Landlore: Alternative Travel Lifestyles

Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ~ Helen Keller

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Strange, is it not? that, of the billions who Before us pass'd the Door of Darkness thru,   not one returns to tell us of the Road That, to discover, we must travel, too. ~Edward Fitzgerald's " Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam "

© Global Images, LLC. I make no joke when stating that this man has literally lived out of a teepee in the heart of winter. When peeps ask me if there's anyone out there who's more hardcore than I am, Sharif is the person I point to. When last I heard from him, he was hitchhiking from one boat to another across the Atlantic Ocean... on his way to Antarctica. He made it as far south as Argentina before turning back. When I heard from him again, he was collecting votes for a contest on mountaineering. This wasn't the first time he's flexed the power of his community, nor will it likely be the last. No, the first time was when Cloudveil held a contest for who had the best skid crib. Sharif's video tour of his home in the teepee on the side of the mountain has since become legend... and it won him the contest. The Teton Village Teepee When I first met Sharif, he and his two friends had hitchhiked into Reno to meet up with my sister Gaea 'n I. My sister and I

Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. ~ Dag Hammarskjold

I know I'm not the only one who writes to a specific playlist. Gotta have a soundtrack. I know a few of my favorite writers do... 'n I'm no different. In the age of the iPod, I have entire playlists lined up for different times of the year... 'n for different stretches of road. For writing, I wanted something a little different. I'm 58-pages into writing the book. I was doing fine with the playlist I had... then along came a spider named Kraddy. I saw Kraddy play at Burning Man two months ago. Root Society Underground has a 30ft dome... 'n Kraddy almost tore that dome down with how riled up he got us. There were people climbing on the dome itself... 'n everyone was shaking it by jumping up 'n down at the same time. The coordinator had to cut the power to the volume while they pulled peeps down off the dome 'n calmed everyone down. Once we'd calmed back down, they turned the volume back on... 'n Kraddy picked up right back where he'

"Moss, Shadow & Light" by Kantiki [ here on GoogleMaps ] There are more than 12,000 different types of moss. Not one of 'em is out to kill ya. That makes moss good peeps... 'n soothing to walk on. At least 10,000 of those types are found in Otterberg, Germany. Now that's a lie... but I'm sticking to it. Besides, it feels like there are that many different types in Otterberg. In terms of property ownership, the moss quite literally runs the city. If a house can power itself using spinach [ link ], then I think Otterberg should tap into their plentiful moss environment and wire the city that way. The moss wouldn't mind the attention... and the city could claim itself as the first moss-powered city. It'll happen. I can feel it. The legend says that moss only grows on the north side of a tree. It's cute... but it's wrong. Moss'll grow anywhere that there's water 'n shade. Otterberg is a city of shadows... and water is found a

I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher Hershey

Tim Ferriss is gearing up to release "The 4-Hour Body", which means an insane number of quality posts on his blog. Because travel is one leg of his holy trinity, he's been on a roll lately with travel tips 'n stories that require sharing. This time, he's invited Tim Leffel to guest post on his blog. Leffel runs the Cheapest Destinations Blog and, true to form, covered eight different exotic travel spots that you can afford... but that you can't afford to miss. Here's the article: 8 Exotic Destinations You Can Afford by Tim Leffel, hosted on the blog of Tim Ferriss

If you already read Everything Everywhere , then you're familiar with Gary Arndt. Gary is a prolific traveler and an excellent writer. Less than a week ago, he wrote a guest post for the blog of Tim Ferriss titled " 20 Things I've Learned from Traveling Around the World for Three Years ". He opens the post with: On March 13, 2007, I handed over the keys to my house, put my possessions in storage and headed out to travel around the world with nothing but a backpack, my laptop and a camera. He then jumps into a photo-infused buffet of life lessons learned across the span of more than seventy different countries. Don't miss this excellent read!

see more Epic Win FTW If you're anything like me, you owe this peep a dollar as well. This is the best sign I've ever come across... and I've seen (and made) a lot of 'em. Word has it that our dear hobo here was spotted in Vancouver. The comments on this photo over at Epic Win FTW make for a fun read as well. This is seriously some creative signmanship.