6/19/2023 0 Comments Bikenomics by Elly BlueBikenomics - Elly Blue I'm terrible at math, much to the dismay of my CFO accountant mother. Our Alaska Multi-Adventure trips give insight into the awe and beauty that would drive a young man on his brilliant, and perhaps reckless, journey.Ä¢. This tragic story of personal discovery, pushing limits and seeking the unknown was my original incentive to get outside and explore the world. Into the Wild - John Krakauer A must-read for anyone who considers themselves adventurous. So which stories have inspired me to explore, seek adventure, change the world for the better and do so confidently? Here are my top five: 1. These books, along with an insatiable desire to explore, led me down an unconventional path to world travel, exciting (and sometimes insane) adventures and an active lifestyle that I parlayed into a career as a Backroads Trip Leader. I made it through the letter "M" before they caught on to my brainy book binges, which sparked a love for a whole new genre of books: nonfiction. What they didn't realize was that, during these periods of literary confinement, they had forgotten to remove the family collection of encyclopedias from my knowledge-crazed grasp. My parents, exasperated by my obsession with reading late into the night, skipping homework, and having my nose in a book for the entire duration of family vacations, eventually took all of my books away. I was grounded from reading several times throughout grade school.
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