I don’t know how to build a website. I can’t promise this will look good, nor do I ::really:: have the time to learn, BUT it will be fun to chronicle my adventures, even if I’m the only one to ever read them!

I am very lucky to work for a company that after ten years, I get an 8-week sabbatical. The timing of all of this leads me to believe there really is some grand design. I just finished the largest project of my career (Speedee Labs), I turn 40, and somehow convinced my wife and two oldest friends to hike to the top of Africa with me!

I’m not sure it was a ‘dream’ or ‘bucket list’ item. Those seem too narrowly defined. It was an idea. Something I read about more than 2 decades ago from my favorite author Michael Crichton. If I remember correctly, he climbed it when he was 40, too. (I can’t go back in check, I’ve let Travels to one of my fellow hikers in prep for climb). And that thought, that idea, just kinda sat there in my brain.

“Man, that’d be cool.” “I wonder if I ever could.” “Would anyone want to do that?” And as the years went on “could we” turned into “should we” turned into “we will!”

Plenty other stories to get out before we get there and plenty of documenting the entire sabbatical. But for now, just a: Hope you’ll join me along the way, cheer us on, and enjoy the blog!