No. 38 - Ice Climbing in Vail, Colorado
915 Words. 4 Minute Read.
I was plagued with a litany of what-ifs. Numero uno being, “What if I fall and one of these axes punctures my abdomen?” In my mind’s eye, I was hanging like a piñata while blood poured out like wine from a decanter.
No. 37 - American Road Trip, Part 2
1,032 Words. 4 Minute Read.
The Depth of Despair: Somewhere in Denver, East St. Louis, Atlanta.
No. 36 - American Road Trip, Part 1
2,297 Words. 9 Minute Read.
The Height of Privilege: Seattle, Coeur d’Alene, Bozeman, Sun Valley, Jackson Hole, Park City, Aspen.
No. 33 - Bear Attack & Bimini Islands
2,524 Words. 10 Minute Read.
We didn’t even know how to get the damn thing out of the harbor, but cigars were lit, Barometer Soup by Jimmy Buffett was playing, and come hell or high water we’d be chasing Hemingway’s ghost in the Bimini’s. We had several gallons of rum, sundries for two weeks (or so we thought), and two pistols with ammunition.