New Blog: Meandering Match

Hey Everyone, I want to promote my new shared blog that I will be writing in from now on with my girlfriend Laurel Goodman. I love this blog and the look of it, but the two of us are sharing an adventure for the coming year, and we're going to share the blogging experience too. Check out ...

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Seoul Fortress Wall: An urban/outdoor adventure

The Seoul Fortress Wall was once the outer boundary of Seoul, the city that is the heart of Korea. Now it lies as a relic to a past of historical importance. The Fortress Wall now encases the nucleus of the thriving downtown area in Seoul, Korea. There were once 8 city gates. 4 large and 4 ...

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Listen for the Echo

I wanted to share a video from a life changing event. In April of 2009, I backpacked through Canyonlands National Park for the first time with my buddy Phil Eskamani. We spent an enthralling 5 days hiking through canyon country. We sidetripped to the Druid Arch. An amazing natural feature located at a junction of many ...

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Scuba Diver Certified!

Laurel at Philippine Fun Divers

  It's official. I can swim the fishies. And swim with the fishies I shall. Laurel and I began working on our PADI Open Water Scuba Diving Certification while in Korea in July. For about $300 US dollars, we bought the manuals, watched the videos, took the knowledge development tests, and trained in a scuba diving ...

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Moalboal Backpacker Lodge – Danger

Moalboal Backpacker Lodge-Danger

Moalboal Backpacker Lodge: Danger On Friday, August 11th,2011 Laurel and I were robbed of $300 U.S. dollars. I will first objectively state the order of events, than will follow up with my interpretation of what happened. All our money was in Philippines Pesos, but I’ll discuss in terms of US dollars for ease. We arrived in Moalboal ...

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A Year of Travel

  Well it's nearing the end of July, and suddenly I realize that whoah! I've been traveling for over a year. Laurel and I packed up our lives in Fort Collins, loaded up the little Nissan Sentra and embarked on what has turned out to be a wonderful traveling adventure. We've gone to national parks, new ...

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Launch of New Blog: Meandering Match

Hello Everyone, I've recently been working on developing a new blog. It is named Meandering Match. This is a shared blog between my beautiful girlfriend, Laurel Goodman, and I. We are in the planning phase of something momentous. A self supported independent charity bike ride across the United States next summer. We are going to ride ...

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A music video that makes you think

If you have 6 minutes, spare them and watch this music video. It is a video from one of my favorite bands in the world, Modest Mouse. The name of the song is King Rat and it is off the album, No One's First and You're Next. This is an extremely thought provoking video that brings ...

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July Newsletter: Travel Talk

Hello friends and family, This newsletter meets you at the half way mark of 2011. Summer is here and that usually corresponds to traveling. In this newsletter I want to talk travel. I'll share an awesome destination I hiked and discuss travel plans for when my time in Korea is over. I'm hoping ...

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Seoraksan: Hiking through a typhoon!

Hello Everyone! I finally got the hike that I' ve been longing to do in. But with adverse weather conditions, it made for a moist and soggy 13 hour slog through the mountains. Today I'll share my weekend trip to climb Dae Cheong Bong, the highest peak of Seorak Mountain. Laurel and I hopped on a ...

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