Seventh Summit – On the Bottom of the World
Seventh Summit – On Top of the Bottom of the World When the lead guide Jacob told our team that we had about three hours to go to get to the summit of Mount Vinson, it seemed like I would [...]
Seventh Summit – On Top of the Bottom of the World When the lead guide Jacob told our team that we had about three hours to go to get to the summit of Mount Vinson, it seemed like I would [...]
Om Mane Padme Hum – On the Kathmandu and Everest Tragedies The story and pictures and videos are devastating to watch. The earthquake in Nepal and the avalanches triggered around Mount Everest have killed more than 4,000 as of this [...]
Long ago, I read a fantastic book called “South”, which is the verbatim account by Sir Ernest Shackleton on his hard-to-believe Endurance expedition of 1914-1916 where he got every one of his men safely home after their ship was crushed [...]