Mount Russell (14088 ft / 4294 m) mountaineering trip; Yosemite Valley sport climbing trip; Climbing Mount Shasta (14162 feet / 4317m), Kings Canyon backpacking, Yosemite high country sightseeing/day-hiking.

China 2007, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands 2005-2006.

Arduous trips to climb Mount Kilimanjaro (19340 feet / 5895 m, the highest point of the African Continent), Mount Kenya (17058 feet / 5199 m, Africa's second highest peak via 5.7 grade IV McKinder's route), safari trips in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater preserves, unique Masai warrior culture, idyllic beaches of Islamic Zanzibar Island. Photos by: Dirk Summers and myself. Read my trip report at http://gordonye.com/afric_en.html

Detroit, San Francisco, Miami, with Neil and family.

Peak climbing: Half Dome, Mount Ritter, Pyramid Peak, Unicorn Peak, Mount Emerson. Rock climbing: Half Dome, Royal Arches.

Europe (2000, 2001, 2004), Brazil (2001, 2002, 2003), Tibet (2002), China (1996, 1999), Japan (1997).