Hawaii
Warm welcome
Dec. 9, 2007
On our last night on the Big Island of Hawaii, my wife and I stayed at a little cabin in a thick rain forest on the slopes of Kilauea Volcano. ...
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Mt. Whitney
Summit meeting
Nov. 26, 2006
The wind began to pick up at 4 in the afternoon. I looked over the granite precipice and down several thousand feet, and figured we probably should get back on track. ...
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Brazil
Rio days
April 30, 2006
Streetlights were still illuminating the empty beach in Leblon when we dragged ourselves from bed to see the sunrise over the Atlantic. In a few minutes, the high-rise apartment buildings lining the beach would be bathed in gold light. ...
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