Tag: Mountain Man
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Upper Dewey
[slideshow_deploy id=’352′] 3,000 feet above Skagway, Alaska, crowning The Dewey Lakes Trail System, is a lake cupped in a glacial couloir between soaring mountain peaks. The trail up is tree and bush-lined, so there’s always the sudden surprise of topping-out at the expansive lake, with swirling mist concealing and revealing the jagged peaks and…
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Ben Nevis
[slideshow_deploy id=’343′] While in Scotland in early October — three days after running The Inverness Loch Ness Marathon, decided to climb Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in the British Isles, at 4, 409 feet. Turned out that the height wasn’t the challenge, but the severe weather. In researching the climb, I learned that the…
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Sossusvlei Dunes
[slideshow_deploy id=’335′] Think of Africa and you might envision vast herds of wild animals migrating across the Serengeti Plain or the Congo’s impenetrable green jungles interlaced with Tarzan’s vines. However, there is a place in Africa far off the known and beaten path — a stark, surreal area that if it didn’t exist, Salvador Dali…
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Diamond Head (Le ‘ Ahi)
[slideshow_deploy id=’330′] A walk-up, with the summit only 761 feet, Diamond Head, the most recognized landmark in Hawai ‘ i, had a profound effect upon me — the panoramic overview from the top pulling all of Hawai ‘ i’s magical elements into mystical focus. Started out the day, surfing in Waikiki Bay on the…