First Step to a Great Airplane View: Get a Window Seat

Dead Sea Scrolls Go Digital

The Ethics of Nicholas Kristof’s Travels

The Art of Noticing: ‘People Don’t Notice That Noticing is Important!’

A Tourist With a Shovel and a Hoe

When she arrived in Kenya to volunteer with the Maasai, Daniela Petrova looked down her nose at tourists there to have a good time. But was her own motivation much different?

How Should I Spend My Time in Spain?

Vagabonding traveler Rolf Potts answers your questions about travel

Paul Theroux: Invisible Man on a Ghost Train

Jim Benning asks the author of “Ghost Train to the Eastern Star” about his new book, aging and the challenge of disappearing in the age of the BlackBerry

Eat Ceviche in Lima

Grab a Cusqueña and get comfortable. As Nicholas Gill explains, a trip to a Peruvian cevichería can be an all-day immersion in good conversation and raw seafood.

Unsentimental Journeys: Wrestling With Paul Theroux

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My Travels, My Feet

After taking one too many headless torso shots of herself, solo traveler Sophia Dembling started snapping photos of her feet around the world, from the Grand Canyon to Red Square

Seven Reasons to Have a Foreign Fling

Sure, having an overseas romance is fun. But Terry Ward points out seven other benefits to cross-border love, mon petit chou.

R.I.P. Sir Edmund Hillary

RIP Edmund. You’ll remain an inspiration for generations to come.

I recall having been first introduced to Hillary as an American schoolboy in England, way back in 1973.  Our teacher had us memorize the paragraph from Sir Edmund’s memoir of ascending Everest that describes his “initial feeling of relief” upon attaining the summit.  Even then, the passage inspired in me an awe for exploring the world and its untrodden places, and the spirit of adventure of which Hillary was a major apostle.  Happily, I have been able to do some exploring of my own since that time, though it has been less dramatic.  Still, I have reflected on that paragraph, and its greater meaning, from time to time over the decades.  May Sir Edmund’s spirit live on!

Hi,

We have created a memorial page to pay tribute to those loved ones who have passed away and to pay tribute and remembrance to those who have touched our lives. A special page has been created for Sir Edmund Hillary at http://www.people-to-remember.com/wiki/index.php/Sir_Edmund_Hillary

Thanks,
Josh

I hate to admit it, but fark.com summed it up best for me:

“Sir Edmund Hillary dies. Was apparently alive this whole time”

The man’s name was spoken with such a “historical” context, it was hard to believe that he hadn’t passed long ago.

R.I.P., Sir.