my pal Mike Harker I grew up with Mike from the age of 13 yrs until we were both drafted into the United States Army in 1967,....when he died I was waiting for him to come to the boat show for Hunter Sail Boats, at the San Francisco convention center, we were going to spend some time up in Lake Aroowhead with some of the other guy's we grew up with.
Re: my pal Mike Harker Wow, so you guys were really old friends. It was such a pleasure to meet him. Not only because he was one of the great heroes of hang gliding and because of his willpower and strength after the accident. Also because of his kindness. Great that you guys stayed in touch all the time.
Re: Interesting take Oh wow. I just spent quite some time admiring all the wonderful castles. Some of them are so much like fairytale castles that one might think Walt Disney must have drawn them. I am personally a great fan of Neuschwanstein Castle, but have to say that I also found the French castles by Delek Delek and Colomares Castle in Spain pretty impressive. Happy to share my shot there as well, just not sure how to do it. Any advice?
Re: I wish you the best in your new job... Thank you. Now that things are settling a bit here I hope that I will be able to catch up with a lot of stories and that I will also be able to read a little more what everyone else is writing.
Life takes you where you need to go I absolutely loved reading your process of moving on and knowing it was time. That happened to us in 2007 and again in 2010. You have to trust your instinct on these things. Please write more about your new area even when you are not traveling. We'd love to learn about this off the beaten track part of Germany.
Re: Life takes you where you need to go Thank you so much, your wonderful comment just put a big smile on my face and encouages me to write more blog posts. Now that things are gradually settling here a bit I hope that I will also have more time again to read all the wonderful posts here.
The Book of Kells Ancient illustrated books are the stuff of legends and history. How lucky you have seen images from the Book of Kells and experienced the awe of being in its resting place, Katha. I have experienced viewings of ancient illustrated books in Ethiopia, Mali, China and Armenia that blew my mind. How fortunate there were those back then who appreciated their worth and had the bravery to conceal them from invaders so we can view them today. So many treasures destroyed over the ages making those that survive the more intriguing and valuable.
Re: The Book of Kells I fully agree, and I can see why they are the stuff of legends. There is some magic when you are in a library full of ancient books. Your viewings of the ancient books from different cultures must have been breathtaking. I am definitely grateful to those who made sure these treasures survive.
I started this blog in late 2007, before heading off to Australia for a hang gliding adventure. After my first solo flight in a hang glider all I wanted to do was fly as much as possible. I gave up my job as a human resources consultant and headed to Australia to live my dream of hang gliding. When I returned after four months, I wanted to build my life around the sport I loved so much, and I did. I was also determined to make it into the national hang gliding team and started flying competitions with only one year of flying experience.
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