We climbed a mountain, scrambled along a crest, and then hated the downhill.

A hard half day walk to the Refuge

A very long transition day

A wonderfully sunny day for getting out and about, with a visit to Kew Gardens.

Off to London on the way to Corsica

I decide to start training for a marathon this summer.

A big charismatic megafauna day ends up meh, and onto Brunei.

A moderate hike in the morning. Afternoon flight to Sandakar.

A lazy day, yet full of things to do: a walk up a river to a waterfall, a walk along the treetops high above the ground. And butterflies.

A fun day of adventure: boat rides and cave tours and swimming in the clear water.

We're ready for adventure. Today is a visit to Deer Cave, which has the largest cave room in the world.

Finally, we arrive at Mulu National Park, and get on with the adventuring!

We head off past the typhoon to Kota Kinabalu, then onwards to wonderful Mulu National Park on the north of the island of Borneo.

A complicated series of moves from Los Angeles to Manila

Took a 4 mile walk through the undeveloped section of San Diego's Balboa Park, thinking I'd see maybe 20 native plants in flower. I saw 42 native species--and problably missed several too!

Today, our last real full day in Patagonia, is a biggie: we're doing a guided 4km hike on top of Perito Moreno Glacier. It was really unexpectedly excellent, and not just pretty good. The weather was clear and warm, the scenery great, and most of all walking on top of the glacier was unlike any place I'd been before.

A travel day from El Chaltén back to El Calafate. Walking in the morning, cake and coffee, bus ride, dinnner.

Another great hike today--this time it was from our B&B to Lago Torre, an easy 18km out-and-back to the lake at the foot of Torre Glacier, with the spire of Cerro Torre rising behind. The weather was sunny and warm, the wind subsided, and the trail was fast and flat--and uncrowded!

A wonderful day with a long hike to the Laguna de Los Tres, just below the spectacular Monte Fitz Roy.

A long long day of bussing from Chile to Argentina.

A zero Sunday in Puerto Natales

We're still undecided--do we go see the Torres del Paine or not?

Today we decide not to hike up the French Valley with the crowds, but just to have a leisurely day walking the 14km/9 miles to our cabin at Refugio Curenos.

Today was the start of some easy days--an 11km stroll down to Paine Grande was on the agenda, and the weather held. It was also the first section of the W circuit, which meant people people people, irritating and entertaining.

A fantastic and hard 13 mile day up and over Paso John Gardner to Refugio Grey