Category: Maps & Mischief

  • THIN AIR, OLD DREAMS, AND 10 BUDDIES

    Oct 2005: I was a fresh graduate with a bucket list that started with three bold words: Everest Base Camp. I didn’t know then that it would take twenty-one years of life and ten of the most incredible humans I now know to finally cross it off… cross it off with the very specific, nostalgic…

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  • A PERSPECTIVE SHIFT OVER NESCAFÉ

    I close my eyes and suddenly I’m time-traveling back to my backpacking days in New Zealand. I’m standing on the edge of a glacial lake — the air crisp, the oxygen traveling deep into my lungs, and the view, oh so mesmerizing. The water sparkles like crystals, a shimmering tapestry that looks like a polished…

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  • THE SPANISH BOOTS

    Let me walk you through the streets of Spain. Imagine you’re walking the cobblestoned lanes with your best friend, the kind of day when the temperature insists you stop for a wine break every hour. The air carries the aroma of artichokes and caramelized onions drifting out of kitchens, and there is a lightness around…

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