Unless you’re a pro, it’s not possible to backpack for multiple days in the Big Bend. The desert conditions require you to carry all the water you need with you and you reach your limitations really fast. But, there are plenty other ways to appreciate the Big Bend. I car camped . . . Read more

I reached the Chisos Visitor Center at 5, the place is nearly 5 hours from the nearby Midland airport. I had to hike up the Laguna Meadows trail and part of the . . . Read more

“What do we leave behind when we cross each frontier? Each moment seems split in two: melancholy for what was left behind and the excitement of entering a new land.” - The Motorcycle Diaries I'm profoundly sad abo . . . Read more

"Man is fallible, but maybe men are less so." -The Checklist Manifesto . . . Read more

Someone had gifted me this book as a kid, I do not remember who or when, I think it was my maths teacher. I remember Hawking says in his book, that adding equations to books decreases their popularity. I remember not particularly liking this. But I also remember reading, for th . . . Read more

It was the last day of the camp. All the campers were leaving out in busses and cars, being chaperoned off by the staff to the airport at various times during the day. As had been normal for quite a few days now (or was it weeks?), I had slept for 5-6 hours the previous night and yet was wide awa . . . Read more

The running high is like having a prolonged orgasm. I have a love-hate relationship with running. At the core of it, it is an extremely repetitive act, you’re doing one thing and one thing only, but then it is this simplicity of action that puts you in a trance. If you’re like . . . Read more

“One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day ha . . . Read more

Survival is insufficient, is what it says on the lead caravan of the Traveling Symphony, . . . Read more

One of the most important lessons of Thinking, Fast and Slow is that our brains are unable to analyze real world data objectively. We alter our memories and retroactively modify our experiences to fit a story. T . . . Read more