Tag: colorado

  • Poem – The Wanderer, part 2

    I wandered toward a hill with Joshua tree standing tall there sitting in the shade upon a rock a man. With flowers in their hair the girls dance under the cactus free of concrete city bonds flailing limbs the desert gains life and voice.

  • Poem – The Wanderer, part 1

    I was wandering in the desert flat until I reached the hills there stood a man under a cactus and the cactus flowered purple. I said hello met with silence the wind toyed with red beads and grey beard.

  • Photos from Colorado, 2009

    Some long overdue photos from a 2009 road trip to Colorado.

  • Poem – Into the Mountains

    Downtown Denver. Light seeps through spaces between tall buildings. Life on the streets waken – traffic, voices, birds. I look in the mirror swept away of dust as the wind blows through the open window. Grey has overtaken this face the past year filled with experiences and changes in the path I had chosen. The…

  • Training and Colorado

    With just 3-weeks to go until ice climbing training in Colorado and less than 5-months until Mt. Rainier, training is intensifying. I was planning to workout each day in February as a test to see where I am at. Of course, a couple of days have turned into “off” days. I try to make up…

  • Trip Updates

    I hope this blog becomes a useful resource, but of course that requires me to actually have information on here.  I am working on content the next couple of days, and will have a lot of stuff for here. An update on the trips for this year, and my training goals.  The end of June,…

  • Trip Updates

    An update on the trips for this year, and my training goals.  The end of June, I will be in Washington to attempt my first mountain climb, and hope the Mt. Rainier allows me the opportunity.  In order to get there, I am embarking on a more intense strengthening and aerobic routine.  Also, I am…