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A year ago I flew from Kathmandu, Nepal to New York at the end of one year of travel, and shortly thereafter I vowed that “In Conclusion”...

It’s been three weeks since I landed at JFK and checked into my short-term rental, the owner of which took one look at my backpack and...

Disclaimer: This will likely be the final installment of the blog, as I’ll be returning to New York in a few days. I’ve now been in Nepal...

After the Vipassana meditation course, my next objective was the significantly easier Annapurna Circuit: a 100 mile trekking route around...

I recently completed 105 consecutive hours of silent meditation over 10 days, breaking only to eat and sleep. It was the most challenging...

After the trek and a few days of rest at the base camp, it was time to start climbing the mountain. Spantik is typically climbed in four...

I’ve just re-emerged from Pakistan’s Karakoram mountain range, where I spent the past month without signal on a climbing expedition of...

I had initially planned to end my traverse of South America in Colombia, where I wound up after taking a boat across the border from the...

A trip to the Amazon is a right of passage for those backpacking South America, since at some point, nearly everyone spends a few days...