A man with his mind on mountains and museums
July 27, 2015
Reinhold Messner, the first man to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, is, as you’d expect, a man who thinks a lot about mountains and climbing them.
Reinhold Messner, the first man to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, is, as you’d expect, a man who thinks a lot about mountains and climbing them.
Located at the northeastern edge of greater Phoenix area, the Apache Trail was recommended by our friend as Arizona’s oldest and most scenic driving trail. The winding 40 mile road takes you through the magnificent scenery of sometime steep…
Sunrise over the Atlas Mountains in southern Morocco. The mountain peaks reach up into the pure blue sky and I breathe the crystal clear clean high-altitude air. A wonderful way to start another day of adventure!
If you still haven’t decided to visit Bulgaria after my 7 reasons to do so , this may be the right inspiration to come here. Rila Monastery is the most gorgeous, peaceful and authentic place in Bulgaria I’ve been so far.
Mt. Kilimanjaro was formed by fusion of three extinct volcanoes (Kibo — 19340′; Mawenzi –16896′; and Shira — 13000′). There are several routes to Mt. Kilimanjaro’s summit most of which are very steep, but get you…
(Tunnel Mountain viewed from the Hoodoos Trail) As summer is upon us, I thought I’d feature another walk from the Canadian Rockies as our “hike of the week”, this one directly accessible from downtown Banff on a…
Table Mountain is perhaps Oroville California’s best kept secret (aside from Burma Falls). During the winter waterfalls flow from the edges of Table Mountain to the floor of the valley. If you are lucky and know a local then you might even find…
Sometimes when I reflect on my travels, trends stand out that I might otherwise never have noticed. For example, I’d not have thought myself unusually interested in volcanoes or lava, but in the past few years I’ve visited a…
Reinhold Messner, the first man to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, is, as you’d expect, a man who thinks a lot about mountains and climbing them.
Located at the northeastern edge of greater Phoenix area, the Apache Trail was recommended by our friend as Arizona’s oldest and most scenic driving trail. The winding 40 mile road takes you through the magnificent scenery of sometime steep…
Sunrise over the Atlas Mountains in southern Morocco. The mountain peaks reach up into the pure blue sky and I breathe the crystal clear clean high-altitude air. A wonderful way to start another day of adventure!
If you still haven’t decided to visit Bulgaria after my 7 reasons to do so , this may be the right inspiration to come here. Rila Monastery is the most gorgeous, peaceful and authentic place in Bulgaria I’ve been so far.
Mt. Kilimanjaro was formed by fusion of three extinct volcanoes (Kibo — 19340′; Mawenzi –16896′; and Shira — 13000′). There are several routes to Mt. Kilimanjaro’s summit most of which are very steep, but get you…
(Tunnel Mountain viewed from the Hoodoos Trail) As summer is upon us, I thought I’d feature another walk from the Canadian Rockies as our “hike of the week”, this one directly accessible from downtown Banff on a…
Table Mountain is perhaps Oroville California’s best kept secret (aside from Burma Falls). During the winter waterfalls flow from the edges of Table Mountain to the floor of the valley. If you are lucky and know a local then you might even find…
Sometimes when I reflect on my travels, trends stand out that I might otherwise never have noticed. For example, I’d not have thought myself unusually interested in volcanoes or lava, but in the past few years I’ve visited a…