Decoding the Mountain

The area around Moganshan has swiftly become my home away from home away from home, mostly due to the clean air and wide open spaces. It's hard to quantify just how important the stillness of a pine forest and an unobstructed view can be to one's peace of mind, but it's nonetheless obvious to me...

Scratching the Surface of Moganshan

We made another trip up to Moganshan this weekend with some friends from Bara's school and managed a couple of decent hikes. I've uploaded the routes here for anyone who is interested in a repeat. You can download the KMZ or GPX files from the site, since there aren't any real topo maps of the...

Back East

A few bits of news is all: 1. I've put together a version of the video we shot with the students in Vietnam last April. You can watch here: There's not much of Bara in there and none at all of me, aside from a few goofy laughs that I wish I was good enough...