Hike, Bike, and Kayak Wild Miami: Finding Adventure In South Florida
Miami is a paradise. Pristine waters kiss fine white beaches under a year round sun. South Florida is the universal symbol of tranquility and relaxation for many. However South Florida isn’t known as...
View ArticleNew Year, New Travels: How To Maximize Your Adventures In 2012!
Moonrise over Moab, Utah See the world in green and blue See China right in front of you See the canyons broken by clouds See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out See the bedouin fires at night See...
View ArticleFind Love and Adventure: A Valentines Day Travel Primer
Via dell'Amore, Cinqueterre Italy I’ve never been a firm believer in Valentines Day. It has always felt like an arbitrary holiday dropped after Christmas, just as that last holiday bill has been paid...
View ArticleSpring Break Travel: Travel Farther, Spend Less!
Spring break is a hallowed time for all college students where the possibilities for travel are limitless. In those ten days, away from books, exams, research and deadlines, many offer themselves to...
View ArticleSurfs Up! My First Time Surfing at Deerfield Beach
“Let’s go surfing!” My friend Melissa had eagerly been trying to get me to try surfing for a long time now. As a climber obsessed with the mountains i’d never been attuned to adventures on the ocean,...
View ArticleAn Update and the Reveal of My Future Plans
Mike Off the Map has gone quiet. Too quiet – and to my fans I apologize for the long wait in between updates. So what’s been going on? There’s been a long period of activity, projects for other sites,...
View ArticleMake the Most of Fall: Why Autumn is Adventure Season
The long hot lazy days of summer are over and while work and school influence a majority of the day, it doesn’t mean that the outdoors isn’t still calling. In fact, fall time is the perfect season to...
View ArticleRace To the Top: A Preview of My First Climbing Competition
This weekend I have the honor of competing with a group of fantastic climbers in what will be my first true climbing competition. Limited to bouldering rather than full on roped climbing, I can’t...
View ArticleHow Did I Get Here? My Story As A Writer
A couple weeks ago, I was invited to give a talk to a middle school journalism class on my work as a freelance writer. It was a time not only that I got to reflect on my past and development, but to...
View ArticleThat Time That I Learned to Climb (And Ruined Someone’s Date)
One of the benefits of being off on injury is that I get a lot of time for contemplation. I remember a lot, I get inspired, I relive memories, and I think about things that went right, and things that...
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