LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT
Argentina: Laguna de Los Tres.
'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.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Hike-About 11.0: South Africa, the preparation at Double Peak Mountain
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We discovered the concept of solar energy. Just join those cables to the sun. Simple. They don't call us 'bright sparks' for nothing.
Dawn breaks, reflects off Discovery Lake
“Have you hidden our socks?” We asked our editor as life’s steady pace began to pick up quite smartly while preparing for a long distance trip to the wilds of Africa du Sud. The French name tickles us, so we took the opportunity to use it. Who doesn’t like a good laugh? Back to the socks. Seems like a silly question to have asked our editor particularly because when we look in her closet, there never seems to be a shortage of clothing. Knowing she has a full wardrobe provides us with comfort—we know the family money (limited) is well spent. At this rate, she may even need another backpack to accommodate the overflow. Why would she need our socks? A good question, thank you for asking.
The sun lights up the morning
Editor weighs up sleeping-in against having so much fun as climb really begins
We have lived for the last 6 weeks in a condo in La Costa, an area we find very attractive. The accommodation was terrific and we hope to return. However, in winter even in mild San Diego, a corner of the bedroom is like an icebox, hence, her need for thick woolies. Our editor, in another of moment of lucid thinking, suggested we do our talking from that cold spot—something about ‘hot air’. If not offended by her insinuation, she did come close. Sad to say, out of pettiness, we reclaimed our hiking socks.
As most people know, the southern hemisphere is now experiencing warm weather; for those that don’t, we believe it to be true—it could be something to do with ‘global warming’—ask Al. Our mantra is: Follow the warm weather even though we had an incredible autumn in the Sierras where the temperature, at times, dropped below freezing.
Multi-ranges show off the area's diversity
Reflections in a small body of water
We look forward to visiting Ellie and Ben’s paternal great-grandmother accompanied by their maternal grandmother (we hope that’s correct). Talking of the boss, Ellie, we always have wonderful experiences with her; we shall miss her and young Ben, as always. There is no one, including our army drill instructors, who have ordered us around as much as this young girl, not yet 4 years old. The difference being that taking orders from her is a delight. It was difficult to keep a straight-face last week when in a process of negotiation of how many flips we should do, she looked up at us and said, “How about we do a deal?” She actually was not asking though—she was telling. She has perfected the art of the one-way negotiation.
This morning we left at 6pm to capture a sunrise on Double Peaks in San Marcos. The more than 5-mile hike with very steep sections is a great workout. Our editor is becoming quite a trail runner. We are going to suggest that she tries running uphill next time.
The boss takes 'Gaga' for a ride; 'Papa' has collapsed
We head off to virgin territory as we intend exploring parts of the Eastern Cape and the Drakensberg, in our former homeland. We look forward to seeing you from the ‘old country’.
Cheers,
Jenni and Jeffrey
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