Category Archives: Adventure

Hillary & Armstrong

John F. Lindner February 3, 2016 8:52 PM

You’re probably familiar with the iconic photograph of Edmund Hillary standing atop Earth’s highest mountain wearing an oxygen mask in air so thin the sky is almost black as space — but apparently Hillary declined to be photographed and instead … Continue reading →

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On the Shore of the Arctic Ocean

John F. Lindner August 18, 2015 8:37 PM

It was a privilege to spend the 2014-2015 academic year and summer on sabbatical at the University of Hawai’i in Honolulu. During the last week of July, I stood on the spectacular beach at Kailua near sunset and said to … Continue reading →

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