Vegas Mesquite Zion

 The Ginger Buttress, Red Rocks with the fearless and tirelessChris Vultaggio

 Lime Kiln Canyon, Mesquite Nevada, a beautiful desert beyond the mesmerizing clamour of the casinos

Zion.

Tucson

 Mount Lemmon road Tucson

 Phoenix Airport

State of Arizona Museum, Tucson

the wait is over

 Earthquake in Nepal in April, broken ankle in August, but now I am beginning to get ready to return to the Himalaya...by hiking in the Wasatch

And why not some hiking in the Atlas Mountains. That is Toubkal in the distance, the highest mountain in North Africa, 4,167 m or
13, 671 feet.

Nepal, November 2015

 Lukla Airport.  Who ever goes to Lukla, to visit?  It is always just a place to catch the plane back to Kathmandu, or begin a trek to the Khumbu. But on Sunday, I was able to explore the town and found an ocean of prayer flags overlooking the tiny airport runway.

Kongde Peak, from the Lukla Airport.  The glass was so clean I was amazed, until I realized there was no glass in the window.

san rafael swell, manhattan, red rocks, mesquite, zion

 Black Dragon Canyon, San Rafael Swell, Utah

 Small Reliquary, from Indian Show

 Museum of Modern Art, Picasso Sculptures

 Red Rocks, Ginger Buttress













and Lime Kiln Canyon, outside of Mesquite Nevada and in  Arizona, with the ever patient and skilled Chris Vultaggio.

 Zion, a climb called Smash Mouth, 5.11 finger crack