MarkFord
Beat This!
I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in February 2010. (I’ve written about that ordeal several times.) After a four-day slog, our little group was finally at 19,000 feet, just a few hours away from reaching the apex, and feeling pretty good about our accomplishment, when we were passed by a man with crutches and prosthetic legs…
That was Kilimanjaro. The following story is about another man that did the same thing – but on Mount Everest, which is, at 29,000 feet, 9,000 feet higher than Kilimanjaro!
Click here.
The Greatest Pop Singers of the Last 100 Years?
Earlier this year, Rolling Stone magazine published its list of “the top 200 rock & roll singers of the last 100 years.” In presenting the list, the editors pointed out that these are the greatest singers, not necessarily the greatest voices.
I had fun going through it, and so I linked to it below, hoping you’ll enjoy it, too. The first 50 names on the list did not surprise or disappoint me. Nor do I think they will surprise or disappoint you. Some of the names ranked from 50 1o 100 were surprising, and there were a few I disagreed with. From 101 to 200, there were many I didn’t know. (But I’d like to get to know.) See what you think. Click here.