tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31405264.post7646033216195424476..comments2023-06-23T08:07:21.420-07:00Comments on Summit Stones & Adventure Musings... By DSD: "Guides....."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31405264.post-76403000516423116972007-08-22T10:07:00.000-07:002007-08-22T10:07:00.000-07:00Great post! When I began my climbing life as a 12 ...Great post! When I began my climbing life as a 12 year old boy climbing Rainier with my father, we went with Rainier Mountaineering, and our guide was none other than Phil Ershler. I will never forget Ersh's kind but forceful ways, mountain musings and insights, and the joys of the hills he helped me and my father to see. Later, my trips took me to the mountains with guides like Nick Yardley in New Hampshire, Bernard Prudhomme and Dennis Le Roi in Chamonix...all great people and great memories. Their influence, drive, and zest for the mountains were what encouraged me to begin climbing in earnest and eventually become a guide as well alongside Phil Ershler, whom I still work for. Sometimes things come full circle. All of life's mountains - physical and metaphorical - can sometimes be better climbed with a wizened friend, confidant, and advisor. <BR/>Thanks for the post!<BR/>-JakeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com