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.
O
ur 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, January 30, 2015

21.02 Oahu: Lanipo Peak contrasted with color on the surface.



After a hike in the 'green jungle', we came across these colors on the way home.


It's not often one experiences a dull day on Oahu but we sure did on Thursday. Nevertheless, on the way home,
we came across a beach and ocean water in colors that were hard to believe. It was so amazing that we asked each
other if what we were looking at was real.

The hike up and on the mountain was tough in places because of the rock climbing and slippery slopes. However,
we found those times to be most enjoyable but not enough of them. Along the ridge we had good views but it became
'more of the same' with the hazard of thick foliage to plough through. Once again, lack of good light showed how
critical the sun is to achieve interesting scenes.



The surprisingly dull conditions took out the color as we hiked on a ridge. Honolulu a few miles distant,
in the mist.





Jenni asks whether we have a spare hedge-clipper or perhaps a power saw available.





Rabbit Island. Accurate shades of color may just have been captured by the camera. Quite amazing.





Along the ridge as far as the eye can see and then some.




The scene of the next hike, the pyramid shaped mountain in the distance.




A similar scene to the above photo but taken in loco...or a little loco.



Cheers,

Jenni and Jeffrey

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