Backpack gear has been exploded around the house for weeks. Boxes appeared on the front porch and the piles grew. We hit critical mass and time came to pare down….
*Out of Office Reply*
Written by Fidgit Please pardon a temporary lapse in our posting schedule. We are in a flurry of travel, talks, trade shows, and rest in the US before heading back…
A Buck in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush
Haz clic aquí para leer en español Written by Fidgit The first time it was an old guy outside the Smithville, MO Pizza Hut in October 2010. Having recently completed…
Saved by the Spuds
Haz clic aquí para leer en español Written by Fidgit The joy in this walk began to flicker somewhere around middle Bolivia. Extended illness combined with exposure to pervasive poverty…
Herstory: She Can Run Farther
Haz clic aquí par leer en español The ‘Herstory: She Can’ series profiles women who pursue their passions. Each have stepped up with courage, a message, and a willingness to…
Collaborating with Adventure Scientists
Note from Fidgit: I wrote this piece for Adventure Scientists while walking through Bolivia. They are an organization crowd sourcing data collected by explorers to be used in research. They…
Trash Talk
Haz clic aquí para leer en español Written by Fidgit This walk has changed how I relate to the waste we throw out. From toilet paper to tin cans. Much of…
The Places Which Don’t Exist and the People who Live there
Haz clic aquí para leer en español Written by Fidgit Considering the only relatively recent stability of national boundaries and efforts to count and census residents, combined with the notable…
Dog Tales
Haz clic aquí para leer en español Written by Fidgit When I first began planning this walk, believing full well no human would be nutty enough to join, I had…
Bolivia: Economics of a ‘Bloqueo’
Haz clic aquí para leer en español Written by Fidgit Crossing Bolivia we found only a few trails, some back roads, a lot of railroad, and a long stretch along…
