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Land-n-WOD JetLag Buster

My daughter decided that the best way to cure my ruffled jetlag look was a proper WOD. Since I had no better solution for the 12-hour time zone change I went along with it. I do think it works somewhat, … Continue reading

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The Eight Cuisines of China

Amazing food is one of the great pleasures of traveling in China. This weekend I crossed 3 of the 8 great food regions (Guandong, Anhui and Hunan). Anyone used to the American version of chinese food gets to explore additional … Continue reading

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Steep Climbs and Stone Frogs

Under normal circumstances Sunday would be my rest day. Instead, I hiked the remaining paths on Huangshan mountain. I had my 20-lb loaded backpack on and ventured up some steeper peaks. The views here are simply incredible. On one of … Continue reading

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22km on Yellow Mountain

Yesterday’s run to Victoria Peak in Hong Kong was a great warmup to today’s hike on Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) in China. In 6 hours I got to cover close to 22km on the amazingly well maintained but super steep stairs … Continue reading

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How Hard Could It Be?

A lot of bad ideas start with the question “How hard could it be to…” In today’s edition of that question I figured I had an hour before I had to leave for work so I thought: “How Hard Could … Continue reading

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