Grand Canyon – the “Death March” hike
Previous post: Grand Canyon – Elves Chasm and other waterfalls April 13 Since some of us wanted to do a long hike, Walker (with suggestions from Mike, who had lots of experience in the...
Previous post: Grand Canyon – Elves Chasm and other waterfalls April 13 Since some of us wanted to do a long hike, Walker (with suggestions from Mike, who had lots of experience in the...
Previous Post: Grand Canyon – Bright Angel Trail April 12 It is hard to describe sleeping and waking up on the banks of the Colorado River inside the Grand Canyon. I awoke a couple...
Previous Post: Grand Canyon – The Start Grand Canyon App in the Apple App Store April 11 It was 13-17 degrees in the morning, causing the snow at the top of Bright Angel Trail...
Temperatures at 13 degrees at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon; Ice on the trail, forcing us to wear “yak tracks” on our shoes; A?9 mile hike down to the Colorado Riveriver; 100...
San Antonio, where I went to high school and college, sits atop the Edwards Aquifer, the underground water source for most of the surrounding area. Though we never went into drought conditions, water rationing...
Let’s just call this a public service announcement. Like many, I am not a fan of waiting, nor the English perfected fine art of “queueing”. When I had to get my Driver’s License renewed...
My friends at SFSignal.com invited me to interview Michael Hanlon about his new book Eternity: our next billion years. Michael is the science editor for the Daily Mail in the UK. His book goes...
In a classic case of “I wished I’d thought of that”, the eZine “Slate” has created “Choose Your Own Apocalypse”, a cross between Jeopardy and Armageddon. With a matrix of 144 (that’s 12 x...
My wife has won trips to the Super Bowl and the Atlanta Gran LeMans, among many other prizes. She does this with a bit of luck, but mostly through the daily hard work of...
Though I’d rather see Uma Thurman as Artemis, where she could employ her Kill Bill martial arts skills, this looks like an excellent cast. Featuring Uma Thurman as Medusa and Pierce Brosnan as Chiron,...