Travel

I find travel to be an outstanding avenue for personal discovery and for developing a better understanding the world and its people. I passionately believe that everyone should challenge themselves to leave their comfort zone and see the world.

Places I’ve Been-

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Peru 2014

In May and June 2014 Jen and I visited the Cordillera Blanca (White Mountain Range) of Peru. We spent several days at a lodge near the entrance of Huascaran National Park before venturing out on a multiday backpacking trip in the Park. While the Cordillera Blanca is much less visited than the Inca Trail in the South, it is remarkably beautiful and has the highest mountains in Peru which are up to 22,000 feet high. Jen broke a personal record for both altitude (16,000 feet!) and for her highest campsite (15,260 feet!). (06/05/14, 64 Photos)

Rarotonga and NZ 2013

Rarotonga is a remote island in the nation of the Cook Islands, between Samoa and French Polynesia in the South Pacific. Jen and I checked out Raro in August 2013. It took more than 18 hours of flight time to get there from Colorado. On the way, we had a short layover in Auckland NZ- just enough time to go Bungy jumping off the Auckland Bay Bridge! (08/09/13, 168 Photos)