Turmoil in Chile Once Again Makes Our Travels Plans More “Interesting” This will hopefully be the last post where I have to show you other people’s pictures of Patagonia. The next time we post about it, we’ll (hopefully) have our own. As Brian writes this we are in the final stages of preparation. Almost everything we will need on this […]
Climate Change: Has The Battle Finally Turned?
Don’t Be On the Losing Side Of The Climate Change “Debate” There is no doubt that climate change is occurring, no doubt that the Earth is warming, and no doubt that human influence is by far and away the principal force behind the rise in global temperatures. There is broad scientific consensus on these facts, enormous amounts of scientific research […]
A Grim Climbing Season Draws to a Close
Death Toll for the 2019 Himalayan Climbing Season Could Be Near Thirty Himalayan Hiking Season is finally, and perhaps mercifully, over. At least eleven people died attempting to summit Mount Everest this year. Tragically, several of those who died had in fact summited and were on the way down when they collapsed and died. The deaths attracted considerable media attention […]
The Team Expands to Five!
New Team Members Emily and Sayuri Join Us For The Month Of June It’s always good to be able to experience adventures from a new and fresh perspective. Sometimes, our own perspectives can easily make us jaded to amazing things all around us that we take completely for granted. For example, last autumn we traveled west to the Blue Ridge […]
Everest, Traffic Jams…and Death.
I think by now almost everyone who follows news in the outdoor world has seen this incredible photo. A queue reported by CNN to be over 300 people waits in the ‘death zone’ (above 8000 meters) just below the summit of Everest. Of the over two hundred climbers who have died on Everest, most have died in the death zone. […]
Bucket Lists…North America
…And we keep on sifting through the bucket! Here’s some more landing pages for Epic Bucketlist Adventures, these ones all of the North American variety. We have done at least some hiking in all these places except, sadly, Canada. The good thing about North American BucketList items is they are fairly easy to reach. Most are more logistically easy to […]
The Education of Mr. Fitz Roy
The Life and Training of a Hiking Dog Some updates from the life and training of a hiking dog… Sylvia and Brian continue to work molding expedition sled dog/surf dog Fitz Roy into a companion suitable for hiking. Fitz is intelligent, energetic and eager to please. But he is also very excitable (that’s the sled dog in him) and sometimes […]
North Face Team Climbers Presumed Lost in Avalanche
Three Respected Climbers Missing, Presumed Dead in Avalanche at Canada’s Banff National Park Tragic news from Banff National Park this morning. Three of the most respected members of the mountaineering world have apparently been killed in an avalanche. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/18/americas/north-face-climbers-presumed-dead-avalanche/index.html David Lama, Jess Roskelley, and Hansjörg Auer were “caught in an avalanche earlier this week while attempting to climb the east face of Howse […]
AT Thru Hike Season Gets Underway!
Spring has arrived! And for those who wish to try their luck at completing the entire Appalachian Trail – the celebrated 2192 mile white blazed Footpath that links Springer Mountain, Georgia with Maine’s Mount Katahdin – Late March/early April is typically the time that most will set out. Winter has not yet left the Southern Appalachians by any means, but […]
The Evolution of a Hiking Dog!
Our Time with Fitz Roy: We’re So Glad to be Adopted by a Great Dog! Few things have proven more satisfying to us than the adventure of dog ownership. When Sylvia and Brian married in 2009, Brian committed on paper to a dog. But that commitment stayed on paper for nearly a decade. Many valid concerns and objections were raised, […]