There are probably a million other things I ought to be doing right now. Like maybe…thinking about where to move my business checking account (it’s been real, Chase), preparing for a two week trip across the Pacific to make the family rounds in a few days, or promoting my upcoming retreat to Mexico in March, [...]

Well…it’s taken a little over a month for me to pull my thoughts together about my recent trip to climb Mount Rainier. I hope you enjoy it, and I welcome your thoughts and feedback. NOTE: I get a bit wordy below…if you’re short on time, you can read the extremely truncated version of this piece [...]

You may have read that I’m planning on climbing Mt. Rainier this summer. Yup, signed up, forked over some dough (eeks), and so the only thing that’s stopping me is, well…myself. Barring inclement weather, that is. As my August climb date approaches, my focus on preparation and training increases. When I asked around my apparently-large [...]