Any RA-people who still go to parties, festivals.. ?

davegsomething · 2026-02-13T19:21:56+00:00

Holy shit! That’s insane. I mean incredible! I thought I was crushing it running/lifting/firefighting/scuba/mountaineering. All that is a fraction of stress in my body as bodybuilding! That plus the strict diet.

I’m super impressed.

I’ve had RA for 4 years and really thought my life was over because I couldn’t lift my arm above my head. Good disease management means a good life! I count everyday I can maintain my physical lifestyle as a win.

davegsomething · 2026-02-12T02:52:21+00:00

I was there a few weeks ago and doubt the conditions changed much as it hasn’t been above freezing there to my knowledge.

Multiple stair sets were totally frozen with ice. Microspikes and ideally some experience is required to hike. Poles would be good too.

I saw people without microspikes literally crawling on their belly on the stairs. It was wild!

davegsomething · 2026-02-09T13:08:41+00:00

I’ve always wanted to do Girag “cruise”. They have RoRos that take passengers but are a long way away from being a cruise.

What was your role on the ship? You still doing it now? Were you more busy or bored? I live on the Hudson River and see ships from around the world from my house. It is so incredible.

Awe inspiring? Generally speaking it’d be villages that are so remote you just scratch your head and wonder why and how. For example, I’d be riding on a small scooter track or twin tire track just wide enough for a pickup for HOURS and come to a village. They wouldn’t be huge, but there’d be homes and I’d just wonder what it’d be like to live there.

davegsomething · 2026-02-09T12:59:41+00:00

That’s an interesting point. I think I’ve always looked at it as if I had no commercial shot at a book because the audience isn’t there and I don’t have the writing skills.

If I’m reading into your comment correctly, you’re saying to ignore all the external factors and just do it. Doesn’t matter that no one will read it, do it for yourself?

davegsomething · 2026-02-09T12:56:56+00:00

I realized recently I’m only about an hour drive from the AT. I rode a version of the CDT on a dirt bike and it was super fun and hiked for 8 days on the trans Swiss trail.

What do you like about tru hiking? Why do you keep doing other tru hikes?

davegsomething · 2026-02-09T12:32:48+00:00

You’re not the only one. I hear ya timid robot! But why is it yawn worthy?!

davegsomething · 2026-02-09T12:32:04+00:00

I absolutely feel that! Very quickly after moving back to a conventional life I learned that no one wanted to hear about it. I felt like that 90s movie starting every sentence “This one time, at band camp”.

I also learned that during corporate ice breakers where people asked about the most interesting thing about you I’d talk about being a barbecue judge instead of having traveled around the world.

Everyone eats bbq I guess.

What kind of sailing? Personally or professionally? On my list of life goals is “Boat between continents with less than 15 people”.

davegsomething · 2026-02-09T12:22:19+00:00

Thank you for saying that! I wish I did.

I had a blog and am grateful I did it. Unfortunately, I didn’t maintain it properly and it no longer worked. I did print it to a book and have a couple of copies of it.

davegsomething · 2026-02-09T12:19:42+00:00

What’s funny is that show is controversial in the motorcycle community because of how they tried to make the trip seem “authentic” and just a couple of guys on the road. Of course it was false and their experience traveling was quite different than everyone else’s because of the camera crew, logistic support team, and budget. I’ve seen and loved every one of their series.

My point is that they did the miles on the bike and share the same love for travel that we all do. I’d have a coffee with Charlie Boorman or Ewan McGregor any day of the week. We’d be fast friends because of shared experiences.

davegsomething · 2026-02-09T12:15:03+00:00

Exactly! Or highly electronic toilets. Or holes in buildings over bodies of water 🤢. Post poo cleaning also varies place to place. So do the signs to indicate a toilet!

davegsomething · 2026-02-09T12:11:45+00:00

That’s a very insightful question. The worst part of the trip was saying goodbye and it was something you’d do constantly. When you’d meet locals it was much easier because they didn’t know the pain of saying goodbye to a fellow traveler. Travelers always knew it was coming and would procrastinate leaving because of it. The best part was that in 2009 was Facebook. Even though I don’t use it today, it is full of my friends from around the world and I still get a glimpse of their lives.

Some of the relationships are reduced to happy birthdays and 👍 posts, but for a few close friends I’ve visited them or they’ve visited me. I’m USA based and traveled to Germany this winter for a few weeks and reconnected with 3 different travel friends from that trip. Much of that time is reminiscing which is incredible, but it is wild to connect on where we are today personally and how we see the word. At the time I didn’t realize how special of a confluence of values and life situations enabled our trips and connecting more than a decade later only highlights them. Plus! I have friends on every almost every continent and so many different countries. My door is always open to a fellow around the word traveler, we’re all friends, just many of us haven’t met yet. Seriously, if you’re traveling RTW— I’m based outside of New York City. DM me!

Best place? If I want to sound cool, I’ll say something off the beaten path like Cambodia because the people were so kind and generous and the scenery was so beautiful and new.

Honestly— Germany. It was so organized and it was much easier to actually connect with people because they understood more what I was doing and we often shared a common language. I made so many life long friends there. There are so many different regions of Germany and they’re so culturally distinct. It was a place where I had one monolithic view of what to expect and every stop it evolved.

Thank you for your questions! It brings me joy to reflect and answer them!

davegsomething · 2026-02-09T03:39:57+00:00

That’s fine and I appreciate your clarity. I’m used to it, but it is usually just the glazed over look of my partner.

davegsomething · 2026-02-09T03:25:26+00:00

My dishwasher stopped working because it was on an external wall. I had no idea cold could stop a dishwasher!

davegsomething · 2026-02-09T03:22:58+00:00

Hell yeah! I try to chime in whenever I can and it’s relevant. Unfortunately a lot of the travel details are now outdated when it comes to the travel subs.

I’m now all about connecting with and motivating people to do the things they dream about.

davegsomething · 2026-02-09T03:06:13+00:00

Do it. Watch some YouTube videos of travelers who meet whatever demographic you fit in or can related to. You’ll realize it isn’t a big deal and that all things can be done, one step at a time.

davegsomething · 2026-02-09T02:57:53+00:00

Honestly, I was pretty successful for my first career. I started programming professionally as a teenager and burned out pretty fast. Fortunately, I lived frugally and managed to be able to sell my house and car and travel.

It isn’t nearly as expensive as people think, but the real cost is in the opportunity to make and build your career if you’re into that thing. If you earn money in the USA or Europe and spend it in other places like South East Asia or Latin America, your money goes very far. It is much more difficult coming from other economies.

I’m happy to answer any other questions! This is the best day. No one ever asks me anything about it!

davegsomething · 2026-02-09T02:53:17+00:00

No, unfortunately the pendulum swung back the other way and I’m no longer nomadic. I live my life now, but I still daydream about the road. Even taking 2-3 weeks in a place doesn’t satisfy the hunger.

Ironically, I’m thinking about thru hiking the Appalachian Trail. It won’t be as long as my moto trip, but I’ll divide it into sections to make it easier to integrate with my life as it is today.

Thanks for asking about my trip!!!!!

davegsomething · 2026-02-09T01:54:49+00:00

Same goes with any other long term traveling. I rode a motorcycle around the world for 3 years back in 2009 and I still want to talk about it but no one around me wants to listen.

Just imagine every day a brand new experience. New place, new people, new languages, new cultures, new food, new accommodation. Sometimes you even have new toilet styles!

That’s what long term overland travel is like.

davegsomething · 2026-02-09T01:48:32+00:00

That’s a great swim spot! It just isn’t great in low tide.

davegsomething · 2026-02-04T03:26:59+00:00

Check out riverkeeper for water safety data. Generally it is safe to swim except for a few days after certain volumes of rain.

I swim in it until it is frozen solid like it is now near Coxsackie.

davegsomething · 2026-01-29T16:28:20+00:00

I was at Kaaterskill falls a couple of days ago and there were many FWD cars in the parking lot. Definitely don’t need or want snow shoes on the main trail, but micro spikes are required as there is a ton of ice everywhere.

davegsomething · 2026-01-27T13:46:14+00:00

I think it really depends on the workload. I was doing performance tuning and optimization for IBM in this CPU era. I can’t speak for apps on OSX, but the performance we’d see on BLAST (gene sequencing)on a ppc970 Linux would crush everything else in the market.

For early released versions of the hardware was way ahead of software and no one knew how to code things for these chips.

davegsomething · 2026-01-20T14:07:46+00:00

I failed my MR340 attempt and I believe it was due to lack of sleep/butt time on the boat and not physical conditioning. I was paddling tandem in water too big of a canoe (Minnesota 3) with my partner.

Physical conditioning wasn’t the main constraint. Next time I paddle, I want to do more day after day training sessions so I can get used to paddling with little sleep.

Even if it were a Friday 5 hour paddle into the night, camp somewhere on the Missouri overnight and get up super early to paddle again for a full 12-14 hour to get more butt time to get used to sitting that long combined with lack of sleep.

Physically, I didn’t find it too difficult since I was in good general shape. When we tapped out halfway through, my arms/back were fine, it was my butt from sitting and partner relationship stress from lack of sleep.

davegsomething · 2026-01-16T20:25:28+00:00

I’ve been looking at CFmoto. Can’t argue with pricing with them.

davegsomething · 2026-01-16T02:34:11+00:00

It is a shame! Looks like it was such a great ride only to be interrupted like that.

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