Lazarow World-Hike-About: 66.19 A glance at the Annapurna Mountains after they took a break for near on 3-weeks. The power of the 'mountain union' is phenomenal.

LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT

The GRANDest CANYON of all. Scaling Plateau Point Butte overlooking Colorado River, Arizona..

'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 three, or slightly less, 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 2024, the blog contained over 1,636 hikes (far less than 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, February 25, 2025

66.19 A glance at the Annapurna Mountains after they took a break for near on 3-weeks. The power of the 'mountain union' is phenomenal.

There is no question we are under the spell of the Annapurna Mountain Range. After catching only an occasional, partial glimpse of the peaks covering a 3-week period, when opportunity arose, we grabbed it. To our great fortune, we found our hands covered in snow. During their absence, little did we know that they must have spent their break in a snowy environment. Who would have thought? Thus, upon catching our first glimpse of Machapuchare, we thought something was odd. Then it dawned upon us. As summer is approaching (it's warm over here), the previously snow-free mountain is now almost fully covered with the 'white stuff'. Is it possible that it snows during summer in Nepal but not winter? This is a question we will now ponder and return to you with results of our obviously meaningful and deep deliberations.

In the meantime, to make the point, we reluctantly include a few photographs from a stunning hike. Heck, we'll make sacrifices for our friends. After all, what are friends for? Would any friend wish to send us a couple of plane tickets so we might return to San Diego? *