If you are thinking about the TMB, the time to start planning is NOW Sylvia and I completed the Tour du Mont Blanc in 2018…it remains the most impressive adventure we’ve ever taken together. If you are considering doing the trek yourself this year, it’s time to make that decision and — if in the affirmative — start your planning. […]
Climate Change Threatens Mont Blanc’s Glaciers
Glacier Feared to be Close to Collapse, Forcing Closures If there weren’t already enough signs that the Earth is warming, here’s another; one of Mont Blanc’s glaciers has become unstable, and may be close to collapse. The Planpincieux Glacier, just to the northeast of Courmayeur on the Italian side of the mountain, is considered to be at risk of collapse […]
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 […]
Tour du Mont Blanc Epic Video
Tour du Mount Blanc trekking season is underway in the Alps.! For those about to embark upon Alpine Europe’s most celebrated hike, or considering the tour at some point, check out our short highlight video of the experience. If these views don’t inspire you, what will? We made GREAT memories on the TMB that will last a lifetime!
Mappy Hiking! New Trail Maps
We Expand the Blog With Trail Maps! Today’s subject is trail mapping apps in particular. But first, let’s digress for a bit and discuss maps in general. Back in Brian’s days as a hiker in the White Mountains, he never left home without one of his set of excellent maps published by the Appalachian Mountain Club. In fact, he […]
BucketList: The Far Side of the World
The Most Exotic Places on the Bucket List …And once more into the bucket we go! As promised here are landing pages for the rest of our BucketList destinations by region. Some of these are among the most exotic and far flung of our wish list! Click on the links or pictures below to see the landing page… Photo credits […]
Is There Still Time to Plan for the Tour Du Mont Blanc?
Want to hike the Tour du Mont Blanc — Europe’s most celebrated Alpine hike — this summer? Well, you better get cracking…The trekking season gets under way in less than six weeks. Realistically, you probably should have started planning for it already. Sylvia and I did the complete tour in late July of 2018. But we began our bookings in […]
Bucket List Hikes Landing Pages
Expanded Site Pages for our BucketList For a long time, we have wanted to create some reference pages for the various BucketList hikes we want to do. Our goal is to do as many of these hikes as we can over the next ten years — and then replace them with an all new bucket of BucketList hikes. In the […]
Thinking of Doing Something Big This Year?
Visit Our Tour du Mont Blanc Planning Resources! Thinking of attempting something BIG this year that will change the way you look at the world (and yourself?) Consider the Tour du Mont Blanc. A very strenuous but incredibly spectacular loop hike out of the French town of Chamonix through the Alps, over a hundred miles in length, passing through three […]
Movie Time: The Tour du Mont Blanc Highlight Reel!
Check out our new blockbuster highlight film of the 2018 Tour du Mont Blanc! …And be sure to check out the rest of Brian and Sylvia’s videos on our YouTube channel as well!