Sunday, March 22, 2009

The idea for this blog

So, I was reading through 20 Years of Outside (or maybe it was 25) - basically some of the best writing in Outside magazine during the first 25 years of it's existance. It occurred to me that most of the stories in there were tales of the dark and light sides of travel around the world, and that I've been to a lot of places and had many interesting experiences. I figure someday, I'll forget half of them, and that's the point of starting a blog. Perhaps, when I find time here and there, I can post a story or two, in no particular order, to the blog. I can edit them if I remember details, etc. Some of the ones I intend to include:

  • Getting held up (almost literally) at the border of Moldova and Ukraine
  • Getting on a military transport to Sarajevo in a pink skirt suit
  • The Andes pass between Argentina and Chile, recently graded
  • Attracting an audience in India while we waiting for someone to clear the accident in the road

Anyway, here we go! I'll try to scan in some photos so I can include them as well.