Adventure Diary

Welcome to the peripatetic world of Pat & Baiba Morrow

Kirsten Knechtel rock climbing, Barbour Rock crag near Invermere, BC

Summer Ramblings in Purcells and Rockies 2018
try as we might, we can't remember where this shot was taken

(Still) Searching For Tao Canyon 2018
Ik villagers who were displaced by the creation of Kidepo Valley National Park, beneath Mt Morungole.

Uganda 2018
Kirk Mauthner finds a delightful pitch of lichen-coated rock amidst the rubble midway up the south ridge route on Mt Farnham, with a not-too-shabby backdrop of Commander glacier, Jumbo peak and Commander peak.

Mt Farnham…103 years later 2017
47th annual Latvian Folk Applied Arts Fair (Gadatirgus) held on the sprawling grounds of the Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum on outskirts of Riga. Over 800 artisans and craftspeople showed off their wares to 40,000 over a 2 day period.

Latvija 2017
Mt Sir Donald, Beaver river and Glacier National Park, behind. Snowshoe adventure led by guide Andrea Petzold at Purcell Mountain Lodge, northern Purcells, near Golden, BC

Snowshoe Heaven, northern Purcells 2017
A hike to Gertrude Saddle with Garry and Arlene Nixon, Milford Sound/Piopiotahi, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

New Zealand Alps I 2017
Josh Bennison dismounts from the au chaval ride in fine style near top of Conrad Kain's route on Mt Wakefield (aka "Guides Route") . Kain also put up a new route on Mt Sefton (during its fifth ascent), directly behind Josh, and made first ascents of Maunga Ma, Eagle and Thompson peaks in cloud to viewer's left. Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, New Zealand

New Zealand Alps II 2017
A high altitude shopper's delight, Namche Bazaar resembles the Thamel district of Kathmandu these days...

SherpaWorld™ 2016
Trekking guide Sonam Tashi Sherpa proudly toured us around his big back yard in the Khumbu region. Fluent in Sherpa, Nepali, Mandarin and English, he has a special interest in discovering and sharing the nuances of Sherpa and Nepali culture.

Friends In High Places 2016
Book cover for Sherpa: The Memoir of Ang Tharkay. It's important to note that there are only a literal handful of books written from the point of view of indigenous peoples who have played significant roles in historic mountaineering exploration. To see book, go to: www.mountaineersbooks.org/Sherpa-P1684.aspx

SHERPA: The Memoir Of Ang Tharkay 2016

TRU Adventure Studies Sailing Trip 2016