We have been chasing the sun westward for 14 hours in what seems to be a perpetual sunset. We were given exit row seats with which we received an extra 5 feet of leg room, much better than spending the day like the sardines behind us. We will be arriving in Hong Kong at 7 p.m. And catching a ferry to the island of Macau. "the Vegas of China".

For Christmas I received a little survival kit to take on my adventure. It consists of a small flash light, leatherman and 20 feet of 500 pound test paracord woven into a band. I never expected I would need it, let alone on day 1 of the adventure. Everything was going great, I found 5 bucks on the floor of the airport and within 2 hrs of landing I was ascending a 10,000 ft peak in the backcountry with my buddy. While traversing across the ridge t...

After 28 months of servitude and countless hours of studying.... I'M BACK!!!!! First stop Jackson Hole, Where the snow has been falling like home prices and the mountain has been calling me like a debt collector. I'll be spending a week here making some fresh tracks through the powder and then taking off for the mega-vacation through SE Asia. All has begun well, despite the packed plane, I have managed to acquire a row all to myself. I hope the comfortab...