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My Current Backpacking Gear List (12.2 lb Base Weight)
This is my current backpacking gear list that I have used since Spring of 2016. I’ve been very satisfied with it so far. It provides the perfect combination of utility, comfort and light weight that I desire for three-season backpacking. Whenever I make changes to my gear list, I will update this page to keep it current. Feel free to use this as a template for designing your own gear list. If you have any questions …
10 Excellent Restaurants in Singapore
Singapore is a city of culinary diversity and excellence. With so much variety in style and quality, it’s no easy task to choose the best Singapore restaurant for your evening Different restaurants serve different cuisines. Many specialize in exclusive Asian cuisines while others offer a western, modern, and fusion. Quality of service is also key to choosing the best restaurants in Singapore for your enjoyment. Of course, the best way to learn about the best…
Adventure Blog Redesign
Screenshot of the redesigned home page. The (tentative) backpacking meal planner section. That’s right… The Adventure Lifestyle Blog is undergoing a massive overhaul. It won’t be up in the next few days, but look for it in the coming weeks. We’re talking about a much more professionally designed main site where you can learn how to get started backpacking from the ground up. Social networking integration is going to be a focus on the new ALB, as well.
Looking Glass Falls Pisgah National Forest
Well, as it turns out, apparently I didn’t save any of my photos from Looking Glass Falls. This single drop 60ft fall is located just outside of Brevard, NC on US 276 in Pisgah National Forest. It’s difficult, really, to comprehend the sheer amount of force coming over these falls. Don’t get me wrong, I know it’s not the largest or tallest waterfall in the world, but it really gives you a beating if you get up close. The …
Announcing My Summer Book Tour
Posted: 6/19/2019 | June 19th, 2019 Last month, I announced the release of my next book, Ten Years a Nomad: A Traveler’s Journey Home. It’s about how I became a traveler, my life as a backpacker, all the lessons I learned, and what those lessons mean for travelers. It features stories I’ve never told and goes …
Exclusive Access: The Amber Workshop in Pushkin, Russia
The countryside around St. Petersburg, Russia, is filled with palaces and parks that make wonderful private day trips from the former imperial capital. One of our top excursions from St. Petersburg is Catherine Palace, where we arrange for our travelers to skip the entrance lines to tour the beautiful interiors of the Baroque building. To gain even more insight into the palace and its history, we arrange an exclusive visit to the nearby Tsarskoselskaya Amber Workshop, which is not open to the public. The workshop is famous …
Marbella Luxury Travel Guide
Marbella, the city of the rich and the beautiful on the famous Costa del Sol in the south of Spain, is certainly the richest town in Spain. If you are looking for luxury and wealth, then you are more than right here. Its famous marina with its exclusive restaurants and posh boutiques belongs to the
A Stay Worthy of Prose: Our Ode to Poetry Inn Napa
One of the greatest aspects of travel is finding the hidden gem in the place you’re visiting—and, as we just recently discovered, Poetry Inn in Napa Valley is like stumbling upon the Hope Diamond….via JustLuxe.com
A Stay Worthy of Prose: Our Ode to Poetry Inn Napa
One of the greatest aspects of travel is finding the hidden gem in the place you’re visiting—and, as we just recently discovered, Poetry Inn in Napa Valley is like stumbling upon the Hope Diamond….via JustLuxe.com
Does Julia Roberts’ Bali Still Exist?
If you’ve come here looking for the Eat, Pray, Love Bali, I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that this Bali largely doesn’t exist. Decades of over-development and mass tourism have destroyed much, if not all, of what once made Bali such a special place. The good news? If you’re simply asking “where was Eat, Pray, Love filmed in Bali?” and are open to the what may currently exist in the locations you visit, irrespective of what you saw in the movie, then you …
Visiting Astoria, Oregon
I’ve traveled through Astoria often on my way to Seaside and Cannon Beach. Occasionally, I’ve stopped there to get a meal, but for some reason I hadn’t really spent any time exploring the city itself. When I was looking for some “me time” over a weekend, I decided to visit Astoria and just spend time there. Thankfully, I used to live fairly close to the Oregon border, so it wasn’t going to be a long drive. If you don’t have that advantage, though, you can often find cheap flights to Oregon. Lodging As I wanted to be close to …
Visiting Astoria, Oregon
I’ve traveled through Astoria often on my way to Seaside and Cannon Beach. Occasionally, I’ve stopped there to get a meal, but for some reason I hadn’t really spent any time exploring the city itself. When I was looking for some “me time” over a weekend, I decided to visit Astoria and just spend time there. Thankfully, I used to live fairly close to the Oregon border, so it wasn’t going to be a long drive. If you don’t have that advantage, though, you can often find cheap …
Florida Artist Creates Unique Monument to “Unmourned Animals”
Categories: Best OfStoriesBody: In the Hartsdale, New York Pet Cemetery, there is now a bronze and granite memorial unlike the hundreds of ‘monuments’ – large and small – dedicated to the animals who once had a loving human companion. The new monument, created through the compassion and determination of a Florida Artist/Professor, is placed in honor of the thousands of animals who never had a ‘home’ but who were bred and killed for food. The unique Monument to Animals We Do Not Mourn was created by Artist Linda Brant, and represents a four-year saga of compassion, creativity, and…
Florida Artist Creates Unique Monument to “Unmourned Animals”
Categories: Best OfStoriesBody: In the Hartsdale, New York Pet Cemetery, there is now a bronze and granite memorial unlike the hundreds of ‘monuments’ – large and small – dedicated to the animals who once had a loving human companion. The new monument, created through the compassion and determination of a Florida Artist/Professor, is placed in honor of the thousands of animals who never had a ‘home’ but who were bred and killed for food. The unique Monument to Animals We Do Not Mourn was created by Artist Linda Brant, and …
Travel Blogging Turns 20 Today
Filed under: History, Blogs HP Virtual Museum Today marks the 20th anniversary of what’s believed to be the first travel blog post. So happy birthday to us, and maybe you too! In honor of the occasion, travel bloggers worldwide are raising a glass (ok, they were probably doing that anyway), Jeff Greenwald, the author of that first travel blog post, uploaded from the tourism bureau in Oaxaca, Mexico, reflected …
Denali Expedition: Hahn & Team Take Unexpected Rest Day At Base Camp
It became a day of brilliant sunshine and blue skies… just what the doctor ordered in terms of restful, easy conditions.
Denali Expedition: Haugen & Team’s Creativity Soars at 11K Camp
We are sitting in the sun at 11K Camp.
Mt. Elbrus Ski: Reid & Team Acclimatize in Preparation of Summit Bid
Yesterday we ascended to the top of Pastukhova Rocks at over 15,000ft and enjoyed a nice 3,000ft descent.
Mt. Rainier: RMI Teams on Top!
The Mt. Rainier Summit Climb teams were walking into the crater rim just before 7:00 a.m.
Denali Expedition: Walter & Team Take a Rest Day to Prepare for the Upper Mountain
We’re taking a planned rest day today to better acclimate and get strong for our forays on the upper mountain.
Denali Expedition: King & Team Celebrate Back in Talkeetna
We got an early start, up at 12:30am at 11 Camp and got to the airstrip by 8:30am.
Denali Expedition: Haugen & Team Sitting Pretty at 11K Camp
We had a very productive and somewhat relaxing day.
Denali Expedition: Hahn & Team Set up Camp at the Base of Ski Hill
We packed up and roped up and began shuffling out of base at 3:15 AM.