I live in Phoenix, Arizona. So the picture isn’t of English stinging nettles, but the top of a big prickly saguaro cactus. However, Shakespeare’s line from 1591 still rings true today: “’Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.”
Tag: danger
In the News Today, Living and Dying
Two big news stories today. One sad one happy. Both involve unique planes and expert pilots that I’ve flown with a few times. The sad one first: Man Killed in Plane Crash at Covington Airport was Avid Pilot I flew with Lance Hooley several times in the A320, about 14 years ago, when I was a first officer at the airline …
Woulda Coulda Shoulda
Getting out of the comfort zone is not, well, comfortable. But the views are awesome. George Mallory fought in the Somme, lectured at Cambridge, and may, or may not, have been the first to summit Everest.