1 – Waking Up
I come to consciousness at the hint of first [...]
2 – The Setting
Desolation Peak is in the North Cascades mountain range [...]
3 – Getting The Assignment
Most of the year I work as a physician [...]
4 – The Journey Up Lake
A further email told me that I will catch [...]
5 – Hiking Up
With a hand wave I was off, scrambling up [...]
6 – Topography, Cab, Firefinder, Radio Ops
The North Cascades are wave after wave of earth’s [...]
8 – Jack, Hozomeen, Void
Jack Kerouac was a complex person and unique writer. [...]
9 – The Daily Routine & the Marmots !#*%!
The daily routine is pretty straight forward. You are [...]
11 – Day Hikers
Midday the marmots and I await the next big [...]
12 – Games
Kerouac had a elaborate paper based scorecard baseball game [...]
13 – Sons and Fathers
Testosterone is a complex hormone vital for survival of [...]
14 – Chapter for Jack
heY Jack ...........DesOlation LO stands there manned by [...]
15 – Hiking Down
Leaving Deso that last day was hard and was [...]