January 29, 2006 – 2:17 am
Carlyle has a well-written essay about our summer backpacking trip to Colorado over on his blog. He talks about personal satisfaction found in mountaineering through an anecdote of the ten-hour trek on Peak Two (elevation: 13,475 ft.).
We were literally 200 meters into our hike and already there were a few stragglers. One scout was […]
November 5, 2005 – 8:39 pm
On Friday, I went to see Desmond Tutu at the Arlington. Desmond Mpilo Tutu is an Anglican Archbishop from Cape Town, South Africa and a Nobel Peace Prize recipient. As Secretary-General of the South African Council of Churches, Desmond Tutu lead non-violent opposition to the South African government’s system of apartheid. After […]