The Wormlips Scrapbook

I’m so mad I could spit. About six weeks ago I did something to my right Achilles tendon. I can’t flex my foot without pain. Flexing one’s foot is fairly important when one is trying to go uphill. Going uphill is something one tends to do in the Himalaya. My GP, who checked my foot [...]

I just stumbled upon this postcard that Cheryl gave me a few months back. We plan for Gokyo to be our ultimate trekking destination—unless I have the strength to move on to Everest Base Camp.

… that’s what bicyclists call the route that begins at the foot of Marin Avenue, up which I’ve been trying to schlepp my weary bones once a week. I’m grateful beyond words to Anna, who has volunteered (or was it coercion?) to join me. Today we left from my house, without cheating by driving to [...]