Leon J. Podles :: DIALOGUE

I have returned from three weeks of hiking in Glacier National Park and Yellowstone. 
The National Parks are a tool of natural selection, or at least a good locale to win the Darwin Award (given to those whose stupid actions remove them from the gene pool). Despite all the signs warning that all animals in the [...]

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Our boat delivers us to a rock island at the edge of the Viedma Glacier.

We cross the rock polished by the recently-retreated glacier.

We don our crampons.

We survey the summer landscape.

Our leader cuts steps to smooth our path.

We stroll carefree amid the summer breezes.

Charlie enjoys a refreshing cooling drink.

I laze in the summer sun.
And only one [...]

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Hikers develop an emotional relationship with their boots. They are the difference between a great hike and torture, and sometimes between life and death. Here at the Refugio Chileno in the Torres de Paine I make sure no one has tampered with the boots I had to leave outside while I was getting coffee (instant [...]

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