Even before I ran my first hundo, I was planning to run 50 ultras this year because, well, I’m turning five-oh. But life apparently had other plans. After the hundo, I recovered pretty well and was getting ready to get … Continue reading
Inspiration, serendipity – must be a secret link between the two. I was planning to kick off 2021 with a self-supported, use-the-car-as-an-aid-station 50K in the local trails, until I saw Katherine Fischer’s Around the Block 100M in one of the … Continue reading
Maybe third time’s a charm, but I’ve been trying to get to Yosemite this year to run some of the trails (as opposed to backpacking), but with all the crazy fires and smoke, it’s really been nuts the last few … Continue reading
This is day 3 of my backpacking Yosemite trip with my 17yo and two of his friends. From Tuolumne Meadows we headed to Glen Aulin, then Young Lakes and on this last day worked our way back to Tuolumne Meadows … Continue reading
This is day 2 of my backpacking Yosemite trip with my 17yo and two of his friends. After a night at Glen Aulin (not so much sleep though) we were ready to for a tough day of hiking, gaining over … Continue reading
I recently got to social distance myself by backpacking in the Yosemite Wilderness with my 17yo and two of his friends. And yes, we all got tested negative for Covid the week before. It’s not everyday that you get to … Continue reading
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