I am calling this the magical mystery tour because; one, I believe in magical events or moments, secondly every day is going to be mystery with regards to what will happen, where I will go , and who I will meet, and last but not least the first time I ever thought about a journey of this nature the Beatles had just come out with the Magical Mystery Tour album. The album included such classics as; All You Need Is Love, Penny Lane, Strawberry Field Forever, I Am The Walrus, and of course Fool On The Hill (couldn't be me).  If you are interested follow the link below see the Magical Mystery Tour lyrics.

http://members.home.nl/fredmens/mmtlyrics.html

 On this page I hope to keep those interested up to date on my serpentine journey to Brasil. I have done the North - South route so many times over the last 30 years that it only seemed right that I should do and East - West climbing /trekking variant this time. This variant is to include: the Pyrenees, Alps, and Dolomites in Europe, the Everest and Annapurna regions of Nepal, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand's Alps, the Chilean and Argentine Patagonia, and Bolivian Andes. 

For such a journey one needs to be properly outfitted. Many hours have been spent carefully selecting the best possible equipment, testing it out and developing an efficient haul system. I am ready!

Departure is scheduled for May 19th. Madrid and the Pyrenees are my starting point. The following links will take you to:

•  Trip Blog

http://stevenheim.com/v-web/b2

•  Trip Photo Gallery

http://stevenheim.com/v-web/gallery

Well that's about all for now I need to move on.