state high points

Come Hail or High Pointers

Aug 19, 2024

Rocky Mountains

Colorado, fourteeners, high points, hiking, Humphreys Peak, Huron Peak, La Plata Peak, Mount Whitney, mountains, Pikes Peak, Rocky Mountains, state high points, sunrise pictures, travel, waste disposal, Wheeler Peak

Note: y’all probably know the drill by now on where to find my podcast and this particular episode in audio form on it, but if not, do a search for Of Mice and Mountaineers. If it’s not on your preferred platform that is something besides iTunes (long story about my beef with Apple), let me know so…
It Was the Highest of Times, It Was the Lowest of Times

Jul 15, 2024

Rocky Mountains

A Tale of Two Cities, adventure, aromanticism, asexuality, Charles Dickens, Colorado, fourteeners, hiking, lgbtq, lgbtqqia, Mount Elbert, mountains, relationships, Rocky Mountains, state high points, travel

Listen to this story here. It has probably become apparent to anyone who was already or is becoming familiar with my work that I am much more an adherent of Dickens than Hemingway. Apparently that English major stuck with me nearly double the lifetime after I completed that particular degree; how else is one supposed to…