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  • UL Backpacking

    UL Backpacking

    To be precise, I am into ultralight through hiking. This is a specific type of outdoor travel that seeks to minimize the amount of weight you are carrying, in order to maximize the enjoyment of the terrain through which you travel. It emphasizes multi-day hikes with a start and endpoint that are usually non circuitous.… Read more

  • Nothing to Lose?

    Nothing to Lose?

    Perhaps the priesthood or monastic life? What about the French Foreign Legion… A quote from a French Foreign Legion Officer to reflect upon: “It’s like this. There is no point in trying to understand. Time is unimportant. We are dust from the stars. We are nothing at all. Whether you die at age 15 or… Read more

  • Diet and Nutrition

    Diet and Nutrition

    There are a multitude of different diets out there, all of them claiming to be the one true path to ideal health. Over the years I have tried almost all of them, and I can honestly say that a few really worked. For the last decade I have been living proof. As a result of… Read more

  • Mount Huashan

    Mount Huashan

    F**k NATO! The cry echoes through the darkness in heavily accented English causing the hair on my arms to stand up. Its pitch black, and I am lost in the forest below Huashan Mountain, one of the sacred Taoist peaks of Chinese legend. The year is 1999 and the threatening words are for me alone.… Read more

  • Life Without Computers?

    Life Without Computers?

    Its late, and I cannot sleep. Logging into wordpress I found the following prompt: Your life without a computer: what does it look like? I am uncertain if this prompt is meant to inspire visions of a Luddite future, or if I am supposed to extrapolate upon the wonders of phone based technology. I believe… Read more

  • Barefoot?

    Barefoot?

    Over the years I have met several people who struggle with foot pain. Not only is this frustrating as pain saps the joy from otherwise pleasant activities, but it can eliminate our participation altogether. As someone who has dealt with with my own foot pain for years I thought I would share what has worked… Read more