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.
O
ur 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.

Thursday, October 28, 2021

50.27 Utah: Jack's Peak: More than Enough Snow for Jen—she summons a ride. Not Lyft, not Uber, not Jeffrey's shoulders—the woman has class (or is spoilt rotten).

Not too bad a start to the day.
A rough (steep) beginning but no snow at this altitude.

Jen ploughs through the snow to arrive at Jack's Peak.
Jen takes in the surrounds and states, "Enough. I'm not hiking down." 
"Okay," I reply, "But there aren't that many alternatives. There's Mount Wire across the way. You complained last week, too when you had to walk down."

What's that?" she declares.
 
"That's another mountain. It's of no use to you seeing you've had enough."

"No. That there." 
"That's Salt Lake City. But you don't like cities, so you tell me."

"No, silly. That thing in the air." 
"No. Tell me you're not serious. That's a helicopter." 
"Exactly. Call him for me." 
Note the tower on Mount Wire, a little faint...then see a close-up, below.

Mount Wire, a tough hike (See above for perspective.)

"Have you gone nuts? You're losing it, Girl."
 
"Stand on the peak and signal him." 
"And you expect him to respond, Sweetheart?"

"I'll wait here. Go on. Wave your hands. Pretend you're talking with someone—you know, talk with your hands, you're good at it."
"Have you any idea how complicated and expensive this is going to be?

I could not believe it. The pilot lowered the orange bag so I could place my 'old bag" into it and off he flew.

And there she goes, dropped gently into someone's backyard at ground-level. 
  Meanwhile back at the ranch (peak), the dodo is left alone to make his way down the mountain. Who's the smart one?"

The treat is mine as the sights are delightful 
  My marker. The skyscraper is the last big building on the north side of the city, the Capitol, further right.

For the record,
some of our blogs have evoked reactions not intended. Therefore, we would suggest should we ever offer to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge, no matter how good the deal appears, walk away, maybe run. 

Cheers, 

Jenni and Jeffrey

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