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henrik wrote:I live in a small country so adventurous enterprises tend to get noticed. One of my favourite countrymen-adventurers is currently attempting to drive around the world in a Land Cruiser. Not so special, right, but this guy means it literally, i.e. including the oceans. A recent first attempt at the longest stretch on open ocean starting in Cape Verde failed, the guy was rescued by a Japanese ship and the car later by a Norwegian one. I hope he tries again and keeps going.

leeholsen wrote:been meaning to put this up, this guys drives his motorcycle all over the usa with dog in the sidecar - http://www.theoasisofmysoul.com

this is what i would be doing if i was fi now(although, i'd be in a car; my face being a bug catcher doesnt seem appealing).

spending a month exploring each state seems just right for things to do with your life over spending it in a 6x6 cubicle.

“We live in a time where you can no longer climb the highest peak, or no longer explore blank spots on a map. Adventure is looking at old subjects in a new way. There’s still plenty left to do if you use your imagination.”

"I don't undertake these things to please my fellow skiers or my fellow climbers or my fellow rowers. I do them to please myself and, I like to think, to give something back to the man in the street, the guy who sits at a desk and maybe isn't doing what he wants with his life. If anything, I'd just like to think I remind people that it's possible to do what you want. If adventuring is about anything, that's what it's about."

Some call it the grind stone, the nine to five, the rat race or the walk of life. It is part of that endless yet very real struggle of the human life to overcome the financial burdens and woes associated with a domestic lifestyle and a first-world society; health insurance, that 4.95 percent fixed-rate mortgage on your house, those monthly car payments, and the robust retirement fund you are saving which will finally grant you the time and ability to do the things you have always wanted and go to the places you have always dreamed of seeing—but alas, surely I digress.

For in one of the most beautiful twists of irony I can think of—and adventure guides know this—money is perhaps the least valuable thing one can ever attain in a given lifetime. For many, however, this realization comes far too late.

The ultimate goal is to blur the line between work and vacation; for this concept implies that you live two lives.

The rocks are getting bigger; the launches have less time between them. His aim is definitely improving too. I again repeat that I see him and he needs to stop, choosing a few choice four letter words that is understood throughout the world. The dog is barking and running back and forth along the edge of the cliff.

During my first few months of tour I learned my ‘War Cry’. The first time I used it I had no idea it even existed. It came to surface because it’s all I had to fight with. Since then it had gotten me out of a few situations, including dogs when I battle them for the leader of the pack. I knew it was time to let it out, as it takes some concentration and effort. Feelings, memories, frustrations are brought to the surface; I allow myself to feel vulnerable and scared. Opening my mouth to inhale has much air as my lungs can take the shrill call of death and fear exits my cracked and sunburned lips. I bend over at the waist to make sure it all exits. I let out another and another. Sometimes it almost feels difficult to stop. The boy and the dog have disappeared. I pack up my bike and know it’s time to get out of here as fast as possible. Slightly damp and clean clothes are put back on and my hair braided, assuming I would be leaving danger behind.

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

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

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

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

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