Travel

How to Save Your Photos While Traveling

Protecting Your Photos Simply and Cheaply You will be taking a lot of photos on your travels.  Many of these photos will be really nice and some of them are likely to be spectacular.  Losing your data would be a damn shame at best, and catastrophic at worst.  Let’s talk […]

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Trekking to Mt. Everest Base Camp

The Basic Information Distance: 75 miles round trip Starting Elevation: Lukla (elevation 9,383 feet) Maximum Elevation: Kala Patthar (18,514 feet) Base Camp Elevation: 17,598 feet (5,364 meters) Time Required for Trek: 11-12 days (ours was 12 days, with 9 going up and 3 coming down) Acclimatization Days: 3-4 (4 for us). Average high temps: 40-50 degrees Fahrenheit.  […]

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Getting to Machu Picchu

For many, going to Machu Picchu is a dream trip.  It was for us.  The idea of a lost city on a mountain in the clouds just seems too cool for words.  And it is.  But getting there is tricky.  You cannot just fly there, there will be at least […]

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The Joys of Packing Light

I take packing light fairly seriously.  I never check a bag, even on trips of two weeks or more.  I’ve been to Peru with nothing more than a small photo backpack.  I know that sounds braggy, and I’m sorry for that, but I need to show you right up front […]

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Making Your Dream Trip Happen

I want to give you one simple method that will take you from dreaming about a trip of a lifetime to actually making it happen. First, I want to talk about making good whiskey.  Bear with me because this will actually have some application to what I just mentioned.  When […]

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