Listening for Pyrene’s Echo 4: Sanctuary Between the Rivers
(Please click on the images to see them enlarged) First part of the series: Listening For Pyrene’s Echo 1: City By The Lake Second part of the series: Listening For Pyrene’s Echo 2:... READ MORE
Listening for Pyrene’s Echo 3: Village In the Mist
(Please click on the images to see them enlarged) First part of the series: Listening For Pyrene’s Echo 1: City By The Lake Second part of the series: Listening For Pyrene’s Echo 2:... READ MORE
Sit Still and Listen
At the urging of Beth, from The Cassandra Pages, I am reposting a post I put up Facebook earlier today. It came to me while I was walking to the train station near... READ MORE
Mid-Spring Japan 3-Day 2,000 Meter Mountain Visual Gear List
I’ve been deeply involved with ultralight backpacking for fifteen years now, starting with the first explorations with Ray Jardin’s “The Pacific Crest Trail Hiker’s Handbook”, through the heydey of Backpacking Light, making my... READ MORE
Mountain Sketches: Houousanzan with Fuji
In 1998 my dear friend Sally and her boyfriend Jim came to visit me and my wife Yumi here in Japan. Initially we were supposed to walk the South Japan Alps, but due... READ MORE
Drawings 002
(Please click on the images to see them at their full size.) More drawings and sketches from my journals and sketchbooks. READ MORE