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Category Archives: Adventure
Petaluma Row
What an adventure!!! This weekend Justin Huskamp and I rowed 80 miles from San Francisco to Petaluma and back. The row was fast, scenic and cold. Saturday 40 mile row to SF to Petaluma Sunday 40 mile row to Petaluma to SF The flood tide began early morning Saturday so we left with it at …
Climbing Mount Whitney in winter
On October 5 – 7, Ken Howery, Ken’s dad, Alan Nichols, Tenzing, and I climbed Mt. Whitney, the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states, at 14,498 feet, in winter conditions.
Planning Ama Dablam Climb
I am planning a trip to Ama Dablam, 22,349 feet. The year is unclear as I’m still in planning mode. Ama Dablam dominates the eastern sky for anyone trekking to Mount Everest basecamp, that’s when I first saw it and was captivated. It’s a gorgeous peak. The most popular route by far is the Southwest Ridge (right skyline …
Everest Summit Day HD
HD footage from “ivegivenallican” (I’ve given all I can). Shows the the three most memorable parts of summit day, those being Hillary Step, South Summit and Everest Summit. I wish it showed the balcony — I have a pretty foggy memory of this spot and it would have been nice to see it again with …
Great White Sharks In The San Francisco Bay
The Graphic: The colors lines represent actual sharks from 2000-2008. The gray area represents the extrapolated ranging of all great whites in the area. There is no blow-up of the bay, but supposedly they roamed inside the Golden Gate. The Study: According to a Stanford University-led study released Tuesday, great white sharks occasionally stray from …
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Example Of Functional Building Design
The horizontal surface of a gym floor is not the most efficient use of space. The underutilized vertical surface the side is a much more space efficient workout facility. Check out the architecture of this dorm at the University of Twente in the Netherlands by Arons and Gelauff Architects. This is definitely the product of …
Sacramento Row
Rowing has become a regular outlet for me. I row the wooden rowboats that the Dolphin Club of San Francisco makes available to members. All you have to do is join, take a rowing skills course, and you can row a boat that was built prior to WWII. Sound amazing? It is. Most of the boats were …
Planned Row To Sacremento
This Sat-Sun-Mon I will row 100-miles from San Francisco to Sacramento with Renee and Jon from the Dolphin Club. We will be rowing upstream in a 40-50 year old wooden rowboat. Day 1: San Francisco to Collinsville Day 2: Collinsville to Freeport Day 3: Freeport to Sacramento, drive home Needless to say I am SUPER …
Overheard in REI… “Mount Everest is very easy to climb, only just a little too high.”
The most common mountaineering question I get asked is “How was Everest”. It’s a hard question to answer with a phrase or two. It requires a great deal of hang waving a a certain amount of time to encapsulate a life changing event where I risked my life, carried the body of a dead man, …