There aren’t that many events in life that take over two decades to complete. Usain Bolt finishes a 100-meter dash in a mere 9.72 seconds. Two cells miraculously emerge into a newborn in a quick 9 months, after just a few hours in the making (“your mileage may vary”). Kepler established that the [...]

      There are times in life when you just have to marvel at human capacity to overcome the most extreme adversity. Last week I had the honor of supporting four distinguished US service veterans to the summit of 14, 411-foot Mount Rainier. Their improbable path to the summit was by way of serious [...]

Camp Patriot honors those who’ve given us so much…   Brave American military men and women proudly serve us around the world, including in the direct line of fire in Afghanistan and Iraq. As a result, there are over 2.3 million disabled veterans in the US, and this number continues to grow. Thankfully there is [...]

I was thankful to Monty for three important reasons: for the shared friendship and shared regret of missing out on the summit together, and for a ride back to Kathmandu in his Medivac helicopter (instead of a 36 mile trek with a crippled back). I always assumed he’d eventually make his way back to Everest [...]

I thankfully never leave home without my iPhone these days. Even though the camera resolution and aperture control isn’t the greatest in the world, I’m glad to have captured the following from my trip to the National Space Symposium and the Rockies…           Share and Enjoy: