Thursday Thought: Ken Wilber on Religion, Philosophy, Science, and a lot more...
I'm sitting in the Gaylord National Hotel, preparing for a presentation tomorrow afternoon, I'm thinking about religion, spirituality, philosophy...about the old question, what does it all mean??? As I mentioned in last week's Thursday Thought, religion and philosophy have always...

Thursday Thought: David Rhodes Sparks on Belief
I love religions. The philosophies underlying the great faiths of our world never cease to amaze and intrigue me. In college, at Colorado College, I was a dual major in History and Philosophy, with a special emphasis on South Asia....

The Basics of Altitude: A Primer on AMS, HACE, & HAPE, Part II
Last week, I wrote about the tragic death of Morgan Boisson, which in turn led me t o a post about High Altitude Cerebral Edema, or HACE. This morning there was yet another sad reminder of the dangers of altitude...

The Remotest Place on Earth
On South Georgia in 2004...Felt pretty remote to me! I've been to some pretty remote places...or so I thought. Western Tibet. South Georgia. Borneo. But, according to an article in this month's issue of New Scientist, these aren't really that...

Thursday Thought: The Oft-Forgotten H. W. "Bill" Tilman
I've long been an admirer of Harold William "Bill" Tilman (1898-1977). I first encountered his name - and his legend - on my first trip to Nepal in 1992. My trip leader, Nick Yardley, and our sirdar, Urgen Sherpa, pointed...