Month: February 2015
The winds howled all night outside our little cabin on Mt Baldy. Not afraid of any wind ( or not willing to reschedule our summit, anyways) we woke up about seven and were ready to tackle the mountain, all 10,300 feet of her. It would mean hiking up over 4,000 feet of altitude gain with …
I’m sitting in a Starbucks Airport in Honolulu sipping a Cappuccino and waiting for that Hawaiian sun to rise. It’s December 31st, 2015 and this was how I began my New Year’s Eve morning. A New Year’s Eve that ended with me sleeping on the floor of the Sydney Airport one flight …
The winds were howling something awful as we drove the twisting turning roads up to Mt Baldy Village. The forecast was calling for gusts of 65 mph for that night and the following day! Any other mountaineers would probably have changed the game plan for the day but we already had a cabin reserved at Mt Baldy Lodge …
It was a beautiful day on the water, waves crashing against a giant vessel cutting through the Coral Sea. We were on our way to the outer reef for a day of snorkeling fun. It sounds like a brillant adventure but for one problem; I couldn’t stop puking. Once again I found myself asking, why …