While I no longer travel around the United States for math competitions, I still love using arithmetic to depict my adventures. This brief post is meant to provide outdoor inspiration, and to spread awareness of random hikes and lifts from around the world.   “Top of Europe” (3,454 m)     Top of Vancouver, Canada… Read More


Workaway is an organization allowing travelers to choose from 26,000 active work exchanges from more than 155 countries around the world. This is the perfect tool for volunteers to find hosts who need help, and vice versa.     It is standard for students to pay companies to work and volunteer abroad as a safe way to experience a new cultures.… Read More


Kicked my butt. Beat the crap out of me. Whatever you want to call it, apply it to this handful of days. In an effort to see the top of Africa, I have since felt I’ve come back from the dead.     What You Need To Understand At this point, summiting Kili is very… Read More