Category: adventure

• A Recipe for Adventure

  Welcome to my life/world which is stable until… …something disrupts it, launching me on… …a journey into the unknown where I’m beset by… …progressive complications that ultimately threaten what I care about most until… …all is lost and I must… …transform my life/world… …welcome to my new life/world. * Complement with A Brief Anatomy of…

• Rugby

  I played rugby in high school. I was never particularly good, or even particularly passionate about it, but playing rugby taught me an important lesson that has stuck with me ever since. Growing up, I wasn’t a traditional geek or a traditional jock or really a traditional anything. I was curious, bookish, a little aloof,…

• Creativity is a choice

  It’s easy to make your creativity dependent on your environment. You can’t write that book until you escape to the perfect cabin in the woods. You can’t produce that song until you find the ideal recording studio. You can’t initiate that difficult conversation until the time is right. When I’m working on the rough draft…

• How to Kill a Dragon

  My friend Derek has a six year old grandson who came for a visit. They were exploring the basement together when the boy pointed to the door on the left and asked, “What’s in there grandpa?””Canned foods and supplies for the kitchen,” said Derek. His grandson pointed to the door ahead of them, “What’s in…

• I do

  I used to not believe in marriage. It always seemed to be a silly institution established by out-of-date religious organizations and later co-opted by secular governments. Why would a piece of legal paperwork affect the kind of relationship you have with your partner? It certainly increases your risk profile for that relationship ever going south…

• Uncommon Stock launches today!

  Available now! Wow! It’s been quite the twisty road getting here but Uncommon Stockis finally shipping. You can order it now from Amazon and other major retailers (if you want a print copy, please order through FG Press for the moment). You can even download a free excerpt here. Now, I need five minutes of…

• Got any regrets? Burn ’em!

  Not a bad bonfire Dust storms rage across an apocalyptic landscape filled with brightly painted bodies writhing to the pulsing rhythm of electro beats highlighted by intricately orchestrated laser light patterns and roaring belches from a dozen military-grade flame throwers. Sound like a good place to seek enlightenment? Maybe not, but Burning Man is the…

• Less and longer: a few words of wisdom on traveling right

  So you’ve saved and budgeted for your trip and now it’s finally time to plan your itinerary. Six months of travel time stretches out before you like a magic carpet. So many opportunities to explore exotic locales! So much time to explore all those places on your bucket list! Ahh, your bucket list… How many…

• Gourmet desert camping in Nevada

  Desert camping isn’t for everyone. Conditions can be harsh, especially for peak heat times in the middle of summer. Without natural sources of water and shade, dehydration and sun poisoning could easily happen. Extreme self-reliance is the best way to survive and lack of preparation could have devastating consequences. A very fancy desert (Dubai) Good…

• Mango sticky rice in a climbers’ paradise

  Approaching Tonsai “For the stone from the top for geologists, the knowledge of the limits of endurance for the doctors, but above all for the spirit of adventure to keep alive the soul of man.” —George Mallory, British mountaineer  We were really tired of spending Ramadan in Muslim countries. It turned into a real hassle…