Last updated Aug 16, 2019 | First published on May 21, 2016 | Nepal
It’s been rough and rocky traveling, but I’m finally standing upright on the ground…after taking several readings, I’m surprised to find my mind still fairly sound… – Willie Nelson I faced the white sky as the wind clawed skin from...
Last updated Jun 24, 2021 | First published on Jun 30, 2009 | Indonesia (Not Bali)
I never expected to find myself on a whale hunt in Lamalera, a remote corner of Indonesia far far to the east. But there I sat as chaos swirled around me and men scrambled to save our lives. I watched in horror as water poured over the sides of our precariously...
Last updated Jun 24, 2021 | First published on Apr 23, 2009 | Bali
The last thing I remember thinking as the third towering, three-meter-tall wave blocked out the sun and my cramped arms stopped moving was: “Oh my God, I’ve only been here three days!” Every day since I have been here on Bali, they have had red...
Last updated Nov 15, 2018 | First published on Jul 9, 2006 | Alaska
I knew the boulder that I was standing on — despite its huge size — was completely unstable. I was right, and as I held on to the handhold in front of me, an accidental kick from my legs sent it booming to the bottom of O’Malley peak where I had just...
