LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT

Nepal: Evening below Annapurna.

'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.

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

37.16 Bulgaria: The peak of Kutelo, via Vihren's north slope plus Koncheto ridge, words fail us. "A Quick 5 summary."



Part of Koncheto Ridge, at 9,600 feet altitude.



On the way down from Kutelo Peak, including a walk along Koncheto Ridge, Jenni remarked, “Can you believe what we’ve just done?” I didn’t have to give it much consideration as I, too walk around each day in awe of the tiny, tiny bits of the world we are privileged to explore. It would be unfair to single out any particular country or land. However, as we are currently in Bulgaria, having spent three weeks in Rila and Pirin National Parks, it is not difficult to offer an opinion in which at least one of us considers, particularly the latter forests and mountains, to be one of the most beautiful, moving, exciting, rugged, varied, tortuous, foot-killing, difficult and back-breaking places we’ve visited. We stand in awe each day as we struggle and sweat up-and-down the mountains, along the ridges, above the lakes and everywhere the rocky paths take us, making us climb most of the time. And when we rest our weary bodies and aching feet at the day’s end, we know how fortunate we are.


Looking left to a slightly higher Mount Vihren, climbed last week.




Jenni posed before reaching the far more treacherous part of the ridge.




A view of Kutelo from Vihren, after last week's ascent to 9,616 feet as Jenni seems to take a model's pose. I was stunned by both the 'model' and the view.




Returning from the other side of the ridge.



With all the happenings in the US these days, Jenni and I decided to have a DNA test each. It turns out she is 150th of a percent Sherpa. Apparently, I have goat blood in the mix which makes me happy—I've always wanted 4 legs.

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Cheers,

Jenni and Jeffrey

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