In the smartphone era, going off-grid has become a popular travel style. It seems that some people’s worst fears have become other people’s bliss. Take Alaska for example. Would you enjoy hiking where there is no path, crossing rivers that could easily drag you along if you don’t pay attention? Oh, and don’t forget the…
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What do you do when you miss your flight from Boston to Los Angeles? You can: A. book another flight, B. change your travel itinerary or C. rent a car the next morning and decide to do it over land. In three days. You can guess which option Josh and I chose during our Pole 2 Pole 4…
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It’s not every day that you decide to walk 222 km from Seattle to Vancouver without any preparation. Then again, it can be an easy ‘f*** it’ decision when you have been on the road for a while with that mindset. I wanted to push my personal limits and simply see if I would make it. The…
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Context: this article has been written during my Pole 2 Pole 4 Charity trip, where I was documenting green initiatives around North America. While browsing a free Metro newspaper I came across an ad for something called “sausage à trois”: a hot dog which is first steamed, then smoked and finished in the grill. My taste…
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The initial idea of the Pole 2 Pole 4 charity trip was to drive in a van thousands of miles from the North Pole to the South Pole meeting people, speaking at events, participating in fundraisers and spreading the message of “living sustainable and green”. We would fuel our van with recycled cooking oil, paint…
