think) in Seoul. What normally would have been 10 long […]
Trek out of Base Camp
The walk out was very strange. First to see the tents being dismantled and barrels loaded onto yaks. Everywhere you looked, across the whole base camp, someone was lifting a […]