Rachel and I spent the month of September in the English Lake District, a hiker’s paradise. I probably logged close to 150 miles. It was about then I decided to take another shot at Cotopaxi. The decision was accelerated by…
Training Again
About the only thing I could do for awhile after surgery was spin at the gym. My hand was in a splint and I held it against my chest while I used my right hand to hold onto the handlebar.…
Souvenir
If you look carefully you can see there is an unusual skewer in my martini’s olives. It is one of the pins from my fractured hand. Dr. Jossan saved it for me as a souvenir but didn’t know its intended…
Margaritaville
Hand surgery and rehab are specialties. I hadn’t thought about how complex hands are, and what’s involved in fixing them. The surgeon put in a couple of pins and then told me all the things that could go right…
2013 Summary
Sitting here in Knoxville the day after Thanksgiving 2014 I seem to have come full circle as far as Cotopaxi goes. The last post on this site was in September 2013…guess I wasn’t very good about keeping up. I was…
Gear
I need lots of new gear. First I thought I’d be in good shape with a lot of what I have from previous trips. Sure, the underwear, socks, and some of the inside layers will be fine. But I’m going…
Back above the clouds
When you commit to a high altitude trip life changes. There’s new equipment, new knowledge, complex arrangements, and a sense of purpose for training. I’ll be attempting to climb Cotopaxi, an almost 20k ft volcano in Ecuador, this January. Another…