My First Summit AKA The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done

(Part I)

The Cult of Dave

For the past week or so we’ve been staying at a hostel on the coast of Ecuador that also happens to be housing a month-long…

The Summit

This is the third part of a short story about summiting Nevado del Tolimo.

The Makings of a Born Again Gearhead

Everyone has that friend who is into gear. For me, this is my friend, Ned.

30 Days in Colombia By the Numbers

We spent the first 30 days of our six-month South America journey…

Weird Smells in the Land of Paradise

We spent the last twelve days in Montanita. The guidebooks told us to skip it. They said that…

Best friends

Best friends pick you up at the airport and are waiting for you with a sign. When you visit their home, they give you their bed; they…

Why I’m Voting for Hillary

Over the last year, I got a lot of surprised looks whenever I told people I was voting for Hillary, especially…

Hiking Ecuador’s Quilatoa Loop: Part One

We set off to hike Ecuador’s famed Quilatoa Loop with our friend Chuck. You can do the hike in about a million different ways depending on how hard or easy you want to make it. We chose to do a three-day, 25 mile section of the Loop, hiking from Sigchos to…