7 October 2026 Day 17 Zero Point (12,000’) It’s just past 0700 at 12,000 feet. I’m lying in my tent on a NOLS expedition to the Nadi Devi valley in India. We are resting today because we did a load ferry up to 14,500’ yesterday, getting onto snow and returning in the clouds and rain.
September… catching up… Well, it’s been a whirlwind. I stepped down from my USAP (US Antarctic Program) full-time role at the end of the season so I wouldn’t have to work all through the summer on my computer. So when I landed back off the ice, I took some time to adventure in New Zealand,
In June, I worked a NOLS Alumni course on Denali. It was not a typical NOLS course and it was not a typical mountaineering experience. I had wanted to climb the mountain for a long time, with various things getting in the way over the years. At last, it was time to experience the mountain.
21 April 2024 I get tired of the strain. There are things inside me that I cannot easily put to words. I don’t think words are my first language. Paragraphs have never been easy. As if trying to place a face – you flip through all the faces in your brain, looking for a match,
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