I am a retired geoscience advisor since 2017 living near Pittsburgh, PA. Throughout my 38-year career as a geologist, I have worked for numerous companies in the exploration and production sector of the petroleum industry, while living in such places as West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Texas. During that time my passion was exploring the earth in the search for hydrocarbons. Today I am equally passionate about exploring the world on foot via long distance backpacking adventures. I am also an avid canoeist, golfer and skier, forever fascinated by the rocks beneath my feet wherever that path may lead me.

Spring, summer and fall trips with Steve, Chuck, Charlie, Phil and others to spend five days canoeing, fishing and camping along the South Branch Potomac River near Petersburg, WV. The South Branch cuts thru the Smokehole Canyon, dissecting the multiple folded thrust-fault blocks of the Cave Mountain structural complex.

Several times each year in places like Stuart FL, Coco Beach, FL or Myrtle Beach, SC to hit golf balls around the fabulous courses there.

Annual west ski trips have included Big Sky, Jackson Hole, Taos, Kirkwood, Powder Mountain, Revelstoke, BC and many of the CO resorts. Always surrounded by the stunning scenery and exposures of the western cordillera.