Lazarow World-Hike-About: 9.28 Black Butte meets 'white beauty' .

LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT

New Zealand: Tongariro Alpine Crossing: Ngauruhoe Volcano ("Mt. Doom"), a perfect sunrise.

'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

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Saturday, June 9, 2012

9.28 Black Butte meets 'white beauty' .

We arrived in Shasta City after two days traveling through Arizona, Nevada and Northern California. Our bodies needed some exercise; hence, we took a hike up Black Butte, a particularly rocky path with an elevation gain of 1900 feet. It’s a terrific hike, which seems impossible to ascend as it looks vertical. It includes spectacular views of one of the finest sights, in our opinion: Mount Shasta. Although we have an unpublished blog from the Grand Canyon, we thought we should juxtapose this set of pictures that provides a fascinating contrast, deserts and alpines.

The views of Shasta are so overwhelming that the surrounding landscapes, including Mount Eddy and others, are unfairly downplayed. Here are but a few photographs: