My aunt ran an editorial in the L&M Publications newspapers, in Long Island, New York, last week featuring a couple of my photos from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption, which I visited in April. See the editorial and photos here: [html] [pdf]
Travel writing:I've written parts of three Let's Go travel guidebooks, and my interests in the outdoors and travel still occasionally find their way into print.
--Lucas Laursen
Barcelona Walking Tour Podcast Bienvenido a Barcelona! This Let's Go audio walking tour should help you find the gaudiest and finest Barcelona has to offer. You could do it all in one long day, or pick and choose, since ...
Northern Borkoldoy, first ascents The Harvard Mountaineering Club, celebrating its 80th anniversary, sent a team of 8 climbers to the northwestern region of the Borkoldoy. Read the original [pdf] or read the story behind the story here... This was the ...
Altared State: The Russian Church Reborn Bell-ringing has a glorious tradition in Russia. Bells toll for prayers and festivals, and give rhythm to daily life. It can take three years to learn to play them, and one bell-ringing monk calls them ...
Kyrgyzstan The Hard Way Before I became an expeditionary mountaineer I had a certain disdain for difficult climbing objectives. They have their place, of course, and I nodded approvingly whenever I read of some thirteen-day spin-drifted, single-cramponed ascent of ...
Plants Gone Alpine These days it seems like everyone is into fast-and-light alpine climbing, even plants. Now, according to researchers in Germany, valley plants are racing up the flanks of the Bernina Alps, Switzerland. The range is ...
Cover Photo: Cambridge Mountaineering The photo: Kane skiing the Vallée Blanche on the Mont Blanc Massif, France, February 2008. The outlet: Cover of Cambridge Mountaineering, the journal of the Cambridge University Mountaineering Club. The catch: A picture may be worth ...