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Three Days to Ala-Köl
Espoir and I spent three self-guided days crossing Kyrgyzstan’s Ala-Köl Trek. The pass delivered the largest view, but camping beside the lake…
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Why I Chose Himlung Himal
On October 15, 2026, I put down a deposit on a mountain I am not ready to climb. Himlung Himal will be…
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The Long Way Around Everest: My Three Passes Trek in Nepal
The first test of my Three Passes trek happened before I took a step. We spent a day waiting for a flight…
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Ten Days in Iraqi Kurdistan, Beyond the Version I Knew
Before I went to Iraqi Kurdistan, most of what I knew about Iraq had arrived through headlines. Conflict, danger, instability. Those things…
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My First Walk Through Warsaw
I came into Poland by train from Berlin. My family has roots here, and I still have relatives near Kraków, so crossing…
Europe
I Took the Wrong Trail Above Kotor
A friend at my hostel told me about a way up to the fortress above Kotor. There was a main route and…
Europe
The Trip That Stopped Being Solo
I left Austin expecting to spend eleven months alone. Somewhere between an unfinished chess game in Spain and a rented car in…
Africa
The People Who Made Room for Me
I went to Pakistan for the mountains and to Jordan for Petra. I didn’t plan those trips around hospitality, though it became…
Africa
I Kept Trying to Pay. They Kept Refusing.
There is a particular loneliness to long solo trips that rarely makes it into the photographs. You can spend a day surrounded…
Africa
From Morocco to Senegal Without Getting on a Plane
I crossed from Morocco into Mauritania and eventually into Senegal without taking a flight. The whole trip took about six weeks. On…