Author Archives: Ian

So, I’m just about to reach the bottom, breaking through some gorgeous aspens. Out into the open. And an oh-so nice warm chinook comes down from behind. From up on the plateau. The lava plateau acts like a “heat-sink”. Bakes the air. It was a warm day already. Ya really didn’t need it warmed upContinue reading “A Warm Chinook and a Yellow Truck”

just a little apology for a short delay in “finding Wilson in the Meadows” – I had to make an emergency “pit stop” in the hospital to have my gall bladder removed. But, I’m still upright and breathing – just minus a piece. 🙂So “the hunt for Wilson” resumes today or tomorrow. I’m still recoupin’Continue reading “the Daily TANGENT Sept11”

I try to stay in the open as much as possible. So I can see down and across. I can judge just how far down I’ve gone. And how much more I’ve got to go. By this logic I “guesstimate” I’m half-way. I love the Flattops. Spent countless hours and days exploring this wilderness. AsContinue reading “1/2 Way Down”