Today we went for a training run before the Dipsea race in two weeks.  I went with Zane, Ron and Kim from PVAC who were also in our van for The Relay. They are all 6-6.30 minute/milers and I knew that I would be in for a big disadvantage.  Especially since Ron had done the [...]

Starting from Monday this week, we are having our semi-annual management team offsite. We are staying at a fantastic place in Tiburon, the Water’s Edge.
On Monday afternoon, we had a great sailing trip leaving from Tiburon - where it was sunny - to going under the Golden Gate Bridge, near the San Rafael-Richmond bridge [...]

This weekend in Petaluma was the annual (35th!) American Graffiti hot rod festival. I have not gone before but we did this time. After sitting at a local mexican restaurant for a long time and watching all the (bitchin) old cars, muscle cars, low riders and amazing cars from the 20’s to the [...]

It’s only five weeks till I leave for Denali so it’s crunch time.  My training is on-track and working to stay injury free.  Today I did my 74th workout since coming down from Aconcagua 16 weeks ago, and this is totally in-line with my goals of getting to 100 before June 22nd.  Have taken to [...]

Here’s a great article to see all the costs and hidden costs.
It’s already time to start thinking about sponsors!

Some colleagues told me about a great program on PBS Frontline, called Storm Over Everest.  You can watch the full program in episodes on the internet here ….  It’s a great show that goes into the famous, disastrous 1996 expedition to Everest where a number of people died and was documented in the Jon Krakauer [...]

A question I get asked a lot, and here’s a great answer:
Many of us were schooled in such matters at a fairly young age by our parents and we’ve tried to deviate as little as possible over the years from the old family traditions.
At Base Camp and ABC (Advanced Base Camp), we’ve found that [...]

I got a welcome envelope in the mail last week: I qualified (er was picked in a lottery) to “run” the Dipsea Race this year on June 8th. For those who are not familiar with it, the Dipsea is a world famous race that though it is only 7.1 miles, the uniqueness of the [...]

No, this is not my quote, but from Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the world famous adventurer whose book “Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know” is inspiring me for a new challenge once the Seven and Seven goal (Seven Continents Marathons and Seven Summits Mountains) are accomplished.
As I write this, he is going for Camp Three on [...]

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Here’s a great video and interview with my son Jeremy’s company (Slide) CEO (Max Levchin)