MAUI Name pretty much speak for itself huh? In 2013 Sylvia and I vacationed in Paradise, or about as close as you can get to it on Earth. This is the Hawaiian Island of Maui. Note only is it a paradise, but it is one of the most remote places on Earth. But it wasn’t all sitting around on the […]
BestHike.com’s trip report from Aconcagua…highest Mountain in the Andes
Fine trip report of a hike — that’s right hike, not technical climb — of the Western Hemisphere’s highest point by Rick McCharles of Besthike.com. This is tempting…looks FAR better than the Misti hike in Peru. Alas, it might be more tempting fate, considering we didn’t make it to the top of that one… https://besthike.com/2018/01/30/trekking-to-aconcaguas-plaza-francia-independently-day-3/
Salkantay to Machu Picchu…The Sacred Valley.
Part III…The Sacred Valley The Sacred Valley is loosely defined as the 60 miles or so of the Urubamba River between the Incan ruins at Pisac and the more famed ones at Machu Picchu to the east. Sometimes, it is known as the Yucay valley. The Urubamba is a major tributary of the Amazon, and its water eventually flows through […]
2018 almost here
Man, this snow is sure starting to pile up on BecauseItzThere! Just been coming down for days now, nonstop. I’m gonna have to hire a Russian bot with a dump truck to haul it off. 2018 promises to be an exciting year for us. Assuming we actually can pull off what we want to do. Here’s a hint. There’s some […]
New Updates to BecauseItzThere
New updates to Advice for hikers section! Sylvia has sanctioned it. 🙂
New stuff on BecauseItzThere
New stuff! Added an outline of basic gear to the Advice for hikers section…more to come soon. Basic Gear What do I need to bring with me?
One of the greatest hikers in the world today is Cam (Swami) Honan, editor of the blog The Hiking Life. He recently completed a fully independent hike of the entire Cordillera Real range of Bolivia. There is no official trail or even an official description of this hike, which goes for 150 miles over 23 mountain passes and seldom drops […]
Fall was a LONG time coming this year but when it came, the colors were pretty good. Much much better than last year. Pity that we didn’t get too see the full color in the mountains this year. Though we too two trips out in October, we went too early and missed the peak. On the plus side, our […]