San Diego to Cochise Stronghold: a vagabond climber researcher artist wanderer

 the Surfer Hotel in Pacific Beach, Christmas Eve, 2019

Jacumba Hot Springs: driving with Jakob, it was an interesting night in the clothing optional resort outside of Jacumba hot springs. Jakob soaked, I spun in the gym with the lights.  Jakob left his wallet and we drove on in the dark. And Ajo, where a community of indigenous farmers and others had created a network of urban gardens supplying a little market food place. The white observatory towers against the ski on Kitts peak were spectacular, as were the tamales and pistole soup from Ajo. 


Ajo Cathedral

 Why and Kitts Peak Observatory

 The Cochise Stronghold  a vagabond climber researcher artist wanderer 

Writing a field guide to the border, a guide to food, recipes, hopeful communities, climbing spots, petroglyphs, culture.  It would make our simplified views of American Anglo against Mexican Latino culture more nuanced, like the 31 dialects of the sand people of southern Arizona, we might have a little café somewhere

The Wasteland Dome

 Superstition Mountains

painted rocks petroglyph site, stones, piled up like a southwest Stonehenge.

 San Diego, going to the botanical garden, staying in the Surfer Hotel in Pacific Beach, going to the farmer’s market, picking up Jakob late that night...I was deeply touched by the collages in the Athenium, fhe sea lions,  the beautiful red sunset from the Surfer Hotel, the shape of the seals 

 Border at Jacumba Springs

   Sand Dunes

 Border at Jacumba

Mission Gorge San Diego

Exhibtion Scotland

Anna Harris Watercolors

Anna Harris                                               Beth Krensky Wand Collection

Faroe Island Sport Climbing

 The islands are famous for lichens 500 or was it 5,000 species?  A symbiotic relationship between algae and fungi. 

Part of the national treasure of the Faroes, some church fittings from the ancient cathedral. 

Vesmanna Hostel

Anna and Elisabeth and I went back to the wild and beautiful crag just past Nordligsdudng. We did not leave until 4:00 and got over there around 5, feeling a little lazy, and we decided not cross over any fences. We took the long way around, which had the added benefit of being drier and slowly went up toward the crag, which was much drier and seemed more warm and friendly than on our last visit. We walked along the little shelfs in the grass that the sheep make, watching the pale white fluffs of a kind of cotton flower in the field. It was the kind of walk I liked, talking about important ideas on the way to the climb.  A dream walk, 

This time we actually got to the top of the climb, where two incredibly rusty quick links were the chains.  It was not an easy climb and I had to use a bit of aid to get up it, also going back to get draws from the lower bolts, but much better than before when the rock was wet. It was a beautiful evening around 8:30 when we walked down as the last bit of sun went below the clouds touching the green peaks above us.