devils tower

and a good place for picnic, that's Josh

the top of devils tower is like a meadow, that's Howard

Ama Dablam Introduction

Ama Dablam is known as one of the most impressive mountains in the world, not for it's altitude, but for it's beauty, aesthetics and the pure exposure encountered high on it's flanks. It's common to encounter high altitude Everest veterans having problems with the technical difficulties encountered on the crux pitches of this climb. Ama Dablam, whose name means Mother and her Necklace, is a beautiful mountain, located almost due south of Mount Everest and Lhotse in the Khumbu region. It stands among many 22,000 to 24,000 foot peaks that surround the high valleys of this region, yet stands out by way of its classic beauty: It is a steep pyramid of ice with vertical walls and sharp, exposed ridges. It is often compared to the Matterhorn, but is 10,000 feet taller. Elevation (feet): 22494

hiking to Clayton Peak

this is the evening hike, up toward Mt. Clayton, looking west.

 Alyssa Grant's final exhibition

reminded me of these trees and rocks in the Shawangunks

climbing the Y2K with Howard,
and Birdland in RedRocks
west of Vegas, wish Howard
were going to Nepal

new york city bus and subway

riding the bus along 5th avenue looking into central park

looking at the cobblestones, the 5th avenue bus is so warm and comforting

               out the bus window

  

south ferry tile murals by doug and mike starn

also the authors of big bambu

two feet of powder

It snowed all night, so i hiked up the mountain on skis, for a change. Usually i just hike up and roll down the mountain with my ice axe.  Saturday night i camped out on the same mountain in a blizzard storm, to test out my new sleeping bag.  Still got cold.

aspen trees at brighton, in the summer

a little collage, based on a seascape, a man standing on the shore, thinking of a great voyage...

a little collage based on a george inness painting

a collage based on an albert pinkham ryder painting

a collage of sunset

a collage of a george inness forest

a painting of the white grass and a child

grandmother mandalas

mandalas

made this collage for my grandmother, who taught me to read hugh lofting

a drawing about some floating puppets

evolution of boots

evolution of boots

evolution of jackets

evolution of crampons

levels of down

feathered friends

evolution of gloves

hokusai mountain wave

view from mt millicent

two books

i can take one book, to read in the tent, during the storm...
Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake or Just So Stories...

today i will climb Mt. Millicent