L'Impossible: An Impossibly Impossible Dinner in Chamonix
Chamonix is very touristy town and as is common with all touristy towns, good, clean food is hard to find. We stumbled upon this...
Lyon
Lyon wasn't even part of the plan, and yet after spending a bit over twenty four hours in this majestic and often overlooked French city,...
Where to Stay in Chamonix: Les Aiglons
Over the years of traveling, I have learned the lesson that taking a day off here and there is rather essential to keeping the burnout at...
Chamonix: Mont Blanc Home Base
Chamonix is the valley that sits at the foot of Mont Blanc and a classic mountain village. It is my first taste of the European Alps and...
Brevent: Last Look at the Mont Blanc Massif
If there is a vision of Mont Blanc I want to leave you with to inspire you to contemplate even the remote possibility of making it to the...
Immortal
I hate to admit it but I sometimes find myself pondering on mortality. The thought creeps in my head and unravels itself, like a virus,...
French Alps Hiking: Glacier d'Argentiere
Without intention, this trip to the Mont Blanc area of the French Alps has turned into a glacier chase. It is heartbreaking to imagine...
Celebrating 150 Years of the Golden Age of Alpinism in Chamonix-Mont Blanc
It is not hard to imagine why man, for hundreds of years now, has attempted summit after summit of the Alps - French, Swiss, Italian. It...
Birthday Cartwheels
"Don't fly too high," Seth Godin retells the story of Icarus whose dad warns him not to fly too close to the sun, lest he burns. "But...
Mont Blanc Hiking: Lac Bleu to Mer de Glace and Montenvers
While Lac Bleu was a walk in the park, this hike from Lac Bleu to Mer de Glace glacier via Le Signal Forbes was a bit painful. Downhill...
