Lazarow World-Hike-About: Mostly Peak Pictorials, Part 1...and some training for Nepal along a steep but pretty part of the coast.

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.

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Mostly Peak Pictorials, Part 1...and some training for Nepal along a steep but pretty part of the coast.

As we head to (may already be in) Nepal, we thought we'd post a few blogs of some highlights, automatically (2-week intervals). We don't think we'll post any current/local photographs until our return. Jenni has promised she's not going to 'run up' Everest with me tailing after her which is a big relief. Farewell and may we all be safe and healthy.

Click on arrow to listen to Brian C Murray singing "Knocking on Heaven's Door.": Mount Olympus, Greece.

Preparing for Nepal...thinking maybe it might be more comfortable going to Naples.

Training for Nepal in San Diego ... sea-level versus...'what did you say the altitude is?'

The Gliderport, San Diego...running up (away) from the nudist beach below.

Everyone's favorite, Antelope Canyon (lower), Arizona.

Heading to Pinnacle peak and 'trouble' near Mount Rainier, Washington.

Departing from Refugio Jakob, San Carlos Bariloche, Argentina.

Grampians, Eastern Australia.

Butt for this slope, ... the Icelanders were most hospitable as we ride down Mount Sulur.

On the way up to Ben Lomond peak, South Island, New Zealand.

Heading toward Kristinartindar peak, along a glacier, Iceland.

The next two are on Table Mountain in the Cape, South Africa: 'Indian Venster'.

Who would have guessed?

Wheeler Peak, New Mexico's highest.

Heading toward an unusual peak in Iceland, but superb.

An approach from the rear of the mountain in Andorra.

Tongarriro Crossing, New Zealand.

On the way to Comapedrosa, Andorra's highest.

Olympic National Park, Washington, USA.

"Charity", South Sister, Oregon...a little less than 5,000 feet elevation gain.

The Sentinel, Drakensberg, South Africa.

South Africans have a wonderful phrase for this situation: "Nou ja? or maybe ja-nee?". White Mountains, New Hampshire.

On Salkantay Mountain, Peru, our highest at about 15,300 feet.

Seefeldjoch, Austria on the way to the Spitze (Upper-right).

Arbel Cliffs, Israel.

Cheers,

Jenni and Jeffrey

Enjoyed training at the cliffs for Nepal. The photos, with a phone, were an added benefit when we saw how attractive the views were. Who trains and takes photographs?...some training. As an aside, these are for our old age when we remember our youth...well, you have heard of euphemisms?