Lazarow World-Hike-About: 50.22 Utah: Clayton Peak via Brighton, some rocky sections, pure mountain climbing.

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

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Friday, October 22, 2021

50.22 Utah: Clayton Peak via Brighton, some rocky sections, pure mountain climbing.

This was our second approach to Clayton Peak. The first was from the Bloods Lake trail, another challenging but enjoyable hike. The interesting aspect is that the only common ground of the two hikes was when stepping on the peak. Every other part of each hike was independent. Basically, it was two completely different experiences other than standing on the same peak. It's a nice feature of the region particularly because it helps when one runs out of hikes. There are only about 450 formal hikes to undertake. After a couple of weeks in the area, a person may get bored having to repeat the limited number of opportunities.

Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, our leader on the day (the boy) made a wrong turn and we ended up climbing the mountain rather than using the rough trail. It's always nice to achieve that accomplishment but not great enjoyment at the time. Exciting: Yes. Fortunately, Jen is a good sport—she has to be in order to survive. Are we having fun yet, Jenkins?

We lose the rough trail and go free climbing, at a high price.