My concept of drama requires obstacles, and there's no obstacles in comfort.

A journey is measured in friends, not miles.

Adventure travel existed before I started, I just didn’t know it.

My first real writing job was at 'Rolling Stone,' so I wrote about rock-and-roll and politics and the like. At the time, I really didn't know what I wanted to write, and I did a bunch of investigative journalism.

Publishing your work is important. Even if you are giving a piece to some smaller publication for free, you will learn something about your writing. The editor will say something, friends will mention it. You will learn.

I am living out my adolescent dream of travel and adventure.

Many people go into the wilderness to experience it, and if they experience it in comfort, there's very little in a literary sense for them to write about.