A Forest Bath in Middlesex Fells
Wanderlust: A Travel Journal
For the last 15 years, I’ve been a city-dweller and I’ve started to feel semi-captive, a condition the naturalist John Muir described as "tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized." This essay was published Wanderlust’s collection of the year’s best travel essays.
Hoedown at McDonald’s
The Good Men Project
A chance encounter with a bluegrass band at a McDonald’s in North Carolina shows a free spirit the value of community.
Backed up in China
Lost Magazine
My first four days in Beijing involved exotic noodle dishes, ancient pagodas and friendly Chinese. It was also four days of not going number two.
Finding Words to Live By in Dad’s Letters
Outside Magazine
A video of my travels through China and across the country on a 1982 Honda Nighthawk.
Finding My Sleep in China
Travelmag
Three days in Beijing, two traditional Chinese doctors and one good night’s sleep.
A Sudden Stab of Murky Suspicion
The Philadelphia Inquirer
It wasn't our guide who made me suspicious; it was the bystander, a short woman with a vibrant dress and bananas in her hand. A longer version of this article was published in Living Now Magazine (page 42), and on Living Now's website.
Missing Paris
The Expeditioner
Seven miles into the Paris Marathon I was content, blissfully lost in the illustrious City of Light. But then I saw the pacesetter and I was hooked.
The Dizziness of Freedom
The Expeditioner
The birth and rise of bungee jumping. This also appeared in Details Style Syndicate.
In All Fairness
Verge Magazine
When it comes to tipping guides and porters, crunching the numbers may not give you the right answer.
Up Fever Slope
Salon
I knew I was susceptible to altitude sickness. So what made me try to ascend this 20,000 foot summit?
A Lesson in Safety
The Boston Globe
When you buy a motorcycle, everyone thinks you’re going to die. You become a cautionary tale for friends, family, colleagues — a dead man riding.