LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT
South Africa: Devil's Peak: A bird's eye view of a section of Cape Town.
'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.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
8.141 Supplement to Blog 8.14, which follows
In the meantime, we gained 3,300 feet, reaching an altitude of about 12,500 feet, over 3.5 miles (7 miles return) but did not attempt to reach the summit, in one of our steepest climbs ever. We were not intending to climb that high and are now disappointed for not completing it. Why we did not prepare for a full hike, eludes us. Nevertheless, besides viewing our favorite sight—heavy, thick, white clouds, not forgetting the overwhelming Mauna Loa—the experience included an unexplainable spiritual element. Should we be forced to ‘hang-up’ our hiking boots, G-d forbid, we would select this hike as a finale.
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Head above the clouds although it felt like 'in' the clouds all day. Mountain peeps through
Jen heads toward the mountain and clouds
Jen going up and over another cone
Sloping into the clouds
Mauna Loa is massive. Standing before it, we were overwhelmed, humbled and privileged
Deep mist kept coming and going
Feeling the strain of a very steep hike, an incredible experience
Peak of Mauna Loa peeking through clouds from Mauna Kea, the White Mountain
Cheers,
Jenni and Jeffrey
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