I knew Pete from our time in the US Embassy in Peru. One of the best guys I’ve had the pleasure of meeting in my 30 years in the Army. Pete is one of those people who do what they say they are going to do-period. And so he is living in western Massachusetts—beautiful but a frozen snow globe in the winter. I just couldn’t conceive of someone retiring out there.
Indeed. Just spoke with him, and read him your note. He mentioned the time you went to the altiplano around lake Titicaca and were suddenly surrounded by alpacas like some kind of ancient ritual. Nice. Happy holidays.
What a great story. I would have loved to be partners with such a character in Antarctica. Thanks for sharing this with us Alexis; are there any more of his stories floating around-- especially the Antactica ones? When does his book come out?
And to Daniel, do you really think that the winter weather in Massachusetts will ruffle Pete's feathers?
Hey Ian. Yes, Pete is a fount of great stories. I'm trying to help edit several of them for publication. (One problem is that he's even further off the grid than you). In one, for example, he and his buddy are in a Boston Whaler type craft several miles away from their base and are confronted by a ferocious leopard seal when their engine gives out. That one's first in line. (Pete had to waterpaint his way out of the near death trauma.) Here's another that Pete published in the Foreign Service Journal. https://afsa.org/rescuing-peace-corps-volunteer-sarh. Thanks for reading and weighing in.
I knew Pete from our time in the US Embassy in Peru. One of the best guys I’ve had the pleasure of meeting in my 30 years in the Army. Pete is one of those people who do what they say they are going to do-period. And so he is living in western Massachusetts—beautiful but a frozen snow globe in the winter. I just couldn’t conceive of someone retiring out there.
Indeed. Just spoke with him, and read him your note. He mentioned the time you went to the altiplano around lake Titicaca and were suddenly surrounded by alpacas like some kind of ancient ritual. Nice. Happy holidays.
What a great story. I would have loved to be partners with such a character in Antarctica. Thanks for sharing this with us Alexis; are there any more of his stories floating around-- especially the Antactica ones? When does his book come out?
And to Daniel, do you really think that the winter weather in Massachusetts will ruffle Pete's feathers?
Hey Ian. Yes, Pete is a fount of great stories. I'm trying to help edit several of them for publication. (One problem is that he's even further off the grid than you). In one, for example, he and his buddy are in a Boston Whaler type craft several miles away from their base and are confronted by a ferocious leopard seal when their engine gives out. That one's first in line. (Pete had to waterpaint his way out of the near death trauma.) Here's another that Pete published in the Foreign Service Journal. https://afsa.org/rescuing-peace-corps-volunteer-sarh. Thanks for reading and weighing in.