Biking
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ABC trek day 5 – the day I pulled the plug, from Chhormrong down
I woke up yesterday, feeling defeated. I came to Nepal completely unprepared to be climbing stairs for hours on end. With my heart health scare in April and lingering issues from last year’s Iceman, I […]
Photography
ABC Trek – Day 4, Tadapani to Chhormrong
By the end of the day’s trek, we made our way back to the one trekking route up the valley into the Annapurna Sanctuary. Needless to say, it got really crowded, really quickly. After my […]
Photography
ABC Trek – Day 3 – Ghorepani to Tadapani
Our guide wanted us up at 5am to hike up Poonhill to see the sunrise. Marcelo stayed in bed. I ventured out. The 19 degree morning was bad on my asthma; I struggled the whole […]
Photography
ABC Trek – Day 2 – Ulleri to Ghorepani
Day 2 of the Annapurna trek is in the books. Somehow, I found this one easier, even though we were higher and climbed to almost the same height. We are now settled into our top […]
Photography
ABC Trek – Day 1 – Nayapul to Ulleri
We were supposed to be heading to Everest Base Camp, but weather cancelled flights for 5 days, stranding nearly 6000 people who are waiting for a flight to Lukla. We changed our plans to the […]
Photography
Dreaming of Nepal
I planned to travel to Nepal in October 2024 to trek to Everest Base Camp. Those plans fell through. Because of poor weather conditions, planes could not fly into Lukla. I met Marcello from Brazil […]
Golf
Ryder Cup – Whistling Straits
My brother and I had tickets to the Wednesday practice day at Whistling Straits. The cool thing about practice days is the public can bring cameras.
Biking
San Juan Huts
I met up with two college buddies I hadn’t seen in almost 30 years to tackle the San Juan Huts mountain biking tour, taking seven days to ride from Telluride, Colorado to Moab, Utah.
Travel
Bandon Dunes for my 50th
My brother and I traveled to Bandon Dunes in July, right before they hosted the US Amateur, to celebrate my 50th birthday.