Our cabin near Pardeeville, WI has forever been a sanctuary. Sixty acres hugging half of Columbia County’s Crystal Lake shoreline. Town folk have two additional names for the thirty-two-acre jewel, ‘One a Day Lake’ (coined for the difficulty of catching a legal bass [14 inches]) and ‘Abell Lake’ (The property owned and shared by ourContinue reading “Once Upon a Lake”
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Tumbleweeds
Visiting my sons and their significants by automobile requires a thousand-mile journey either east or west from Wisco to North Carolina or Colorado. We drive because we usually stay for a month or so. Plus, flying is a grind and we can take all the stuff we need and more. Recently, our journey west includedContinue reading “Tumbleweeds”
“All of Europe?”
The weather at Lukla’s notorious airport held. Thankfully, our plane was the last to depart for three days. But then my travel luck took an odd turn. We had returned to Katmandu on schedule. The doorman at the hotel was there to greet me. He had wished me well when we departed. “Welcome backContinue reading ““All of Europe?””
Ode to Annet the Airbnb
Annet, Annet, with your thick steel plating Mooring lines secured, your next sail is waiting Down your arched gangplank, with our luggage in hand You sway with yellow legged seagulls and barnacle geese in the band Diamond patterned decks, lead down rather large stairs Cabins on both ends, enough for two pair Tables, a kitchenContinue reading “Ode to Annet the Airbnb”
Old Friends – Part Three
It’s bad form to refer to friends as old. In this case, however, hiking boots come under a separate and honored category. They are trusted old friends that have transported me on many adventures. Curriculum vitae (CV) from left to right. #1 While on some field research in the late 90’s I visited beautiful oldContinue reading “Old Friends – Part Three”
Friendships – Part Two
As a young boy, I discovered that my father’s happy place was his library of mountaineering books, specifically, Mt. Everest and the Himalaya. When he drank, there would always be a point at which he could not stop. My siblings and I witnessed dozens of horrific recoveries. Sometimes at home, sometimes in the psychiatric wardContinue reading “Friendships – Part Two”
Friendships – Part One
When we live long enough, the friends that pass through our lives take many forms. Some begin in grade school or high school, the folks you don’t see for years, but the next meeting is like you had simply continued the last conversation. As adults, friends can ebb & flow, and sometimes, if we makeContinue reading “Friendships – Part One”
A Room with a View
Some of the guide/friends I made during my trek to Mt. Everest Base Camp have already begun their acclimatization for the 2024 climbing season. Recent FB posts, along with the some stunning photography, awakened the raw emotions and trials of, what was for me, a life-changing experience. We were free to move at our ownContinue reading “A Room with a View”
Find Your Superpower
Superhero activities are available to all of us. Not flight or X-ray vision like the movies, but real accomplishments completed within our own risk tolerance and physical abilities. These can be grounded tasks like the first walk to the mailbox after knee surgery or your first two-mile hike to completing your goal of running aContinue reading “Find Your Superpower”
The Adventures of Spaghetti Eddie 