My last blog post was about spring in France, “European footsteps – Calais and the Pyrenees” and talked about experiences in the Calais refugee camp and rough plans for walking across […]
European footsteps – Calais and the Pyrenees
On Wednesdays we get up early and pull our belongings together. The routine is familiar. We leave Paris and drive three hours north to Calais. It’s a small French […]
Issy Alps 100 mile attempt
1/3/2017: Update – I tried this again in November and I was able to finish it. 3/28/2016: Update – After 18 hours and with cold rain coming down, I realized […]
Setting an Only Known Time on the Kathmandu Valley Rim Trail (KVRT)
Introduction Update: This post was originally part trip report from an OKT attempt in late November, 2015 and part guide for the Kathmandu Valley Rim Trail. In May, 2017, I […]
Planning the Kathmandu Valley Rim Trail (KVRT) Challenge: Attempt v1
Update: I did this! Please see this post. The mountains and ridges circling Kathmandu are amazing and too often under appreciated. I spend a lot of time looking at them while […]
Funnest Known Time on the Manaslu Circuit: 3 days 14 hours 40 minutes
We leave the lodge before dawn, soft snow flakes coming down, our breath making great plumes into the night. Snow covers the trail and we lose it quickly, finding ourselves in the middle of a […]
Raindrops on Cascade Crest and Butterflies in Kathmandu
I have butterflies. That is a good thing. It’s been a while… Washington Where to start? How about the blackness of night? The pouring rain? The collective pull-together as people […]
Magic Mountain, Kool Aid Lake and Squamish 50m
My bags are mostly packed for Nepal via New York, Hong Kong and Dhaka. The Annapurna Trail Race is coming up and other adventures await. I leave on Tuesday. I’m […]
Alpine Lakes Wilderness Challenge Report
My feet crash through the branches that I am standing on and suddenly I am a foot and a half shorter. I’ve kept my balance by holding onto other branches […]
Alpine Lakes Wilderness Challenge Attempt #1
Hopefully I will be updating this page sometime next week reporting a fun, yet challenging, traverse of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. (Update: Please see my trip report posted in a […]