Quite a few people have used Mallory’s words to talk about the need to overcome a challenge, the drive to prove oneself, but the same impulse would seem to guide travelers, explorers, road trippers, even when challenge isn’t part of the equation.
Category: Essays
Pronto Soccorso
When I bent over in the narrow hotel bathroom to dry my leg, the last thing I expected was the searing pain that lit up my right buttock.
Asphalt Time Machine
As I drove along, I became disoriented and light headed. It was if some cosmic force had struck, leaving the past and present side by side.