You can go through life always taking the easy path, but doing the hard things really does matter. The things that push our boundaries are what makes us grow and learn.
June 2014 Income Report
A behind the scenes glimpse of just how much money I am (or am not!) making every month through my blog and other online efforts.
The 10 Best Mountaineering Books of All-Time
Alpinism and mountaineering have a great literary tradition among the adventure genre. At its core mountaineering is a simple but profound adventure, often with significant peril. But a great adventure does not necessarily make a great book, at least not without a great story teller. In this guest post from Andrew Szalay of the Suburban Mountaineer, he takes a look at the pinnacle of the climbing genre for this list of the top 10 Must Reads.
How to Quadruple Mailing List Subscribers For Your Adventure Blog
A detailed how-to for my fellow travel and adventure bloggers about how I was able to dramatically increase my optin and sign up rates for my newsletter. Check out how many monthly subscribers I was getting before I made these two key changes to my Wordpress backbone to triple and quadruple my sign ups.
A Life of Security and the Risk of the Mountains
A friend of mine and guide died in the recent tragedy on Mount Rainier. With his death I reflect on what the risks of mountaineering and climbing can teach us about living a full life. And how risk and reward compares to a life of security and conformity.
Travel Fatigue and Becoming Tired of Traveling
Long term travel is an absolutely amazing experience and one that I have cherished over 1.5 years on the go. But there are some downsides to being a nomad. How do we deal with the competing calls of domesticity and being a nomad?
Finding Adventure: An Epic South America Motorcycle Trip from the US
This article may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase through these links, I will earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks!Ben Slavin embarked on an epic South America motorcycle trip, starting from his home in New Hampshire through Mexico and Central America… More than six months, 23,000 miles, and 15 countries later he arrived at …
How to Walk Across America: Meet Nate Damm and His Life on Foot
Curious about how to walk across America or whether it is even possible? A few years back, Nate Damm set out from the Atlantic Ocean in Delaware and began walking west. More than 3,200 miles and seven months later, Nate walked across America and dipped his toes in the Pacific Ocean in California. Nate embarked on a solo journey …