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Epic Adventures

These are the wild, honest trips where you get shaken up just enough to see who you really are.

My Week on Richard Branson’s Island

Richard Branson has invented his own kind of heaven, and I went there to see how it would ruin me. Not ruin me the way good whiskey ruins bad whiskey,

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In the Heart of Darkness: Silverback Gorillas in Rwanda

The road out of Kigali unravels like a bad idea you were somehow proud to have. Dawn slides over the hills in sheets of fog and diesel, and the whole

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Mojo Riding: Luging Down the Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China. This time I’m not here to swoon like a fanboy over its engineering mojo. I’m here to shoot a commercial. That means permits. Meetings. Smiles

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Squaring Up with Great White Sharks

The sea is iron-gray and cold, the kind that seeps through the wetsuit and into the bones. The Farallon Islands rise like broken teeth from the water—sharp, silent, and full

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Where the River Watches Back: Anaconda Hunting on the Tiputini

In 2024, scientists discovered the largest species of snake on earth: the green anaconda, in the Amazon rainforest. Nicknamed Ana Julia, this serpent was measured from head to tail at

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Why You Need to Run with the Bulls

Every year, thousands of people—half thrill‑seekers, half lunatics—flock to Pamplona for the Encierro —the running of the bulls. It’s chaos wrapped in white cloth and red silk, a city drunk

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Chasing the Dragon on Komodo Island

You go to Komodo Island because a rational brain isn’t enough anymore and you need to stand in front of something that could casually eat you and not even bother

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Epic Adventures