Day three in Tibet! Another fitful night with very little sleep and the home stretch to the Everest Base Camp. To be honest, I didn’t have a whole lot of time before the trip to really read up on what … Continue reading
Day two and probably got around 4 or 5 hours of restless sleep. We picked up a new group today, two related families from Mexico city. A fun, boisterous bunch and they would accompany us all the way to Everest … Continue reading
First day of arriving Lhasa and without a whole lot of sleep, we left around 8:30am and headed towards the Potala Palace. Tibet Vista’s package includes the entry tickets to the various places on the itinerary and our tour guide … Continue reading
The Qinghai-Tibet train is truly an engineering marvel. The 1,215 mile journey from Xining to Lhasa traverses the Tangula Pass at 16,650 feet, making it the world’s highest point on a railway. As I mentioned in the last blog on … Continue reading
We needed to be in Guangzhou, China for a family event in late July and started planning a trip to Tibet a few months ago. This one’s been on the bucket list for a while. This blog and the next … Continue reading
Over the last two decades, I’ve been to Hong Kong many times and mostly only looked at it for the food, the city life, the metro, the islands, star ferry and so on. Did I mention food? However, the last … Continue reading
Ultramook 50K was an inaugural race organized by Patrick Zweifel, who as I found out is quite the Born to Coach dude! He owns the amazing Hydrangea Range in Tillamook, cross-country coach for Tillamook High school, organizes cross country camps … Continue reading
Last year I ran the Quicksilver 50K with just a handheld & GoPro and lived off of the aid stations. Not so fast this year. With a cloudless sky and temperatures in the high 80’s, it was scorching out there. I … Continue reading
Life has a wonderful way of altering plans. My original plan was to run the American River 50M. Then came the college tour for my 16yo and we had to leave first thing on Sunday morning. So I figured I’ll … Continue reading
The suspense was killing me. In the two weeks preceding the Marin Ultra Challenge 50K, the weather went from all clear, maybe rain, scattered thunderstorms, torrential rain and finally just Karl the Fog. Even that morning, I didn’t trust the … Continue reading