Poking around the intersection of KM and Social Media
I saw this writing prompt today and immediately knew what quote I d share, even if it s not strictly a quote, or at least one attributable to some wise wordsmith. Maybe it s more of a credo or a mantra. I know for Joan and I during this change in out lives have leaned on this repeatedly. [ ]
This is a question we ve been asked many times, including this comment from one of the travelers on our Iceland trip last year (and repeat Six-Pack of Peaks challenger) Amy, who wrote: I’d love to hear more about why/how you chose France vs Spain, Portugal, or Italy and what was your process for figuring out [ ]
In 21 days, we will be en route to Dijon, France—our new home base for the next chapter of our adventures. The first order of business will be finding long term housing. We plan to live car-free, relying on public transportation and our own two feet to get around. Dijon is a little bigger than [ ]
A hearty, smoky pasta with chorizo, bacon, mushrooms, and a rich carbonara sauce with a kick of chili. This is a recipe my friends Sarah and Paul in Follifoot shared with me. Loved it. Found the old card I had written it on, and decided to post it for my own future reference. INGREDIENTS STEPS [ ]
We’ve been sitting on this one for a while. After a lot of conversations, long walks, and asking ourselves what we want the next chapter of our life to look like, we’ve decided it’s time for a change. This May, Joan and I are moving to Dijon, France. Bend has been our home for the [ ]
Just a brief update. Our group of 13 people from Social Hikers summited Mount Kilimanjaro on January 23rd. We all reached the summit together a 100% success rate and made it safely back down the mountain. It was an epic experience, and one I ll be replaying for a long time. Here are a [ ]
In a few weeks, I ll be traveling to Tanzania. It s what is technically referred to as a long-ass trip, flying from Redmond to San Francisco to Doha and finally to Arusha. But not really finally, because then I hop in a taxi to Moshi, another hour away, where finally FINALLY I ll meet up the other [ ]
I returned this weekend from a six-day backpacking trip in the Sawtooth Mountains, and I was curious how it stacked up against the energy miles I calculated for my upcoming Mount Kilimanjaro climb in January 2026. Day Itinerary Mileage Elev. Gain (ft.) Energy Miles 1 Grandjean to Sawtooth Lake 9.8 3570 16.9 2 Sawtooth Lake [ ]
In January 2026, I ll be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. I m organizing a group of intrepid adventurers from the Social Hikers community for to climb this mountain via the Machame or Whiskey Route. And as of June 18th, we have room for additional group members. Join me! At 19,341 feet above sea level, Kilimanjaro is [ ]
Five years ago in October of 2016, I flew from Seoul, South Korea (where I lived for a year) to Salt Lake City. From there I rented a car and drove to Jackson, Wyoming where I was speaking at a conference. I got there a few days early, planning to meetup with another thru-hiker traveling from Germany. Our goal? To hike the Teton Crest Trail in three days. That attempt was thwarted by an early snow…
Many people know that I ve done a bit of hiking and backpacking through the years. I ve thru-hiked the John Muir Trail not once but twice. I ve bagged peaks across the western US (and even a few in South Korea ). I founded the Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge series . You might not know that I ve done some mountain biking. In fact, mountain biking led me (indirectly) to starting up SoCalHiker.net and…
You ve seen the challenge. It goes like this: The rules: In no particular order, choose 10 albums, one per day, which made an impact (at some point in your life) on you. Post cover, no explanation, and nominate someone each day to do the challenge. My friend Jason tagged me, and the result is this [ ]
In my last post, I talked a bit about the history of BigBlueBall.com. For shits and grins, I popped into the WayBackMachine to travel back through time and see what the site looked like back when. Some of the captures on the WayBackMachine are missing a few bits and pieces some CSS here and [ ]
Decades ago (back in the late 90 s) I was looking for a domain name to use for a portfolio website. Of course, even in the late 90s, many of the good names were already registered. I ended up going with BigBlueBall.com, as it reminded me of the descriptions of planet Earth as seen from outer [ ]
We tend to think of our lives in terms of the number of trips we ve made around the sun. By that count, I m on my 57th trip as I write this. Although time seems to fly by faster as we grow older, years are still rather abstract. The years of a way of sneaking up on us that isn t apparent until it s too late. On the other hand, days are very real and concrete . They count the here and now with…