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Everest Base Camp – Part 2

Click Everest Base Camp – Part 1 if you want to read from the beginning. Day 4 we trek again! After a full day of recovery enjoying the storm from the comfort of lovely Namche Bazaar we get to do an acclimation hike to Everest View Hotel. It’s an elevation gain of 440m (1440ft) and […]

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Everest Base Camp – Part 1

I have dreamed about doing the trek to Everest Base Camp for 13 years! Since that infamous milestone climb up Kilimajaro just before I turned 50, a trip that changed my life, I have put Nepal as my ultimate challenge adventure. Well, 2025 became the year! It wasn’t planned but it was always in the […]

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Where One Harmless Goal Led Me

It’s 1:53am in Canada, I’m dealing with jet lag and now we seem to have also forced our dog into jet lag mode as well. Charlie put his nose in my face and let me know this was a potentially urgent situation as he woke me from my sleepy lull. A beautiful brisk Fall night […]

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Volcanoes in Guatemala+

Home after a night run with friends last winter, I could hear my Adventure Buddy upstairs dreaming the Canadian cold away watching one of those beach relocation shows. As I rounded the corner to chat, the TV literally stopped me in my tracks with a view of water and volcanoes. “We need to go there!”, […]

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Mt Elbrus, Russia – Part 3

I interrupt this blog for another adventure. Whoops, sorry, I got a bit distracted by some volcanoes in Guatemala. Experiences over Stuff! Finally finishing my last post on Russia, you may want to refresh on Part 1 and Part 2 first. Team Spudnik, quite the group of adventurers. You’ve already heard about Jason climbing his […]

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Mt Kilimanjaro – Mountaineers in the Making

“There is no man living who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.” ~ Henry Ford Three years ago a trio of wannabe mountaineers headed off to Tanzania in Africa. Just 3 months before my 50th birthday, this wannabe, learned how tough and adventurous she could be if she just set a stretch […]

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The Climb is the Reward – Mt Baker, Washington

I’ll confess, there was some trickery involved in getting my ‘Adventure Partner’ to climb Mt Baker with me last week. You see, he’s not a big fan of winter, climbing a glacier in the nicest month of the year did not even register on his bucket list. Receiving an invitation to a dear friend’s 50th birthday […]

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Not Easy is always worth doing!

6 more sleeps until we climb Mount Baker in Washington! Today is a Civic holiday in Ontario and, since we spent the last 2 days driving our son back to Indiana, we were happy to have the extra day off for some serious training. This morning we tackled 2 hours of hills in the heat, each carrying […]

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Fears for Tears

Over the last few years I’ve been encouraged by some and told by others that I should start a Blog about my journey. Well, after more than a few hesitations over public scrutiny and privacy, let this be the start of my Blog. It wouldn’t be the full deal if I didn’t share the personal […]