Again I sit here in early January in a cold Bend, Oregon trying to put my arms around what 2024 had to offer, lessons learned and thoughts of new adventure in the new year. While not all went as planned, it rarely does, it was darn good year. Let’s start with some stats about time… Continue reading A Year In Review-2024!
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Alligators 🐊
Well…this year with two of my swim events scuttled due to weather; swimming across Lac Leman (Lausanne to Evian) and the Cascade Lakes series of races in Central Oregon I had been a bit stymied on what to put my solid swim training to use for. What to do…? I looked up and down the… Continue reading Alligators 🐊
Unfinished business…
After several months of training and much anticipation of another successful crossing…it finally happened! The Hellespont Heros (Tanja, Jeff and I) reunited for a swim across Lac Leman (Lake Geneva) specifically a 13km swim from Lausanne, Switzerland to Evian, France. We were in Evian along with eight other passionate swimmers for a four day swim… Continue reading Unfinished business…
Hellespont Heroes
Turkey’s Dardanelle Straits (Hellespont) separating Europe and Asia and its nearby surrounding area have played an important part in world history and culture for centuries. It’s the setting of the ancient layered city of Troy dating from 3000 bce to 85 bce. Greek mythology’s story of the Trojan War as narrated by Homer in the… Continue reading Hellespont Heroes
Until Valhalla!
The Vikings were great seafarers and conquers of new lands near and far. In some respects I feel myself and some of my friends are the Vikings of swimming looking to conquer new bodies of water across the globe. In January this year my friend Jeff and I settled on our “swim” (well…basically one of… Continue reading Until Valhalla!
A Year In Review 2021
Well…as I sit to write this year end blog I am not totally sure where to start. In many ways this year felt much like 2020 filled with all that grief, angst and tedium of the covid pandemic. In many other ways, there were green shoots of optimism, positivity, accomplishment and feelings of “normal times”.… Continue reading A Year In Review 2021
Shaka
If the shaka hand gesture is the ultimate Hawaiian symbol for “hang loose” or “right on” I’ll shoot a double shaka for going to back to Maui twice this year! While not a totally unplanned trip back to the Valley Isle this trip was a twice postponed work trip that happened to be rescheduled a… Continue reading Shaka
Goggle Reflections 