This summit (22,837') has special meaning to me as I once stood atop it back in 1997. Not much air up there. (Thanks Gary and Tom, for a challenging, fun, and successful expedition!)
As we departed...
I can't believe it has taken me this long to catch a sunset from this area with my camera. I had been up to Tibidabo many times before on the bicycle, and I have even photographed...
It was pounding up there yesterday! And we (Dana Bove and I) were only up on Sugarloaf Mountain at barely 9,000'...but you could see horrendous snow plumes from the summits and ridgelines above. If anyone...
Any trip to Barcelona ought to include a stroll through this UNESCO World Heritage Site. Along with the Sagrada Familia Temple and the Picasso Museum, Park Güell is the most likely pick...
What I learned on my visit to Prague
--The climate and history must weigh heavily on Czech humor. Yes, a decided dourness abounds, but nothing a few words in Czech can't penetrate (at least...
If you ever fly from Mendoza, Argentina to Santiago, Chile, do this:
Ask for a window seat on the right side of the plane, near the very front or near the tail (so the wing doesn't block...
"Capitol, has been called Colorado's hardest Fourteener. Many dispute that claim, but Capitol is certainly one of the hardest."
--Gerry Roach, in Colorado's...
On a return flight from Tucson to Denver, we happened to be at the just the right place over Colorado (and I happened to have a window seat on the correct side of the plane!) to make the above...
Attempt? Attempt? Howie, it can't be! After all, there is a road and a railroad to the top of the dern thing. What do you mean attempt?
Well, the plan was sunrise photography at the summit...
Who hasn't stopped to photograph this beautiful little stone chapel (visited by Pope John Paul II in 1993!) whilst traveling the Peak-to-Peak Highway (Highway 7) between Estes Park and Nederland. The official...