Lazarow World-Hike-About: More tales on the trails......

LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT

San Ramon: At first, I thought it needed explanation. Not true. Top Left: "You're kidding me. After hiking 4 miles from the base below, you still want to climb up there...and snakes...?" The stance revealed it all. The rest is self-explanatory, too. (Not part of the formal trail either).

'LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT: WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HIKE-ABOUT?'

Hike-about is an adventure that commenced June 2010. After storing our household movables, ridding ourselves of a house but retaining our 'home' together, we set off with the purpose of hiking in different parts of the world, not forgetting the home country, the USA.

Our primary focus is hiking to mountain peaks but any challenging hike will do just fine. Extended stays enable us to enjoy and experience living in various places amongst differing cultures. Hike-about has evolved into a way of life. It's also a process of discovery, both the world and ourselves.

We work and live 'on the road' but return to the city in which our grandchildren reside, every couple of months. This provides us the wonderful opportunity to be with them as well as a child or two, even three and of course, friends.

By the end of 2023, the blog contained over 1,560 hikes (less than that actually undertaken), each a set of pictures with stories and anecdotes from the trails. An index to the right allows the viewer to identify earlier experiences.

Finally, we are often asked about the journey's end. Our reply, as accurate as we can state, is: "When we are either forced to cease through health issues or the enjoyment level no longer reaches our aspirations, we will hang up the boots."

"A Life Experience As No Other: Dare to Seize the Day Together", published by Fulton Books, depicts our life on the road and mountains until the beginning of 2017. It has developed 'exponentially' since then.

Jenni and Jeffrey Lazarow

Whereas we continue to update the blog regularly, we circulate email notifications infrequently.

Friday, June 4, 2010

More tales on the trails......

Approaching Podium for memorable address

Well, today we did not have time to ponder the bigger issues of life...... all our energy was spent pondering how on earth we 'missed the trail'. Fancy GPS back-track unit and my beautiful new compass did not help much - especially when we just failed to read the sign that said 'go left'.

Cassidy Arch--A speck at the amphitheatre

The first part of the hike was 2.5 miles through a narrow wash with giant monoliths on either side. It was similar to Zion's Narrows, but this had no river to walk in. A little water in the heat would have been welcome. Very beautiful and overwhelming. We then began a climb in an attempt to reach the Cassidy Arch - and that is when the trouble began. I must admit, that we cleverly turned around after an extra mile of climbing and finally found out where we went wrong.

Underneath the Arches...sort of

Once back on the correct trail, the climb to the Cassidy Arch was unbelievable - over giant slick rocks with steep drop offs and the most amazing views we have ever seen. It was like being in a giant amphitheatre completely surrounded by walls of rock. The arch was awe inspiring - one of the best we have seen. By the time we took it all in, we had no time to sit and ponder either - we were faced with many miles back to the trailhead, lacking in energy and with little water left. 11 miles we accomplished in 90 degree heat - we have certainly earned our Shabbos rest!
Shabbat Shalom to you all.

Another view at Cassidy

Lazarow World-Hike-About