Knik Glacier, Alaska – Flightseeing Tour
On 2017-08-08, we stepped out of comfort zones and took to the air for a flightseeing tour with...
Poem – Across The Sea
Across the black sea I see nothing with these eyes and I stand here not as I see...
Poem – Through the Forest
Through the forest with only my thoughts and the morning sun reflecting off ice and snow. Through the...
Poem – How Many
Each day rolls into the next nothing has changed except the distance between the smile and the struggle...
Essay – Ice Climbing, Alaska 2007
I wrote this a couple of weeks ago about ice climbing in 2007 in Alaska (Matanuska Glacier). The...
Alaska 2007 – Ice Climbing
The way up is almost perpendicular to the frozen ground. The glacier looms over me like a white...
Alaska 2007 – Ice Climbing
The way up is almost perpendicular to the frozen ground. The glacier looms over me like a white...
Obstacles
Rain has fallen the past two days. What snow we had is gone. Replaced with last year’s grass,...
Obstacles
Rain has fallen the past two days. What snow we had is gone. Replaced with last year’s grass,...
Trip Updates
I hope this blog becomes a useful resource, but of course that requires me to actually have information...
Why Mt. Rainier?
Why climb Mt. Rainier? There are other more accessible, and lower height peaks that could be attempted? So...
Trip Updates
An update on the trips for this year, and my training goals. The end of June, I will...
Alaska Glaciers
Back in 2007, I was fortunate to find myself kayaking in Prince William Sound, hiking in the Talkeetna...
Poem – Black Tunnel
Photo from http://www.panoramio.com/photo/38968052 The black tunnel begins and ends with light. In between is unknown, and unwritten… Local...
Transition – Chaos
I have spent many hours the past few weeks, in quiet contemplation. Setting aside books, news, papers, pen;...