The Real Ironmen

Whenver any of us felt particularly good about our climbing prowess or stamina, we were immediately humbled each time we saw any of the porters lugging 50-lb loads over their shoulder along most of the same 30-km route that we humped with less than half that weight while wearing our expensive hiking boots (notice the flip flops). Plus, most of them chain-smoke like prisoners on death row. Tough work!

Rinjani Trek

October 5th 2008
I think it was Friedriche Nietzsche (I'm sure Imangled the spelling here) that said, "Little maketh the best happiness." Well, seeing the sunrise from the top of a volcanic mountain certainly validates that claim. My last few days on the island of Lombok have been spent trekking the area around Ganung (Mount) Rinjani, a 3,700-meter (11,000-ft) inactive volcano whose crater is now a lake m ... read more

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more

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