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Invitation to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Life by Design, Upcoming Adventures

Have you ever wanted to see the Serengeti of North America? To be in a place that is as wild and scenic as it was in the days of Lewis and Clark? To experience the crown jewel of American’s iconic National Parks – the world’s first National Park – in a way that very, very [...]

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How to Sky Dive from Outer Space and Other Unpragmatic Advice

Written By Topics: Adventure Couple Favs, Brilliant and Fun Ramblings
Red Bull Stratos

Red Bull Stratos: Misson to the Edge of Space It was 2000 and I was in the packed Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City with the world’s largest gathering of the top explorers on and off the planet. It was my first ECAD or Explorers Club Annual dinner. That most [...]

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Sharkman on the Move – Guest Blogging with Explorer Mikael Strandberg

Written By Topics: Life by Design
The adventure couple

Sharkman vs Risk Ridlon shares his thoughts on Embracing Risk with Swedish Polar Explorer Mikael Strandberg over at his site today. Please click the link below. An Explorer’s Guide to Risk – Embrace it to fuel your Passion  

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A Gift from Merlin

Written By Topics: Life by Design
live adventurously

A friend died today. Massive heart attack. No chance. Done. And that got me thinking about “last days.” If today was your last day, what would you have done? How would you have spent your time? I’ve seen this question asked before as a scenario but times like now are an urgent reminder that it’s [...]

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Life by Design Series: The Benefit of a Good ‘Ole Fashioned Ass Kicking

Written By Topics: Life by Design
Live Adventurously

I ride mountain bikes in the summer every Wednesday night with a cool group of guys. These aren’t your normal rides. These rides are more often than not rated somewhere on the epic scale. They are 5-7+ hour marches that usually start with an hour of non stop climbing and then go from there. They [...]

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Life by Design Series: Training for Purpose in Life

Written By Topics: Life by Design
life by design

My friend Fabrice Imparato headed off yesterday to climb K2 – known by mountaineers as The Savage Mountain and widely regarded as being substantially more difficult and dangerous than Everest. I have to admit, I was green with envy. Not because he was going to climb K2 as such because I have no such ambitions [...]

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Truk Lagoon and the Lost Japanese Ghost Fleet

Written By Topics: Adventure Pictures, Cool Places, Scuba Diving
truk lagoon

Truk Lagoon; February 17th, 1944: Kimiuo Aisek, a young Chuukese teen, watched transfixed as American planes descended on Truk Lagoon, a remote Micronesian atoll in the vast Pacific Ocean and the headquarters for the Imperial Japanese Combined Fleet during WWII. It was called Operation Hailstorm and among other things, was supposed to be payback for [...]

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Barefoot Running 101: What You Really Need to Know

Written By Topics: Adventure Fitness, Barefoot Running
Barefoot Running

Barefoot running is an idea so initially counterintuitive as to be easily dismissed. That’s unfortunate because it could save your running life. My Introduction to Barefoot Running As you may know, I’ve been a runner pretty much my entire life and either run for running’s sake or used it as a training tool for other [...]

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