Sterlin goes Off-Road, UT
Today we visited Canyonlands National Park. Instead of taking the paved roads, we decided to take one of the 4WD only roads. This enabled us to get away from the crowds and access great views of the Colorado River. The…
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Bolivian Experience : The Photos
Here are the photos from my trip to Bolivia
Mt Illimani – Success!!!
Just back from 6 days in the mountains, where we successfully summited Mt Illimani (6,438m/22,354ft). It was a long day involving 8 hours and 43 minutes to get up and 4 hours and 35 minutes to get down. But made…
Where is Caroline?
Just spoke to Caroline, and she is doing extremely well on her long-distance-foot-path adventure. A few blisters, but apparently nothing to worry about. I am sure Caroline will give a full update once she gets to an Internet terminal. Which…
The Training is Over
Just back from a week in the Cordillera Real mountain range. We completed High Altitude training and acclimization. So we are ready to tackle Mt Illimani. It is wonderful to get out of a tent and into a hotel room…
The Bolivian Experience has Started
Like Caroline a quick post to let you know the adventure in Bolivia has started. Landed after a reasonable flight and getting a reasonable amount of sleep. La Paz airport is at 4,000m (the highest major airport in the world).…
High Altitude Mountaineering Course, Bolivia
Spent last night doing a pre-pack for my trip to Bolivia. As usual, I have way too much ‘gear’! But at least I think I am ready. Of course, we had to do one final run to REI to pick…
Anchorage, AK to Dawson Creek, BC
We flew into Anchorage from San Francisco on 14 Aug around midnight. First stop: long term airport parking to pick up Sterlin. The next day we started our trek in the general direction of Chicago. We stopped in Tok, AK;…
WiFi Mecca
Finally achieved the ultimate in camping. To access email remotely through a Wi-Fi connection. Ha. Camping will never be the same again (this post was made from a campground).
Prudhoe Bay, AK
Just squeezing in a quick post before heading off to Denali National Park. The last week has been spent driving North, and I mean North. We crossed the Artic Circle (66Deg33′) and continued to a place called Deadhorse on Prudhoe…
Skagway to Anchorage, AK
Obviously we made it successfully from Juneau to Skagway. However, no more ferries for us (at least for a while). We plan to be land-based for the next few weeks. Skagway was quite the quaint little tourist town. We preferred…
Juneau, AK
We will keep this post very short (as internet and phone seem to be a real problem here). Just wanted to let you know that we touched down in Alaska. Took the ferry from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert –…
Host Olympic City 2010
Greetings from Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia. Crossed the border from the US to Canada on the 9th of July (Friday) and headed up to Whistler. Hiked a local trail with Dad where we discovered that there is no rainbow at…
Mt Rainier, Washington (14,410 ft)
Thought I’d better send a quick post to let you all know that I was successful in my summit of Mt Rainier! I set off at 10:30am Monday from the car-park arriving at Camp Muir around 3:00 pm. After a…
Lassen Volcanic and Crater Lake National Parks.
After numerous previous trips whizzing up and down the I-5, we made the right decision to go a little inland and visit these two great national parks. Mt Lassen (10,457 ft) remains covered in snow, with the various lakes just…