Gavarnie, France – What can you say about a day when you summit the highest peak in the French Pyrenees under the bluest, most cloudless sky that you have ever seen, and then afterwards, following a short rappel, you have a nearly 5,000 vertical-foot ski descent on soft spring snow on a giant mountain all … Continue reading Pyrenees Haute Route: Venturing with Vultures →

Glenshee, Scotland – When hiking in Switzerland several years ago, we had the unusual experience of our Swiss guide, Ruidi, giving all affirmative answers as “Aye” rather than “Yes” or the German “Ja.”  It turned out that he had been married to a Scottish woman and had been a ski instructor in Scotland for several … Continue reading Skiing Scotland →