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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Thursday, June 23, 2022

Some nostalgia: Mostly Dawn and Dusk Around the World.


As we head for Europe, it's been a while Mr. Covid, we remind ourselves for the 100th occasion what a beautiful world we inhabit. We never require reminding but the reminiscing spurs us on to renewing acquaintances sooner rather than later. After all, the planet is going to be around, and spinning about, for infinity while our days, dare we say years, are extremely limited. 

Glacier in Iceland, late afternoon. 
 Early morning, Bryce Amphitheater, Utah.
 Caught in an electric storm on peak of Casamanya, Andorra. Not such a great (safe) sunrise but exciting nevertheless.
 Part 2, on Casamanya
 Kenmo Lake after dawn, South Africa.
 Along the spine in Hawaii.
 Lake Mead, Nevada side, at dusk.
 Taking to the air at Mount Woodson, San Diego.
 Devil's Ravine approach to Devil's Peak, Cape Town.
 Refracted rays at Woodson. 
  Chamonix, France.
 Mount 'Doom' at dawn, New Zealand.
 Mount Sulur, Iceland.

Golden Gate Park at sunset, South Africa.
 Nasty surprise awaits at the top, New Zealand.
 Reflecting in Utah.
 At the cathedral in Sedona, AZ.
 The Eagle has landed...not funny, I'll admit.
Dawn in Hawaii.
 Dusk in Nepal.
 Marla overnight hike, French Indian Ocean Island of La Reunion. 
 Above the clouds at dawn in the Drakensberg at the amphitheatre.
 Somewhere in Poland.
 Dawn, El Chalten, Argentina.
 Dawn viewed from Iron Mountain, San Diego as the sun pours into a crevice.
 Slow climb, missed dawn but very early for dusk, Olympia, Washington.
 Slow again, arriving at a peak in Andorra.
 Dawn at Keurboomstrand, South Africa.
 The tricky India Venster hike up Table Mountain, Cape Town.
 Cheers, 

Jenni and Jeffrey
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1 comment:

Nina Varkel said...

Absolutely stunning pictures especially the dawn and dusk ones, you guys amaze me

July 18, 2022 at 6:10 PM

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