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Zero Waste Travel

Eliminating, substituting, and/or reducing the waste from our around-the-world gallivanting I've been afflicted by wanderlust since...

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Why You Should Go Snowboarding

Life lessons from throwing myself down snowy mountains while strapped to a piece of board. Snowboarding, like skiing, looks really cool,...

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How To Get Yourself To Antarctica

In case it's one of your 2018 resolutions - just saying. Many people think of Antarctica as this far away, impossible-to-reach place,...

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The Time I Found a Recipe for Seal Brains in Antarctica (Part 2)

When you're on a once-in-a-lifetime trip, and it's so amazing that you're plotting on how to make it a twice-in-a-lifetime trip. Photo...

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The Time I Puked My Way to Antarctica (Part 1)

I've been wanting to visit Antarctica since I was a child - I finally did. The Day I Almost Didn’t Get on the Ship When you’ve paid a...

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The Time I Was Infested By A Human Bot Fly and I Took It With Me To Antarctica

In October 2015, I was two weeks into my 2-month trip through South America. I had just emerged miraculously unscathed from the Amazon...

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The Time I Took a 19-hour Bus Ride Across East Africa, Because Why Not.

My work visa in Tanzania was about to expire, and I needed to do a quick trip out of the country in order to renew it. I couldn’t be gone...

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The Time I Was Arrested in Japan and the Police Served Me Green Tea

In 2007, I was working in Nagasaki, Japan, during my college summer break. My team traveled around the prefecture, teaching English to...

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Why you should go mountain-climbing (Part 2)

Reasons why climbing a mountain can be the best thing for you to do. [If you haven't already, read Part 1 first. This is a direct...

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Why you should go mountain-climbing (Part 1)

Reasons why climbing a mountain can be the best thing for you to do. I know, I know, mountain-climbing isn’t on everyone’s agenda. It...