Yesterday I was overjoyed to learn that the Return to Genyen Expediton was selected to recieve Planet Granite’s Grant’s It! We will be blogging to their site during our trip and giving slide shows at some of Planet Granite’s locations when we return.
Just finished working a NOLS instructor Course climbing section at Split Rock and Fremont Canyon WY. http://gallery.me.com/kondus/100777
After Szu ting Yi and I finish the climbing portion of the climbing portion of the Return to Genyen Expedition we (through our adventure travel company LittlePo.com) will be offering a once in a lifetime adventure for interested travelers. “Explore the Tibetan Plateau“ is a trekking and service based expedition into the heart of the Tibetan …
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Here are some images from a NOLS outdoor educator course I worked in Sinks Canyon and Split Rock Wyoming. http://gallery.me.com/kondus/100744
My chosen life path has allowed me an incredible amount of flexibility in some ways and in other ways has been very restrictive. Not working a 9 to 5 job has enabled me to set my own schedule and have time for various expeditions. However, working as an outdoor educator and freelance photographer/journalist typically does …
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After returning from the East Coast at the end of February, I headed to Arizona to lead an alumni climbing course. Although snow greeted us the first day in Cochise Stronghold, the rest of the week was sunny with high in the 60’s, perfect for exploring the amazing granite wall and boulders. My co-instructor was Rainbow …
During February and January of 2011 Szu-ting Yi and I travelled to the East Coat and gave a multitude of multi-media presentations about LittlePo Adventures trips and other outdoor adventures topics. We battled our fair share of snowy, icy roads in a crappy rental car traveling to colleges universities and outdoor clubs in ME, NH, …
Being able to clearly see an objective in the mountains can provide the necessary information and incentive to complete a route or reach the summit. But sometimes what you can’t quite see or what is not known offers the greatest motivation. In 2006 I ventured in the rugged mountains of Western China hoping to find …
For the next month I will be giving a variety of outdoor adventure presentations on both the West and East Coast of the US. The main theme of my presentations is the holistic experience of exploration. As a climber and adventurer I have sought out challenging objectives around the world. But for me standing on …
In 2004, Lauren Ditolla, Ant Chapin and Keri Bean and I flew to Moscow to begin an 8,000-mile journey re-tracing the route taken by Slavomir Rawicz. In 1941 Slavomir Rawicz escaped from a Soviet Union gulag (prison camp) with 6 other inmates. Over the next year they traveled on foot through the frozen tundra of Siberia, …
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