Monthly Archives: August 2011

My efforts to prepare for the Everest Marathon have me reading everything about Nepal that I get my hands on. So when I was passing through Vancouver recently I was thrilled to find a book entitled “Bringing Progress to Paradise: What … Continue reading →

Just made what is for me a substantial donation to help famine victims in East Africa. Can’t sit in my comfortable middle class environment and see pictures of starving and dying children and not do something. But even while I … Continue reading →

We are busy preparing for the first ever marathon on Texada Island on August 28th. With less than two weeks to go the preparations are taking on a slightly frantic pace and now is when all the glitches start to appear … Continue reading →

I recently ran the Yukon River Trail Marathon for the 11th time, which at least gives me the distinction of having run the most YRTMs since it was created in 1999. But that distinction is only that it demonstrates what a really … Continue reading →

A friend gave me a copy of an article from the New Scientist July 16th edition entitled “Climb Everest and your brain will work against you” (www.newscientist.com/news). Its funny how people are anxious to share horror stories about Everest that … Continue reading →