Author: slungren

"In the dazzling light, under the brilliant blue sky, every detail of the magnificent forest was vivid to the eye: the great trees, the network of bush ropes, the caverns of greenery, where thick-leaved vines covered all things else." -Theodore Roosevelt, Through the Brazilian Wilderness (1914) Two weeks ago, I led a group of Americans into a section of...

There are outings, trips, and adventures—and then there are expeditions. Each has its time and place, but more often than not, they’re defined by the limits of money, responsibility, and age. Life can be peculiar like that, offering opportunities to those wise enough to see their value yet shrewd enough to recognize their consequence. A job that can’t...