The Thugs in  Blue 

Friends

Like many of you I am watching the events that have unfolded in Baltimore and across the country. I heard the commentators on CNN refer to some of the young protesters as “Thugs”.

Young people who are protesting, the …

The Mountains of Bolivia

I was in the lobby of the El Presidente Hotel when I spotted them. We had just arrived the night before. Seven of us had flown to La Paz to climb Illimani . Now as we gathered with our climbing …