Selected Travels & Adventures

Peru (2018)

Documented folk stories told by Hermania Antonia Guillen López, a native Andean woman in Huaráz.

The Fox and the Condor:

Huascaran and Huandoy:

Along the way, I earned a certificate in Permaculture Design at the Ka’Way Monti School of Sustainability.

Talking points: spontaneous mountain fire-fighting; perfecting the Pisco Sour; copious feral dog B-roll; algea-bead cocktails with piranha head.

Alaska (2011-2012)

Trained a team of two-dozen half-wild racing dogs for the Iditarod by running laps around the base of Mt. Denali.

Talking points: pondering a frozen white aurora borealis; 3-hours of daylight; -40 degrees is -40 degrees regardless of your unit; learning the foreign language of gee and haw; vaccinating sled dog pups; rudimentary moose defense tactics.

Tibet (2009)

Taught English at the Tibetan Home of Hope orphanage for a summer in Amdo, Tibet.

Talking points: learning to make momos and square noodles; attempting to go for a run two wines in at Mt. Everest Base Camp; receiving a gift of tea and Goldschläger from a mountainside farmer and his family.