It all started with my younger daughter letting us know she wanted to go on a South East Asia trip in the fall. My knee jerk reaction was “There is no way you’re going alone……I’m going with you!”. A few days later it was time to spin the wheel and decide on our...
I normally blog about physical adventures like mountaineering and triathlons. Last weekend I had an incredible mental adventure that I wanted to share. It all started when I started reading a book a few months ago called the Silva Mind Control Method. I was always a...
Week 1 of 2022 was like the beginning of any new hobby or initiative. A lot of energy and tons of "I've got this" feelings and making working out a priority. Having been there, done that sooo many times I take no credit for the really good start to the long journey...
With unfinished business from my 2014 expedition on Denali I booked a second attempt with my favorite tour company RMI. I purposefully selected the expedition lead by Hannah Smith as I though she did an incredible job getting me and my team to the summit of Aconcagua,...
Last month I had a fun adventure to Lake Meade, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park. I left with some unfinished business in Zion that you’ll read about down below. After hearing about it, my wife agreed to go back with me the following week. So a week later it was...
After 6 years of coming here it is about time I share what my now annual heli skiing adventure in British Columbia is like. The place I've been going to every first week of December is called Mike Wiegele Heli Skiing. It is a combination of the most picturesque and...
This blog is mainly for adventure and travel stories but last night's "Dinner in the Dark" qualifies. I had the unfortunate experience of being temporarily blind (in each eye separately and years apart) when my retinas decided to detach several years ago. With the...
Since this blog was originally started to document travel trips, I’ll interrupt the flow of race reports and mountain adventures with a write up of an epic trip that my wife and I and 12 friends just completed. The trip was with a company called Fast Lane Travel and...
In my limited research about summiting Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania I found it described more as an advanced trek vs a true mountaineering experience. Now that I have completed it I would categorize it as a intermediate mountaineering experience. I'm far from an...
Mt Everest at 29,000 ft above sea level is the holy grail of mountain climbing. Undertaking an Everest expedition is a very expensive, complicated and time consuming endeavor so I decided to try one of the closer 7 peaks first. To get ready I summited Mt Rainier...