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The Rest of Everest Returns From Hiatus!

Image from Google One of my favorite podcasts of all time came off an extended hiatus last week, when The Rest of Everest Episode 152 was released at last. The show has long been a fantastic, and very in depth, look at not only climbing Everest, but also trekking in Nepal and other sections of the Himalaya. This latest episode begins where we left off months ago, when a team of trekkers headed to Lhasa in Tibet to prepare for their Himalayan adventure. As the episode opens, we're reminded that the altitude gain from ...


Dumb and Dumber

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLB-uMPj27s I was reminded of this clip, when I did a similar thing on Monday. A great looking woman, into climbing, comes up and starts talking to me (Believe me this is a Very rare event!), as she remembers me from years ago at the climbing wall. Slideshow starts, so our conversation was cut short, [...]


The Saga of the Stove

It all started, I believe, when I decided to buy a twenty-pound propane cylinder to use for a Mr. Heater unit in the cabin and for cooking fuel while on this southwest tour. Back in October, I went to the Agway in New Paltz and they had only one unit left. I bought it, slightly upset at the price, which was something like $25. Unfilled. When I got the cylinder home, the first night I hooked it up to the Mr. Heater and could not make it work. Not a good omen. A few days later I called the company, assuming


Red Rock trip report March 2009, part one

Wow. I've been back from Red Rock, NV for days, and this is my first chance to sit down and start typing... I'm going to do the trip report in pieces so that it doesn't turn into a novel (who am I kidding, they're always novels). Some of the days merit posts of their very own, so this will serve as an appetizer, so to speak, and then you can stay tuned for the next course to come next week. More photos are also to come... the ones here are from my point and shoot; Shawn shot some film, so if we're lucky he