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Twenty Eight Feet: Life on a Boat
A short documentary about David Welsford, who has given up the luxuries of land in search of happiness and adventure on a 50 year old wooden boat he restored from a scrap heap.

http://www.outsideonline.com/featured-v ... -Boat.html

Ego wrote:Twenty Eight Feet: Life on a Boat
A short documentary about David Welsford, who has given up the luxuries of land in search of happiness and adventure on a 50 year old wooden boat he restored from a scrap heap.

http://www.outsideonline.com/featured-v ... -Boat.html

They seem to have moved this one to a new URL:

http://www.outsideonline.com/featured-v ... -Boat.html

Happy Simple Tiny Home Couchsurf and a Rice Burger

http://vimeo.com/88485145

Eleutheromania
n. 1. A mania or frantic zeal for freedom.

That word seems to apply to most people here, especially in regard to economic freedom. I experience that 'frantic zeal' in the quest to be free from expectations and limits. It's also in my newfound drive to be free of my own fears.

Anyway, I was reminded of the word in this post and video ...
http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/eleutheromania/

At @8:10 he touches on part of what I meant with meaning inflation.

jennypenny wrote: It's also in my newfound drive to be free of my own fears.

Nice video Jenny.

Recently I have really focused on my own fears. Not the obvious ones like falling from the Sears Tower (no I'm not calling it by a new name just because some rich guy bought it). Of course, that would suck, but I need to overcome some fears that prevent me from occomplishing what I really want.

Such as, being afraid of sharks (I want to learn how to surf). Of course, sharks kill almost zero people. It's more a matter of control for me than actual fear of dying.

jennypenny wrote:Short video ... http://www.ducttapethenbeer.com/damn-that-was-awesome/

The guy from the 35 video has a book.

http://vimeo.com/75917139

Angelo Wilkes-Paige seeks to circumnavigate the globe twice, under human power.Travelling over 71,000 miles in roughly 8 years.

http://www.expedition720degrees.com

theanimal wrote:Angelo Wilkes-Paige seeks to circumnavigate the globe twice, under human power.Travelling over 71,000 miles in roughly 8 years.

http://www.expedition720degrees.com

That takes a special person, because that sounds horrible. 8 years is a long time.

Ego wrote:

jennypenny wrote:Short video ... http://www.ducttapethenbeer.com/damn-that-was-awesome/

The guy from the 35 video has a book.

http://vimeo.com/75917139

Here's an excerpt:http://www.adventure-journal.com/2013/1 ... p-mixtape/

AmericaReCycled

http://vimeo.com/americarecycled/videos

Ego wrote:AmericaReCycled

http://vimeo.com/americarecycled/videos

I liked Notes from the Road II. @2:30 "When you're young, you should be listeners. When you get older, then you can talk."

Another by Duct Tape Then Beer.

Silence
http://vimeo.com/61635444

Why We Run.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn6k3gXCszE

Running is about movement, extreme movement. Movement is really the essence of life.

If anyone else was wondering what race they were showing clips of in that video, it looks like it was the Marathon du Mont Blanc. Watching the highlights video makes me want to put my shoes on and hit the trail right now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu-QKIcTqy0

http://www.montblancmarathon.net/en/

I love board sports as an adventure for travelling, meeting people and for being outside.

Snowboarding -Isenseven

Skateboarding - The Journey of the Beasts

Surfing - Riding Giants

How we quit our jobs to travel: The married couple.
http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20140 ... ied-couple

Their blog is getting hammered right now and seems to be down.

Sven Yrvind is a small boat sailor. He is 75 years old and will be circumnavigating the world south of the Capes (basically around Antarctica). To top it off, he will be totally unsupported for the 600-800 planned days of the journey. Wow!

http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/sven-yrvind/
http://www.yrvind.com/

My friend is walking around the world. He's only 24 years old and on day ~750 or so. Previous trips of his include canoeing the Mississippi river and biking from Minnesota to the southern tip of Argentina and back. He's not loaded, just extraordinarily self sufficient. Someone nicknamed him the "ERE Yoda" in my journal before he'd even started this adventure.

He's pretty creative to keep things inexpensive. He crewed a sailboat to cross the Atlantic, played violin on the street to afford food, etc. $5/day budget! (He would need just $60k for a 3% SWR...)

Here's an article with an audio interview: http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/08/15 ... drew-siess

Here's another article: http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_ ... ound-world

Here's a transcription I just did of my favorite part of the audio interview:

"How are you paying to get through this trip?"

"Busking, and I've been helped out by a lot of strangers on the street, um, who pass by me on the highway or the road or whatever. A lot of people have given me food. I mean that's the only thing -- my only cost is food. I never sleep in hotels, except I stayed in a hostel, uh, once, in Kosovo [...] my total accommodation cost is like under $100 for two years plus. I don't pay for gas, I don't pay for transportation either. So if you just have $5/day budget... I don't eat at restaurants. I just go to the grocery store and buy sandwiches and cookies. You can go a long way with very, very, very little if you want to. It's just a question of how comfortable you want to be. You're never going to do this on my budget if you want to be comfortable."

"Then why do it?"

"Because I don't do it to be comfortable. I do it to see the world, and I like pushing the limits, kind of, and I like to feel cold, and feel really hot, and feel hungry and thirsty and tired, sometimes, not all the time. But I, I enjoy it. I think. [laughs]"

akratic, impressive story. He lives on a tight budget indeed.

I also like how he uses his violin to connect to people. From the second link you posted:

You can speak music to everyone in the world, really. I was able to connect with a lot of people that I wouldn't have otherwise.

And it's good to hear, that he has found many helping hands all around the world. It's reassuring to see how many people still care and are open-minded, opposite from all the rage and war presented in the mass media. Faith in humanity restored ... for today


Here's a fairly different kind of ERE inspiration:

Mark Zuckerberg on why he wears the same T-Shirt every day.

It's nothing like the truly inspirational stories of Renaissance men and women, but I thought it's a "fun fact" how "even" Mark Zuckerberg declutters his life to focus on his vision. Nevermind that he reiterates his goal to connect the world again and again in just under two minutes. I just thought it's interesting to see that he takes this extra step to revoke public appearance (which most people deem to be very important) and focus what's important to him instead.

Here's a man who was groomed to become a Wall Street banker. He chose this instead, much to the chagrin of his family. http://andrewskurka.com/

National Geographic named him Outdoorsman of the Year. He is an awesome person and lives life to the fullest I would say. Minimalism on the move, off trail.