A directional mileage sign on Harbor Island in the Bahamas. These are common signs erected by expats all over the world. (I was lucky to be in the Bahamas just before the pandemic broke out. Since then, it has been an adventure in home making.)

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Welcome. Start here to get a quick overview of my philosophy and how to use this website. 

Delicate Arch panorama at Arches National Park, Utah. The arch sits next to a bowl underneath a beautiful sky.

Charged by a bull in Arches National Park

My girlfriend and I were returning from a three-mile hike to see Delicate Arch, the most photographed landmark in all the national parks. The sun had set, and we had a few more minutes of twilight when a loose bull crests the trail ahead.
Cycling up the Worlds Steepest Hill

Did you break a world record?

Many years later, this question is still one of the most common questions about my journey around the world on a bicycle. Did you break a world record? The short answer is yes and no. In this article, I'll explain the rules for circumnavigating the globe according to Guinness World Records, and, more importantly, how we are all setting our own personal records every day.
Archaeology dig Scott Stoll 20220730

Archaeologist for a day and a lifetime!

I went on an archaeological dig uncovering the history of the Hopewell Native American Culture. The dig also dug up some memories of my great-grandmother and old childhood fear that I finally get to lay to rest.
Ethan Keister in Norway

Travel: The reset button

Travel is an excellent way to hit the reset button. Our guest adventurer, Ethan Kiester, is currently in Scotland during his European travels. He discusses how he has done a few hard resets, and how you might want to be ready to push that reset button when the opportunity presents itself.
Exploring a moulin at Root Glacier Alaska

Glacier exploring at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 

Adventurer Mark Loftin explores the glaciers of Alaska, including climbing ice walls, rappelling down and sitting before the beauty of an ever-changing, surreal ice wonderland. It turned out to be an antidote to the information overload of daily life.
Our foster kitten posing with our book "Feel Your Feelings"

My cat editors

A quick story about my cat editors with lots of pictures of them "helping" me in the office.
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News & Coming Soon

Feel Your Feelings book cover. Silver finalist in the California Reading Association awards. EUREKA! 2022 Excellence in Nonfiction. By Scott Stoll and Sara E. Williams. Published by Magination Press.

BIG NEWS — A new book!!!

It may seem that I’m slow to make updates, but I am always hard at work behind the scenes. I’m proud to announce one dream turned into reality — my new book, Feel Your Feelings. During testing, this one has been an instant hit.

Feel your feelings introduces children to basic emotions with fun poems that they can act out from head to toe. They will learn that emotions are our friends. Some emotions show us what we love, others protect us from harm, and all of them put together, like colors on an artist’s palette, paint a beautiful picture of life. Learn more. Buy now. 

Mars Perseverance Rover
My name rides aboard the Perseverance Rover on Mars. Image courtesy of NASA.

Upcoming adventures & articles

Here are some dreams slowly becoming a reality. I set dreams out like a carrot in front of a donkey. It keeps me feeling hopeful and motivated. No doubt, I will fail at many, but, in retrospect, I’m proud of some of my “failures” too. 

  • Breathless, my sci-fi book about a world that runs out of oxygen is coming this fall. This may be my magnum opus. I put everything I have into this book. It took years off my life.
  • New worksheets for adults. I’ve partnered with a friend to turn some of our life wisdom into practical exercises.
  • I moved to California! So, my adventure to kayak the length of the Ohio River got canceled, which seems okay. After the train derailment, I learned that the Ohio River is the most polluted river in the country, which would have made this journey unpleasant.
  • I’m applying for a job as author-in-residence in Antarctica. I have some fun adventures meeting the people and learning about research, and then turn that into blogs, slideshows and educational material for students. Wish me luck.

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The sphinx asking a riddle: "If you could do anything, what would you do?"

The Hero Series

Are we born with a special purpose?

What does it mean to be a hero? Does the world need to be saved? If so, who will get the job? I know I feel that I was born with a special purpose, and most people I talk to feel the same way. This series is an exploration of whether life is a game of king of the mountain, or if we are all gifted in our own way.

Vintage photo of Albert Einstein riding a bicycle with quotation overlayed. "Life is like riding a bicycle." Scott's favorite all-time bicycle quotes.

Bicycle Quotes

The oldest and best collection of bicycle quotes on the web

Riding a bicycle is the greatest metaphors for life! Well… at least, we think so. That’s why I started collecting these timeless quotable quotes way back in the early 1990s.

Falling Uphill

One man's quest for happiness around the world on a bicycle.​

Scott asked himself, “If I could do anything, what would I do?” His answer turned into a 4-year and 25,752-mile odyssey around the world by bicycle, searching for happiness and the meaning of life. Scott’s journey was one of the first circumnavigations around the planet on a bicycle using only paper maps. Read about the trek around the world on a bicycle.

The original famous bicycle quote. "A bicycle ride around the world begins with a single pedal stroke." By Scott Stoll. Featuring Scott's before and after picture from his trip around the world on a bicycle.
The map of Scott's World Bicycle Tour
World bicycle tour map, an example of how to ride a bicycle around the world, the red line above is where I rode my bicycle further than the circumference of the planet, not including the United States, which was my warm-up ride.
Falling Uphill 3D book cover.
Re-imagine the journey in the best-selling, award-winning, independent book Falling Uphill: One man's quest for happiness around the world on a bicycle..

Dreamaplay

How to turn dreams into reality

I believe everything is an adventure, and all good adventures start with a dream. So I teamed up with like-minded people that wanted to teach kids these valuable life lessons.

In 2018, we published our workbook Dream It! and matching website Dreamaplay.com to teach kids (and adults) how to dream and how to turn those dreams into reality using our easy 3-step formula: 1) Dream it! 2) Map it! 3) Play it! We use traditional pencil-and-paper games and evidence-based activities that teach important concepts, and put them into action right away — because we all know that kids learn by doing — playing!

Dreamaplay.com is full of free resources for kids and their parents, teachers, and healthcare providers. It was over 4 years in the making, and everything was tested in real-world classrooms.

The Dream Team wearing the 3 hats of turning dreams into reality: dream it, map it, play it.
A banner that reads: Do you want to live the biggest, brightest, best life possible? If so, this book is for you! Dream It! is chock full of activities, games and brainstorming questions to help you discover your passions, identify your strengths and values, and create brand-new, unique-to-you dreams!
Do you want to live the biggest, brightest, best life possible? If so, this book is for you! Dream It! is chock full of activities, games and brainstorming questions to help you discover your passions, identify your strengths and values, and create brand-new, unique-to-you dreams!
Dream It! is chock full of games
We’ve researched every concept and then reinforced these ideas with interactive, hands-on games. This method of teaching through play is proven not only to improve socio-emotional skills and cognitive development but to be fun and memorable!

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