"When as pilgrims we come to revisit thy halls,
To what kindlings the season gives birth!
Thy shades are more soothing, thy sunlight more dear,
Than descend on less privileged earth..."
--From...
"Mountains are the means; the man[woman] is the end. The goal is not to reach the tops of mountains, but to improve the man[woman]."
- Walter Bonatti
On this climb, I came very close...
Morning Has Broken by Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
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"I ain't never been lost...but I was bewildered for a week once." --CCCarl, or Daniel Boone? (Yes, I'm recycling the quote yet again, but I love it. More on the this in the report below...yep,...
I was up well before sunrise, checked the weather and peered up at the dark sky--but I convinced myself the conditions sucked for a sunrise photo sojourn what with the constant stormy weather...
That was the mantra back in my aviation days when preparing for takeoff, during the climb, leveling off at cruise altitude, for descent, the approach and landing, and in the case of some...
This is a worthwhile place to visit for a lesson in local history as well as for a little photography. For the latter, pick a day with dramatic weather of some kind, as we had last week.
Unfortunately,...
"The hills are alive...with the sound of music." --Yep, the musical.
This outing turned out to offer a bit more music than I expected. First, the snow cover over the normally obvious...
“One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your...
This is sort of an undistinguished bump of a summit but it is a strategically located perch, smack in front of Longs Peak's famous east face, the "Diamond", which makes it a very worthwhile destination...