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In the hills of Eastern Afghanastan 10 miles in 3.5 hours at altitude.  Was it easy? Nope. Was it worth it? Yep. Air quality in Kabul in the winter months can cause more casualties than the war itself. Here is the start of a temperature inversion (Greenhouse gasses) in the distance  These Hikes have been the IN to my sane Different shirt different day Dog day afternoon- a RUFF day with the pack I'm not letting this hike go to waist

 People say that what we are all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think this is what we're really seeking. I think what we're seeking is an experience of being alive. ~ The Power of Myth - Joseph Campbell This recent deployment to Afghanistan has been one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.  Surely it is the right wish that draws us to the right places. Nothing of importance happens accidentally in our life.  If I do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens. Yet I’m not  simply seeking  interesting surroundings, but I am  continually interested in whatever surrounds me. This is no miraculous exception. The opening track on Into The Great Wide Open, the eighth studio album by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, ' Learning To Fly'   goes like this...    Well, I started out down a dirty road / Started out all alone / And the sun went down as I crossed the hill / And the town lit up, the worl...

Beachy Head - Running the White Chalk Cliffs of England 🏔️ BEACHY HEAD 🏔️ Running the White Chalk Cliffs 🇬🇧 ENGLAND'S SPECTACULAR COASTLINE 🇬🇧 Where Southern England Meets the Sea "What an impressive coastline" ↓ Explore the Cliffs 🏃‍♂️ Cliff Running Adventures 🏃‍♂️ Running the Chalk Headlands Running by the chalk headlands in Southern England - what an impressive coastline! The dramatic white cliffs of Beachy Head rise majestically from the English Channel, creating one of the most spectacular ...

Victor Hugo was exiled here for 15 years and I had the good fortune of taking a tour today of the writer's home. It's as if each room was a chapter and the home was actually another book. I'll let a few of the pictures speak for themselves. He is certainly quotable but thus one resonates- "Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.' It is here where the writer completed his masterpiece,  Les Miserables, using a stand up desk..Sitting was the new smoking back then too. Hugo wrote Latin phrases into his furniture, honoring God and also his beloved writers Moliere and  in his kitchen, the "H" in the wall tiles, we'll that stands for his family's name obviously. View this post on Instagram Pretty sure #VictorHugo thought that his target audience would be emotional teenage girls of the 21st century. Well played sir! A post shared by Ed Reif (@...

The Inner Map of Outer Journeys 🌍 "Fear is for folks who don't get out much" • ✈️ "Travel is creative destruction" • 🗺️ "The best souvenir is a new perspective" • 🎒 "You don't need more things—you need more thresholds" • 🌟 "Adventure is the ultimate teacher" • 🌍 The Inner Map of Outer Journeys Wisdom on Travel & Adventure from Great Thinkers The Hunt For Happy - is the longing for repetition. Mt. Saint Michael puts the Awe in Awesome. Pretty sure #VictorHugo thought that his target audience would be emotional teenage girls of the 21st century. Well played sir! 1,625 Google Maps Views later, we...