# Scott Stoll

> Let's go exploring! I explore how to live a more meaningful and joyful life, and I invite you to join the journey.


## Pages

- [How to be the hero of your own life](https://scottstoll.com/how-to-be-the-hero-of-your-own-life/): What does it mean to be a hero? Does the world need to be saved? If so, who will get...
- [Thanks for subscribing to...](https://scottstoll.com/thanks-for-subscribing-hero-series/): How to be the hero of your own life You’ll receive a new email in this series about once a...
- [Thanks for subscribing to...](https://scottstoll.com/thanks-for-subscribing-dreamaplay-fans/): Let’s Go Exploring! About once a month, you will get my inspirational newsletter with articles, adventures, and worksheets. Thanks for...
- [Verified Human](https://scottstoll.com/verified-human/): I want you to rest assured everything on this website is genuinely, unmistakably and messily human. I explain why and...
- [Bonuses for owners of Falling Uphill](https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill/bonus/): I’ve got lots of stuff here, including some fun bonus chapters, and my favorite story about my travel partner: What...
- [Step 4 — Grow](https://scottstoll.com/grow/): Explore how to grow emotionally, creatively, and spiritually. Thought-provoking stories, tools, and insights to help you live a more meaningful...
- [Affiliate disclosure](https://scottstoll.com/about/affiliate-disclosure/): As an Amazon Associate, I may earn a small commission from my Amazon affiliate links. This doesn’t affect your purchase...
- [Scott's explorations](https://scottstoll.com/scotts-explorations/): These are things I'm exploring. They may seem random — I suppose they are — but I believe everything in life is an exploration and adventure to be had.
- [Reader and teacher guides](https://scottstoll.com/reader-and-teacher-guides/): Free reader and teacher guides for Scott Stoll’s award-winning books. Inspire students with adventure, creativity, and real-world learning activities.
- [Step 1 — Dream](https://scottstoll.com/dream/): Introduction to getting inspired The first step to living the life of your dreams is to find some inspiration There...
- [Worksheet downloads](https://scottstoll.com/worksheets/subscribers-only/): For newsletter subscribers Coming soon. I’ll be making the PDFs more easily accessible to newsletter subscribers. You will only have...
- [Worksheets](https://scottstoll.com/worksheets/): Want to plan your adventure in life? You found the right spot. These worksheets started as a fun way for...
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- [Books that changed my life](https://scottstoll.com/books/books-that-changed-my-life/): These are literally the books that changed my life. I give them my highest recommendation.
- [Testimonials](https://scottstoll.com/books/breathless-the-oxygen-apocalypse/testimonials/): What people are saying about Breathless.
- [Books about travel and adventure](https://scottstoll.com/books/favorite-travel-and-adventure-books/): Here are a few of my favorite books in the travel and adventure genre, and a few books that changed...
- [Welcome book lovers](https://scottstoll.com/books/breathless-the-oxygen-apocalypse/welcome-book-lovers/): Thank you for your interest in Breathless Complimentary book for review If you would like a review copy of Breathless...
- [Travel tips and tricks](https://scottstoll.com/plan/travel-tips-and-tricks/): We've discussed the basics of planning any adventure, but the details can get nitty gritty. Below are all of the...
- [Start here](https://scottstoll.com/start-here/): I explore how to live a more meaningful and joyful life, and I invite you to join the journey. My...
- [Bonus](https://scottstoll.com/books/breathless-the-oxygen-apocalypse/bonus/): Excluded from search in Code Snippets
- [Breathless](https://scottstoll.com/books/breathless-the-oxygen-apocalypse/): Scott's new sci-fi book 15 years in the making. When the world runs out of oxygen a handful of survivors...
- [Help choose the next adventure](https://scottstoll.com/help-choose-the-next-adventure/): Help Scott plan his next big adventure. What could possibly be better than riding a bicycle around the world?
- [Aren’t you scared?](https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill/arent-you-scared/): This is one of the new chapters from the anniversary edition of Falling Uphill. I put a free digital version...
- [Feel Your Feelings](https://scottstoll.com/books/feel-your-feelings/): Feel Your Feelings introduces children to basic emotions with fun poems that they can act out from head to toe...
- [Portfolio](https://scottstoll.com/portfolio/): Scott's looking for a job to help support his adventures. I've got experience in copywriting, graphic design, illustration, production and...
- [My account](https://scottstoll.com/shop/my-account/): Excluded from search in Code Snippets
- [Guestbook](https://scottstoll.com/guestbook/): We'd love to hear from you. Comments are as good as gold to an author :) You can also leave...
- [Books by guest adventurers](https://scottstoll.com/books/books-by-guest-adventurers/): Here are a few books by our guest authors. We think you'll enjoy both the book and their stories here...
- [Scott's adventures](https://scottstoll.com/scotts-adventures/): These are stories of my adventures through life, like riding a bicycle around the world, being the Cultural Ambassador to...
- [Guest adventures](https://scottstoll.com/guest-adventures/): It’s our mission to feature inspirational adventures of all kinds, even those in your own backyard. Here is a collection...
- [Virtual visits](https://scottstoll.com/virtual-visits/): Scott Stoll is available for motivational talks both in-person and virtually, and/or to help lead a Dream Workshop or Make-A-Book...
- [Shop](https://scottstoll.com/shop/): Entertaining, inspirational and educational books and funs stuff to help live a meaningful and joyful life. Including Falling Uphill, the...
- [Checkout](https://scottstoll.com/shop/checkout/): Excluded from search in Code Snippets
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- [Purchase policy](https://scottstoll.com/shop/purchase-policy/): We guarantee your satisfaction. If you aren't happy for any reason, please contact us and we'll do our best to...
- [Share your amazing adventure of self-discovery](https://scottstoll.com/share-your-amazing-adventure-of-self-discovery/): Whether your journey is to be a world traveler, cupcake baker or street sweeper, as long as you do it...
- [Falling Uphill: The Secret of Life](https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill-secret-life/): The true story about one man's quest for happiness around the world on a bicycle. The children's edition illustrated of the best-selling book Falling Uphill.
- [About this website](https://scottstoll.com/about/): Let's explore how to live a more meaningful life. Learn more about my vision for life, this website and our...
- [Scott Stoll](https://scottstoll.com/about/scott-stoll/): Scott Stoll: Author. Artist. Adventurer. Claim to fame: He rode a bicycle around the world searching for the meaning of life and happiness.
- [Mirabella the Monarch's Magical Migration](https://scottstoll.com/books/mirabella-the-monarchs-magical-migration/): Every year the monarch butterflies undertake the most amazing migration on Earth. Over the course of four generations, they travel...
- [Map and table of contents](https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill/map-and-table-of-contents/): This page is primarily for listeners of the audiobook so that you can follow the journey on the map. Match...
- [Testimonials](https://scottstoll.com/testimonials/): Acclaim for Scott's motivational speeches and the make-a-book project.
- [Make-A-Book Project](https://scottstoll.com/make-a-book-project/): An artist-in-residence program. Nominate your organization or elementary school to co-create and illustrate a children's chapter book with Scott and...
- [Subscribe to my newsletter](https://scottstoll.com/subscribe-to-my-newsletter/): Join my monthly newsletter “Let's Go Exploring. ” And get a more intimate view of what my life is like...
- [Help support our work](https://scottstoll.com/about/help-support-our-work/): Your support helps us bring our inspirational message to the world. We've helped thousands of people dream and launch their...
- [How to order](https://scottstoll.com/shop/how-to-order/): Order signed books here. Or order books anywhere books or sold. Details on special orders, review copies, donations and more.
- [Ruby the Red Worm's Dirty Job](https://scottstoll.com/books/ruby-the-red-worms-dirty-job/): Ruby the Red Worm is a humorous and educational introduction to composting and the essential role worms serve in the...
- [The Cupcake Boy](https://scottstoll.com/books/the-cupcake-boy/): The Cupcake Boy is a story about a boy who makes the most beautiful and tasty cupcakes in the world;...
- [Cayendo Hacia Arriba](https://scottstoll.com/books/cayendo-hacia-arriba/): The Spanish edition. Illustrated by elementary students in Argentina. This is the true story about a man who bicycles around...
- [Falling Uphill: The Young Adult Edition](https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill-the-young-adult-edition/): The acclaimed best-selling book, Falling Uphill, has been re-imagined for a new younger audience. 236 photos.
- [Falling Uphill: the Korean Edition](https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill-the-korean-edition/): Falling Uphill the classic epic travel quest comes to South Korea as "Adopt me and my bicycle".
- [Testimonials](https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill/testimonials/): Acclaim for Falling Uphill, the Best-Selling Coming-of-Age Journey.
- [Afterword: What are you doing now?](https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill/afterword-what-are-you-doing-now/): Author's note: This is a chapter from the new anniversary edition of Falling Uphill. I put a free digital version...
- [Do you believe in aliens?](https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill/bonus-chapter/): Here's a chapter reserved for people who bought Falling Uphill. This was a fun story to write, but I thought...
- [Thanks for your donation](https://scottstoll.com/thanks-for-your-donation/): Thanks for your support and encouragement. Join our newsletter (below) to see what we did with your donation. Sometimes we...
- [Thanks anyway](https://scottstoll.com/thanks-anyway/): We’re sorry to see you go. Please contact us if you need assistance. Enjoy the adventure,Scott and friends.
- [Thank you for contacting us](https://scottstoll.com/thank-you-for-contacting-us/): We appreciate your support. We usually respond within 24 hours. If you don’t hear from us, please try contacting us...
- [Dream It!](https://scottstoll.com/books/dream-it/): Do you want to live the biggest, brightest, best life possible? Do you want to create things never seen before?...
- [Books by Scott Stoll](https://scottstoll.com/books/): Books by Award-winning and best-selling author Scott Stoll whose claim to fame is riding a bicycle around the world.
- [Step 2 — Plan](https://scottstoll.com/plan/): Resources and advice for planning adventures of any kind. Based on years of experience, I give you some simple advice...
- [Thanks for your purchase](https://scottstoll.com/thanks-for-your-purchase/): Thank you for supporting your community by buying direct. If you enjoy your book, please tell a friend. Even better,...
- [Thanks for subscribing to...](https://scottstoll.com/thank-you-for-subscribing/): Let’s Go Exploring! Please check your email or spam folder to confirm your subscription. After confirming, you will get a...
- [Step 3 — Explore](https://scottstoll.com/explore/): It's our mission to feature inspirational adventures of all kinds, even those in your own backyard. Before you go anywhere,...
- [Press room and media kit](https://scottstoll.com/about/press-room-media-kit/): You are welcome to use any images and short excerpts from this website for journalistic, educational or non-profit endeavors.
- [Partners and Sponsors](https://scottstoll.com/about/partners-and-sponsors/): We've been lucky to have so many partners, volunteers and sponsors in the past, including our guest adventurers and thousands...
- [Biographies](https://scottstoll.com/about/biographies/): These biographies of some of the people that helped found this website.
- [Advertise here](https://scottstoll.com/about/advertise-here/): By advertising here, you can help empower kids to dream, discover and make a difference in the world. All profits...
- [Video clips for the media](https://scottstoll.com/about/press-room-media-kit/video-clips-media/): Videos from Scott's trip around the world for the media. I don't have a lot of videos because for almost...
- [Contact Scott](https://scottstoll.com/contact/): Give us a holler. We'd love to hear form you.
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- [Privacy policy](https://scottstoll.com/about/privacy-policy/): We do not ever distribute any personal information whatsoever. Learn more.
- [Blog](https://scottstoll.com/blog/): Here are all my recent posts, including adventures, life experiments, stories, articles, worksheets and more. If you are looking for...
- [Falling Uphill](https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill/): The true story of one man's quest for happiness around the world on a bicycle. I've traveled the world by...
- [Motivational speaker](https://scottstoll.com/motivational-speaker/): Scott uses the real-life story of his bicycle ride around the world to help inspire people to dream. As he...
- [Let's go exploring](https://scottstoll.com/): Welcome. Start here to get a quick overview of my philosophy and how to use this website.


## Posts

- [Constellation of Climbers](https://scottstoll.com/constellation-of-climbers/): A nighttime drive through Yosemite revealed a stunning sight: the lights of climbers camped on El Capitan. And reflections on adventure and storytelling.
- [How much oxygen does a human breathe per day?](https://scottstoll.com/how-much-oxygen-does-a-human-breathe-per-day/): We often take breathing for granted, but our bodies process 8,300 liters of air every day to get the oxygen...
- [How to add purpose to your adventures](https://scottstoll.com/how-to-add-purpose-to-your-adventures/): What if your next adventure could change more than just you? Alastair Humphreys offers 20 thought-provoking questions to help adventurers...
- [Raise your own monarch butterflies](https://scottstoll.com/raise-your-own-monarch-butterflies/): I think butterflies are one of the most amazing animals on Earth. And you can raise them right in your...
- [The future is here!](https://scottstoll.com/the-future-is-here/): Riding in a fully driverless Waymo in the Bay Area felt like stepping into an episode of Star Trek. Here's...
- [The pirates of Zanzibar](https://scottstoll.com/the-pirates-of-zanzibar/): In this story, Cat & Pat accept a half-joking offer: a pirate boat to Zanzibar. With no ferry running, little...
- [The bicycle as a symbol of change](https://scottstoll.com/the-bicycle-as-a-symbol-of-change/): A bicycle interrupts a Wild West posse in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, revealing how progress arrives, and people...
- [NASA is going back to the moon, and I'm going along for the ride!](https://scottstoll.com/nasa-is-going-back-to-the-moon/): Once again my name will be aboard the ship. And if I'm lucky, I will be chosen to attend the...
- [The looming crisis of aquatic deoxygenation](https://scottstoll.com/the-looming-crisis-of-aquatic-deoxygenation/): Aquatic deoxygenation is accelerating worldwide, prompting scientists to propose it as a new planetary boundary. But the ocean’s 2% oxygen...
- [Cycling the heart of Africa](https://scottstoll.com/cycling-the-heart-of-africa/): Pat & Cat Patterson share five intense days from their around-the-world bicycle journey. They pedaled deep into the West African...
- [The unexpected benefits of travel](https://scottstoll.com/the-unexpected-benefits-of-travel/): Travel offers far more than beautiful views. In this article, I explore the unexpected benefits of travel—from surprises and life...
- [Notes to our future selves](https://scottstoll.com/notes-to-our-future-selves/): While visiting my parents’ home, I found an old note I’d written to myself: “I hereby declare I will swim...
- [Choosing your destination](https://scottstoll.com/choosing-your-destination/): Guest adventurer, Chad Turner, aka Traveling Chad, returns with his tips on how to travel the world on pennies while...
- [Responsible Travel](https://scottstoll.com/responsible-travel/): Guest adventurer, Chad Turner, aka Traveling Chad, shares a chapter from his book "Zero to Adventure" about how to be...
- [How to assign blame ](https://scottstoll.com/how-to-assign-blame/): Did you know that given one problem, there are 16 different possibilities of who or what to blame? I didn't,...
- [What happened to Dennis after cycling the world?](https://scottstoll.com/what-happened-to-dennis-after-cycling-the-world/): If you've read Falling Uphill, you know that Dennis accompanied me halfway around the world on a bicycle. Many of...
- [Scott's travel budget calculator](https://scottstoll.com/travel-budget-calculator/): The goal of a travel budget is NOT to spend as little as possible. The goal IS to spend intentionally...
- [Kon-Tiki — a book that changed my life](https://scottstoll.com/kon-tiki-a-book-that-changed-my-life/): The first true adventure story I read was Kon-Tiki, and it was then that I realized I could go on...
- [Over the hills](https://scottstoll.com/over-the-hills/): Middle-aged reminiscing by some guys who rode a bicycle across the country.
- [My quick advice on how to live an amazing life](https://scottstoll.com/my-quick-advice-on-how-to-live-an-amazing-life/): I believe life is an adventure and that we are here to explore and be amazed by ourselves. I distill...
- [From backpacks to panniers to housesits](https://scottstoll.com/from-backpacks-to-panniers-to-housesits/): Tim and Sharyn have spent nearly two decades redefining adventure, going from backpackers to bicycle tourists to housesitters in the...
- [To bike, or not to bike: that is NOT a question.](https://scottstoll.com/to-bike-or-not-to-bike-that-is-not-a-question/): This is a mashed-up bicycle quote that I created based on my favorite Shakespearean play, Hamlet. It was originally part...
- [What is the grossest thing you ever ate?](https://scottstoll.com/what-is-the-grossest-thing-you-ever-ate/): Here is a fun bonus chapter from Falling Uphill that I thought I would post online as part of my...
- [How to turn dreams into reality](https://scottstoll.com/how-to-turn-dreams-into-reality/): An introduction to how to turn dreams into reality. We’ll walk you through the whole process in this beautiful infographic:...
- [The spirit of adventure](https://scottstoll.com/the-spirit-of-adventure/): A wayfinder sign presents the classic choices and tests the spirit of adventure — keep going or go home? An...
- [The Do-Nothing Diet grand finale](https://scottstoll.com/the-do-nothing-diet-grand-finale/): Calling this my weight loss journey is a cliché — and it is not the type of adventure I long...
- [Where does oxygen come from and where does it go?](https://scottstoll.com/where-does-oxygen-come-from-and-where-does-oxygen-go/): Like me, you may surprised to learn that there will never be more oxygen on the Earth (or in our...
- [How I made the first-place, award-winning cover](https://scottstoll.com/how-i-made-the-first-place-award-winning-cover/): A brief description of how I illustrated the cover of my debut sci-fi novel, Breathless. This cover has a lot...
- [Totality or Bust](https://scottstoll.com/totality-or-bust/): Total solar eclipse. My zero-star review. Haha. Get it? I've traveled the world, seen the Great Pyramids, climbed more than...
- [Harnessing the passion to swim one mile](https://scottstoll.com/harnessing-the-passion-to-swim-one-mile/): A story about getting fit both physically and mentally to swim one mile. I also share the process that I...
- [WIP — Blank page for speed test](https://scottstoll.com/blank-page-for-speed-test/): This is a test description for SEO. This is a test description for SEO. This is a test description for...
- [Your life in weeks — a memento mori](https://scottstoll.com/your-life-in-weeks-momento-mori/): I walk you through an exercise to measure and plan your life in weeks. The free, downloadable worksheet will be...
- [Breathless reader's guide​](https://scottstoll.com/breathless-readers-guide/): Why not enjoy an evening talking about the end of the world with your friends and a glass of wine!...
- [What is the hero’s prize?](https://scottstoll.com/what-is-the-heros-prize/): If you are like me, you see yourself as a hero, or at least the starring character of your own...
- [Charged by a bull in Arches National Park](https://scottstoll.com/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...
- [Did you break a world record?](https://scottstoll.com/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...
- [Acceptance — a new rule](https://scottstoll.com/acceptance-a-new-rule/): Did I miss the most obvious rule on my Do-Nothing Diet? Maybe I don’t even need to diet. Perhaps I...
- [The real Jamaica](https://scottstoll.com/the-real-jamaica/): Another mis-adventure. I’m more of a misadventurer than an adventurer. Though I may look like a bumbling fool, I love...
- [Is blogging dead?](https://scottstoll.com/is-blogging-dead/): Will artificial intelligence be the end of authors and artists? Or will it foster a new era of creativity? Humans...
- [Archaeologist for a day and a lifetime!](https://scottstoll.com/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...
- [Travel: The reset button](https://scottstoll.com/travel-the-reset-button/): Travel is an excellent way to hit the reset button. Our guest adventurer, Ethan Kiester, is currently in Scotland during...
- [Glacier exploring at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park ](https://scottstoll.com/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...
- [My cat editors](https://scottstoll.com/my-cat-editors/): A quick story about my cat editors with lots of pictures of them "helping" me in the office.
- [Going-to-the-Sun Road on a bike](https://scottstoll.com/going-to-the-sun-road-on-a-bike/): In this adventure, I cycle the best road in the country, Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park before the road...
- [The Tree of Lost Soles](https://scottstoll.com/the-tree-of-lost-soles/): The perfect vacation versus the unexpected adventure. It's the irony of being a travel author: on the one hand, I...
- [Feel Your Feeling talking points](https://scottstoll.com/feel-your-feeling-talking-points/): Feel Your Feelings is a fun book to read, act out, and enjoy. It helps us accept that feeling our...
- [Finding purpose in life](https://scottstoll.com/finding-purpose-in-life/): Do you ever wonder what is the meaning of life, and what is your purpose? I explain the meaning of...
- [How to measure atmospheric oxygen depletion](https://scottstoll.com/how-to-measure-atmospheric-oxygen-depletion/): This article is more for scientists and field researchers. A practical step forward in determining global oxygen depletion rates. A...
- [How long before the Earth runs out of oxygen?](https://scottstoll.com/how-long-before-the-earth-runs-out-of-oxygen/): Have you ever wondered how much breathable air is on Earth, and if we'll ever run out? Our atmosphere is...
- [How much oxygen do plants produce?](https://scottstoll.com/how-much-oxygen-do-plants-produce/): I calculate how much oxygen a tree breathes and how much excess oxygen a tree produces in three different ways....
- [10 reasons why global oxygen measurements may be wrong](https://scottstoll.com/10-reasons-why-global-oxygen-measurements-are-wrong/): Ten reasons why we might be measuring oxygen in the atmosphere wrong. And how global oxygen depletion may be a...
- [Overcome depression with travel](https://scottstoll.com/overcome-depression-with-travel/): Guest Post by Manish: Sometimes taking a break from your daily routine is the best way to get perspective on...
- [Sacrificing physical health for mental health](https://scottstoll.com/sacrificing-physical-health-for-mental-health/): Time for an update on my progress of losing weight while literally doing nothing. A sad update leads to renewed...
- [Survivor audition tapes](https://scottstoll.com/survivor-audition-tapes/): My audition tapes for the Survivor TV show including eating a tarantula, a never-before-seen strategy, and funny excerpts from my...
- [Bridge the gap](https://scottstoll.com/bridge-the-gap/): A 3-part worksheet to help you get unstuck. This is an exercise to help you overcome obstacles and achieve your...
- [The heroine's story](https://scottstoll.com/the-heroines-story/): Arguably, Jason’s wife, Medea is the true hero of the story. The story of Jason and the Argonauts is told...
- [The Do-Nothing Diet](https://scottstoll.com/the-do-nothing-diet/): My first life experiment will be about a topic that seems commonplace: how to lose weight. Here I try a...
- [Another one for the bikes](https://scottstoll.com/another-one-for-the-bikes/): After hunkering down for a year during the pandemic, at 71-years-old, Rachel begins her fourth bicycle tour with partner Patrick.
- [How much oxygen is in the atmosphere?](https://scottstoll.com/how-much-oxygen-is-in-the-atmosphere/): I demonstrate how to calculate the mass of oxygen in the atmosphere. And I talk about ten reasons why the...
- [Fear of water versus fear of self](https://scottstoll.com/fear-of-water-versus-fear-of-self/): Scott swims from one island to another overcoming his fear of water and fulfilling an old dream.
- [Create your own ecosystem](https://scottstoll.com/create-your-own-ecosystem/): What happens when you turn a patch of grass into a tiny wild world? In this Backyard Adventure, a simple...
- [The benefits of depression](https://scottstoll.com/the-benefits-of-depression/): It sounds like a contradiction, but consider depression a practice problem for life's bigger challenges. Learn how to put depression...
- [How to achieve success with only 1/3 of the solution](https://scottstoll.com/the-law-of-thirds/): I call this concept "The rule of thirds. " We can use this rule to help us find alternate solutions...
- [Don’t break the chain](https://scottstoll.com/dont-break-the-chain/): Don't break the chain habit trackers to help you take a step of action every day to make your dream...
- [You can’t be depressed when you’re impressed](https://scottstoll.com/you-cant-be-depressed-when-youre-impressed/): We talk about whether depression is in the mind or the body. And, another tool to help you feel better...
- [Scott applies to be an astronaut (again)](https://scottstoll.com/scott-applies-to-be-an-astronaut-again/): Scott applies to be a crew candidate for the dearMoon project to fly to the moon and back aboard the...
- [How much oxygen is consumed by fossil fuels per year?](https://scottstoll.com/how-much-oxygen-is-consumed-by-fossil-fuels-per-year/): What if the driver of climate change is NOT carbon dioxide but oxygen depletion? See the math to compare CO2...
- [My quest for happiness](https://scottstoll.com/my-quest-for-happiness/): An introduction to my adventure in depression. A series about how to find/create more joy in life. Everyone can benefit...
- [The Argonauts, Inc.](https://scottstoll.com/the-argonauts-inc/): The story about Scott's first website and business.
- [How much oxygen is consumed by the Earth per year by natural causes?](https://scottstoll.com/how-much-oxygen-is-consumed-by-the-earth-per-year-by-natural-causes/): There are many ways oxygen is burned/consumed/oxidized. It is a very reactive element. We highlight the major natural causes, like:...
- [Scott's name lands on Mars](https://scottstoll.com/scotts-name-lands-on-mars/): Aboard the Perseverance is my name, "Scott Stoll," engraved on a silicon chip. Does that make me an astronaut? Are...
- [The Big Scotty Five-Oh!](https://scottstoll.com/the-big-scotty-five-oh/): A weekend in Red River Gorge, near the Adventure Capital of Kentucky, gave me time to think about what I've...
- [The untold adventures of life](https://scottstoll.com/the-untold-stories/): When I was younger, I wanted to do something never done before. I wanted to conquer the world and stand on the tallest mountain. As I grow older...
- [Setting a theme to your travels/life](https://scottstoll.com/theme-the-fourth-most-important-factor-when-planning-your-travels/): Tips to plan your travel themes and stay safe. The theme of your travels is your dream and what is...
- [Is depression a matter of mind over matter?](https://scottstoll.com/is-depression-a-matter-of-mind-over-matter/): But is thinking the only way out of depression? Is depression simply mind over matter? If you are a fan...
- [A reverse psychology trick for depression](https://scottstoll.com/a-reverse-psychology-trick-for-depression/): You will be surprised what you discover with this reverse psychology trick that we can use on our “bad” emotions,...
- [Is travel by train worthwhile in the USA?](https://scottstoll.com/is-travel-by-train-worthwhile-in-the-usa/): Traveling the country is often considered to be a road trip in a car, but travel by train can allow...
- [How to prevent bicycle theft in 4 steps](https://scottstoll.com/how-to-prevent-bicycle-theft-in-4-steps/): More and more people are now opting to ride their bikes. If you are a new rider, you may be...
- [A checklist of what to do before your european tour](https://scottstoll.com/a-checklist-of-what-to-do-before-your-europe-tour/): Before you jump on a plane, it is important to ensure you are prepared with a checklist of your essentials....
- [Adventures before the era of blogs](https://scottstoll.com/adventures-before-the-era-of-blogs/): When Scott's first adventure-travel website, theArgonauts. com, came online in 1999, our vision was to give adventurers a forum to...
- [Happiness is a choice, or is it?](https://scottstoll.com/happiness-is-a-choice-or-is-it/): Welcome to part 3 in my series on depression. Today, we will discuss whether happiness is a choice or not....
- [Is depression bad?](https://scottstoll.com/is-depression-bad/): Is depression bad or good, abnormal or normal? Is depression a bodily sensation or an emotional feeling? The answer will...
- [My reasons to go diving in Komodo Island](https://scottstoll.com/my-reasons-to-go-diving-in-komodo-island/): Komodo Island is recognized as one of the world’s best diving spots in the world. Its aquatic features and scenery...
- [Bingo scavenger hunt — backyard edition](https://scottstoll.com/bingo-scavenger-hunt-backyard-edition/): Bingo Scavenger Hunt: Backyard Edition. Play at home or with your neighbor. You'll be surprised at everything you discover: plants,...
- [The bicycling reverend](https://scottstoll.com/the-bicycling-reverend/): The bicycling Reverend Johannes Myors helps a stranded Marine suffering from Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- [Best places to explore in Liverpool](https://scottstoll.com/best-places-to-explore-in-liverpool/): Liverpool is a beautiful city with countless attractions, restaurants and bars to explore.
- [A bicycle touring packing list from 1897](https://scottstoll.com/a-bicycle-touring-packing-list-from-1897/): Times have changed! Both culture and technology. How many of these items from the Victorian era would you include on...
- [Nature always wins when climbing ice to Laguna de Los Tres in Patagonia](https://scottstoll.com/nature-always-wins-when-climbing-ice-to-laguna-de-los-tres-in-patagonia/): Treacherous conditions at Laguna de Los Tres in Patagonia force two hikers to turn back but that doesn't stop them...
- [How to make a memorable moment](https://scottstoll.com/how-to-make-a-memorable-moment/): In celebration of my website's 20th anniversary and my 50th lap around the sun, I've written an extra-special story about...
- [Old friends never die](https://scottstoll.com/old-friends-never-die/): A heart-warming story about how our true friends never leave us even when they take that last great adventure into...
- [A new way of seeing](https://scottstoll.com/a-new-way-of-seeing/): Rachel Hugens, world traveler by bicycle, shares the biggest lesson she learned after 25 years on and off the road....
- [Visit Mars from your backyard](https://scottstoll.com/visit-mars-from-your-backyard/): You can visit Mars right from your own home or backyard in more ways than one. Yes! Seriously.
- [How to turn dreams into reality (kid-friendly version)](https://scottstoll.com/how-to-turn-dreams-into-reality-kid-friendly-version/): A kid-friendly introduction to how to turn dreams into reality. We’ll walk you through the whole process in this beautiful...
- [Desolate highways to Thunder Mountain and beyond](https://scottstoll.com/desolate-highways-to-thunder-mountain-and-beyond/): It has been 20 years since adventurer Mark Loftin has contributed his first story to our website. Your future self...
- [Why I quit being an adventurer to become an accountant](https://scottstoll.com/why-i-quit-being-an-adventurer-to-become-an-accountant/): Tim Moss explains how being an accountant is more fulfilling than being a full-time professional adventurer. Don't worry, he explains...
- [Weather & Climate: The Second Most Important Factor While Traveling](https://scottstoll.com/weather-and-climate-the-second-most-important-factor-while-traveling/): How do you plan for something as unpredictable as the weather when traveling? Weather planning advice, tips and tricks.
- [Bicycle slogans](https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-slogans/): Popular bicycle slogans with the original source. Also bicycle sayings, advocacy slogans, expressions, gnomes, anonymous quotes and more. Great for...
- [My Bollywood debut as a backup dancer](https://scottstoll.com/bollywood-movie-chura-liya-hai-tumne/): My debut video as a backup dancer in a Bollywood blockbuster movie. This is the catchy song "Mohabbat Hai Mirchi"...
- [What is an adventure?](https://scottstoll.com/what-is-an-adventure/): Words like adventure, hero and epic have become cliches that have lost their meaning. So unfortunately we can't say: "I'm...
- [Scott Stoll's media appearances](https://scottstoll.com/scott-stolls-media-appearances/): Links to all of Scott Stoll's favorite media appearances: newspaper, magazine, television, radio, web and more.
- [How my teacher helped me live my life](https://scottstoll.com/how-my-teacher-helped-me-live-my-life/): In seventh grade, I had a teacher, Mr Montgomery, who changed my life in more ways than one. We exchanged...
- [Staying safe in an ever-changing world](https://scottstoll.com/staying-safe-in-an-ever-changing-world/): The world is open to all the adventures you could hope for. The other facet of this is that there...
- [Why take a gap year to travel the world?](https://scottstoll.com/why-take-a-gap-year-to-travel-the-world/): Travel broadens your horizons, but it is challenging to set aside time to take a real holiday (or vacation), but...
- [My indie book award arrived](https://scottstoll.com/my-indie-book-award-arrived/): My award arrived in the mail for the anniversary edition of Falling Uphill. Yay! You could call this my coming...
- [Man to swim across the Pacific Ocean](https://scottstoll.com/man-to-swim-across-the-pacific-ocean/): Ben Lecomte has already swum across the Atlantic Ocean. Now hew will attempt to swim across the Pacific Ocean. This...
- [The best packing list advice for bicycle tourers](https://scottstoll.com/the-best-packing-list-advice-for-bicycle-tourers/): I don't mean to scare people, but it's important to know that bicycle touring can be life-threatening if you don't...
- [Dream It! Facilitator’s guide](https://scottstoll.com/dream-it-facilitators-guide/): The free, evidence-based SEL curriculum and facilitator’s guide is perfect for teachers, homeschoolers and health care professionals. Students will learn...
- [Our new kid-friendly website](https://scottstoll.com/our-new-kid-friendly-website/): Because we believe everything is an adventure, and all good adventures start with a dream, in 2018, we published our...
- [With the sun on our right](https://scottstoll.com/with-the-sun-on-our-right/): Tim and Laura Moss quit their jobs to cycle 13,000 miles around the world. Riding across deserts, over mountains and...
- [Supply list for world bicycle tour](https://scottstoll.com/supply-list-for-world-bicycle-tour/): The rule of thumb when preparing for a trip is to leave half of everything at home and you'll still...
- [Writing for the digital medium](https://scottstoll.com/writing-for-the-digital-medium/): Guidelines to writing an article that will be indexed by search engines and read by audiences. We'll use this article...
- [An accident can't stop a mission from God](https://scottstoll.com/an-accident-cant-stop-a-mission-from-god/): "With every revolution of the wheels... a prayer goes up to Heaven. " This is Reverend Johannes Myors' mantra as...
- [48 hours in Kauai](https://scottstoll.com/48-hours-in-kauai/): Our adventure, Mark Loftin, books a last-minute, solo trip to Kauai, Hawaii, and avoids looking at pictures so the 550...
- [Northern tier bicycle tour](https://scottstoll.com/northern-tier-bicycle-tour/): Adventure creates unique “moments” for your heart, mind and body. You never forget the time when you slogged through a...
- [How to record a travel audiobook](https://scottstoll.com/how-to-record-a-travel-audiobook/): A guide for the complete beginner. Including tips on voice warm-up, voice acting, room noise, equipment and audio resampling process.
- [Exploring Yellowstone, hiking Glacier, and the unexpected in-between](https://scottstoll.com/exploring-yellowstone-hiking-glacier-and-the-unexpected-in-between/): Before the word "blog" even existed, Mark Loftin was an adventurer and contributor to our website. 17 years later, I'm...
- [After 59 countries, it’s time to share my best bikepacking tips and experiences](https://scottstoll.com/my-best-bikepacking-tips-and-experiences/): After 4 years on the road, Scott shares his tips and experience on bikepacking, details about his book, and his...
- [Tom's bicycle tour of africa](https://scottstoll.com/toms-bicycle-tour-of-africa/): Tom, 61, wants to do something before he runs out of of time, so he decides to cycle through Africa.
- [4 Europe cycling tours you’ll enjoy](https://scottstoll.com/4-europe-cycling-tours-youll-enjoy/): If you’re looking for an active and healthy, but also exhilarating holiday, setting out on European cycling tour is a...
- [Living like a local to improve your Spanish](https://scottstoll.com/living-like-a-local-to-improve-your-spanish/): Are you embarrassed that your are not very fluent. Or do locals automatically start speaking English? Daniel discusses 3 rules...
- [Dreaming of doing the absurd](https://scottstoll.com/dreaming-of-doing-the-absurd/): Rachel tells her story: "I found myself without obligations, dealing with the pain of ending a long-term relationship when the...
- [A bicycle ride around the world begins with a single pedal stroke](https://scottstoll.com/a-bicycle-ride-around-the-world-begins-with-a-single-pedal-stroke/): An Adventure Cycling #TGIF quote, Bicycle Bliss Calendar's February bike quote and now an all-time famous bicycle quotes. Read the...
- [159 bicycle touring destinations you must see](https://scottstoll.com/159-bicycle-touring-destinations-you-must-see/): Map of the 159 best bicycle touring destinations in the world from the leading experts -- world cyclists that have...
- [The advertisement that got me fired and "ruined" my life](https://scottstoll.com/the-advertisement-that-got-me-fired-and-ruined-my-life/): This career-changing and life-changing event led to the incendiary moment which compelled me to ask, "If I could do anything,...
- [Spot the International Space Station](https://scottstoll.com/spot-the-international-space-station/): Here is an easy backyard adventure that I have done 3 times already. You can easily spot the International Space...
- [Race to Alaska](https://scottstoll.com/race-to-alaska/): See live updates as Colin Angus rows/sails from BC, Canada to Alaska. Intro and Day 12 update below.
- [Angels on every corner](https://scottstoll.com/angels-on-every-corner/): An amazing story of faith, trust, intuition and a bicycle angles all framed in the story of a beloved bicycle...
- [Bicycle logo design](https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-logo-design/): Scott's loves to do graphic design for anything related to bicycles, travel and adventure, especially logos. Who better to design...
- [The before and after picture](https://scottstoll.com/the-before-and-after-picture/): Here is my before and after picture after riding my bicycle around the world. I like to think that the...
- [Favorite photos of the world bike tour](https://scottstoll.com/favorite-photos-of-the-world-bike-tour/): Below are some of my favorite pictures of my trip, featured in newspapers all over the world. I took over...
- [Frequently asked questions about the world bicycle tour](https://scottstoll.com/frequently-asked-questions-about-the-world-bicycle-tour/): FAQ's, tips and tricks to help you plan your bicycle ride around the world.
- [Health & Safety: The most important factor while Traveling](https://scottstoll.com/health-and-safety-the-most-important-factor-while-traveling/): What happens if you get sick or injured while traveling? Health and safety advice, tips and tricks.
- [How much does it cost to cycle around the world?](https://scottstoll.com/how-much-does-it-cost-to-cycle-around-the-world/): How to budget for an epic journey around the world on a bicycle. This article includes guidelines and the actual...
- [How do you define circumnavigating the world on a bicycle?](https://scottstoll.com/how-do-you-define-circumnavigating-the-world-on-a-bicycle/): How does one define bicycling around the world? Well, you wouldn't get very far trying to bicycle around the equator...
- [What kind of bicycle did you ride around the world?](https://scottstoll.com/what-kind-of-bicycle-did-you-ride-around-the-world/): The short answer is: you can ride any bike. I rode a mountain bike. Practically speaking, you'll want a touring...
- [Around the world by bicycle](https://scottstoll.com/around-the-world-by-bicycle/): One man's quest for happiness around the world on a bicycle. 4 years, 41,444 Kilometers (25,752 miles), 59 Countries, 6...
- [World bicycle touring videos](https://scottstoll.com/world-bicycle-touring-videos/): If pictures are worth a thousand words, videos must be worth a million. Unfortunately, I don't have very many videos...
- [Travel resources](https://scottstoll.com/travel-resources/): Welcome to our travel resource section! These are handpicked online resources that we've found extraordinarily helpful to plan journeys of...
- [Welcome book expo friends](https://scottstoll.com/welcome-book-expo-friends/): Welcome to all our new friends from the Book Expo America. My partner, Dr Sara Williams, and I had a...
- [Solar-powered bicycle](https://scottstoll.com/solar-powered-bicycle/): After suffering knee pains, Andrej Berlec invented his own solar bicycle. Now he can ride up to 250 km per...
- [What is the better survival strategy: cooperation or competition](https://scottstoll.com/what-is-the-better-survival-strategy-cooperation-or-competition/): There is a growing discontent between classes and the battle between greed and altruism -- the American Dilemma. This article...
- [Explore Venice the city of water](https://scottstoll.com/explore-venice-city-water/): Jacob Laukaitis is a 21–year-old digital nomad who’s been to more than 35 countries in the last 3 years. He...
- [Caribbean kick scooter adventure](https://scottstoll.com/caribbean-kick-scooter-adventure/): If you think riding a bicycle around the world is crazy, try kick pushing a scooter. The locals think it's...
- [The Wheels of Chance by H.G. Wells](https://scottstoll.com/the-wheels-of-chance-by-hg-wells/): H. G. Wells wasn't just a visionary when it came to time machines or men walking on the moon, he...
- [Life is like riding a bicycle ~ Einstein](https://scottstoll.com/life-is-like-riding-a-bicycle-einstein/): Einstein's famous bicycle quote explained. "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. "...
- [Tandem bicycle ride across America](https://scottstoll.com/tandem-bicycle-ride-across-america/): A Chinese gal and a British guy ride a tandem bicycle from coast to coast across the united states.
- [Cycling the Shimanami Kaido Route](https://scottstoll.com/cycling-the-shimanami-kaido-route/): Jacob cycles the Shimanami Kaido route in Japan. It connects the Honshu and Shikoku islands through 6 smaller islands. Watch...
- [Imagine standing on Mars](https://scottstoll.com/imagine-standing-on-mars/): Have you ever imagined what it would be like to stand on Mars? Now you don't have to thanks to...
- [Bicycle touring infographic](https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-touring-infographic/): 121 Bicycle touring experts share the details of their trip. I'm honored to be one of them. You can see...
- [What is a hero?](https://scottstoll.com/what-is-a-hero/): Is it true that the only people who achieve great things are the ones who take risks and reach for...
- [The story of Jason and the Argonauts for kids](https://scottstoll.com/the-story-of-jason-and-the-argonauts-for-kids/): The myth of Jason and the Argonauts and the quest for the Golden Fleece for kids with fun illustrations. Based...
- [Karun River, Iran, from source to sea.](https://scottstoll.com/karun-river-iran-from-source-to-sea/): We've heard a lot of great things about traveling Iran — history, hospitality, cuisine — and Tom Allen's unique journey...
- [Thoughts on being American in the age of terrorism](https://scottstoll.com/thoughts-on-being-american-in-the-age-of-terrorism/): It's been about 16 years since we first featured Andy's adventures. We've been long overdue for an update. So we...
- [Falling Uphill in Kenya](https://scottstoll.com/falling-uphill-in-kenya/): The children's edition of Falling Uphill arrives in Kenya.
- [Troubleshooting health issues while traveling](https://scottstoll.com/troubleshooting-health-issues-while-traveling/): Nothing will put the brakes on a trip like getting sick or injured. Travel tips on staying healthy, being prepared...
- [For those who want more from life](https://scottstoll.com/for-those-who-want-more-from-life/): Mark Jason explains his motivation for riding a bicycle around the world and gives some advice for living life to...
- [Poison used on Cincinnati bicycle trails](https://scottstoll.com/poison-used-on-cincinnati-bicycle-trails/): I was riding my bicycle thinking I was improving my health. Then I noticed that the weeds along the fence...
- [Lumenocity](https://scottstoll.com/lumenocity/): Cincinnati's Lumenocity is a classical music performance by the symphony, which uses lasers to illuminate the Music Hall building with...
- [The Dream Workshop pilot program](https://scottstoll.com/the-dream-workshop-pilot-program/): We tested the Dream Playbook in over a dozen schools. We called it our "Dream Workshop" but it was so...
- [Trans-Mongolian kite-trike tour](https://scottstoll.com/trans-mongolian-kite-trike-tour/): A kite-trike tour! Being pulled by a kite on a recumbent trike across Mongolia. That's the vision about an adventure...
- [Money: The third most important factor while traveling](https://scottstoll.com/money-the-third-most-important-factor-while-traveling/): Money may be the least romantic aspect of travel, but it's often the determining factor in how long your journey...
- [Collect your own water with a rain barrel](https://scottstoll.com/collect-your-own-water-with-a-rain-barrel/): Collect your own rainwater with this simple setup. Not only is it free, but rainwater contains its own natural fertilizers.
- [Bicycle buttons](https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-buttons/): As a bicyclist and a very creative person, I wanted to add something to my travels and created the velobotones...
- [Retrofit street design optimized for humans not cars](https://scottstoll.com/retrofit-street-design-optimized-for-humans-not-cars/): Does anyone describe the philosophy of our roads in one word? Is it efficiency? Is it cost? It appears to...
- [Scott Stoll wants to go to Mars and never come back](https://scottstoll.com/scott-stoll-wants-to-go-to-mars-and-never-come-back/): Sometimes Scott Stoll dreams of that first day on Mars. He steps outside, the rusty red rocks kicking up a...
- [Mars One failure to launch](https://scottstoll.com/mars-one-failure-to-launch/): The good news is that I won't have to eat worms and algae for the rest of my life; the...
- [Alien landscapes: How to visit another planet without leaving Earth](https://scottstoll.com/how-to-visit-another-planet-without-leaving-earth/): As kids, we all dream of blasting off in a rocket ship headed for other worlds. Perhaps it was the...
- [Jumping jacks on a frozen lake](https://scottstoll.com/jumping-jacks-on-a-frozen-lake/): Here's another item to add to your bucket list. Walking on top of a frozen lake is a simple and...
- [Scott's World Record](https://scottstoll.com/scotts-world-record/): I've done many things, but I don't hold any world records until now. I am the first person to ever...
- [Tim Moss expeditions](https://scottstoll.com/tim-moss-expeditions/): Tim Moss is another pioneer of helping people find the adventures in everyday life; thus he calls them Everyday Adventures.
- [Around the World Travel radio correspondent](https://scottstoll.com/around-the-world-travel-radio-correspondent/): I have had many impromptu interviews all over the world, including the Fitness Guru on Sirius Radio and Around the...
- [Aquatic bicycle ride](https://scottstoll.com/aquatic-bicycles/): If you didn't know, I rode a bicycle around the world, and the most popular question was: "How did you...
- [A bike ride across the USA for Alzheimer’s awareness](https://scottstoll.com/a-bike-ride-across-the-usa-for-alzheimers-awareness/): Dave Adam is biking across most of the country in memory of his father and grandfather who died from Alzheimer’s...
- [Friendships and bicycle adventures](https://scottstoll.com/friendships-and-bicycle-adventures/): While adventure cycling, your highs become higher, your lows become lower, you sweat on the climbs and you chill on...
- [Grow food NOT grass](https://scottstoll.com/grow-food-not-grass/): What better way to have a backyard adventure than to grow a garden? We recommend you start with a potted...
- [Martian babies](https://scottstoll.com/martian-babies/): When my girlfriend found out I qualified to be a Martian astronaut she wasn't supportive. "Honey, just think, we could...
- [705 Mars One applicants remain — Scott is one of them](https://scottstoll.com/705-mars-one-applicants-remain-scott-is-one-of-them/): 705 Mars astronaut candidates remain for the Mars One mission to colonize Mars. Scott Stoll is one of them. It's...
- [My quest to bicycle mars](https://scottstoll.com/my-quest-to-bicycle-mars/): In case you didn't hear, I made round 2. 5 of the Mars One project and my quest to be...
- [The universe's most amazing photo](https://scottstoll.com/the-universes-most-amazing-photo/): 10 years later and this is still the most amazing image I have ever seen, the most faraway reaches of...
- [Walden](https://scottstoll.com/walden/): A short winter ride turns into an adventure full of thoughtful introspection and inspiration for the coming year. This is...
- [Bicycling coast to coast across America](https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-coast-to-coast-across-america/): A cross country bike ride. Part 2: Oregon Trail through tall forests.
- [A bike ride through central America to support mental health](https://scottstoll.com/a-bike-ride-through-central-america-to-support-mental-health/): I've had the chance to speak with Daniel about his adventure. His passion for the bicycle and more so for...
- [Are you a flutterby?](https://scottstoll.com/are-you-a-flutterby/): Do you stop to smell the flowers and sip the nectar of life? Or do you just flutter past everything...
- [World record bicycle ride to the South Pole](https://scottstoll.com/world-record-bicycle-ride-to-the-south-pole/): Another story that makes me jealous. The first human-powered, tricycle ride to the South Pole.
- [Cycling Africa solo](https://scottstoll.com/cycling-africa-solo/): I always recommend people keep their stories short and sweet. Here is the shortest and sweetest so far. Congratulations on...
- [Vamos Chicas Vamos](https://scottstoll.com/vamos-chicas-vamos/): The Spanish edition of my "Falling Uphill" kids book "Cayendo Hacia Arriba" is being used by the Peace Corp in...
- [1,058 Mars One applicants make first cut](https://scottstoll.com/1058-mars-one-applicants-make-first-cut/): I am one of the 297 people selected from the United States, half which are woman and about 75 in...
- [My first bicycle tour in India](https://scottstoll.com/my-first-bicycle-tour-in-india/): Here is a a resourceful microadventure in India by bicycle. I like the reference to a "A philosophical experience".
- [The Giving Tree redux](https://scottstoll.com/the-giving-tree-sequel/): I've always been disturbed that the tree sacrifices itself to a greedy old man—so I rewrote the ending and drew...
- [An unusual tribute to Nelson Mandela and his bucket](https://scottstoll.com/an-unusual-tribute-to-nelson-mandela/): This may not be what most people would expect, but it is a personal story about what impressed me about...
- [Where are you from?](https://scottstoll.com/where-are-you-from/): I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Planet Earth, Sol System, Milky Way Galaxy, the Known Universe, and have called...
- [Fan bike quotes](https://scottstoll.com/fan-bike-quotes/): Why not create an adventure and a quotable moment of your own? Submit your personal bicycle quotation.
- [The search for Pablo](https://scottstoll.com/the-search-for-pablo/): Myself, the embassy, the media, and even the Governor of the Chaco all searched for Pablo and his family. Update:...
- [A how-to guide for bike touring — Scouting magazine](https://scottstoll.com/a-how-to-guide-for-bike-touring/): SCOTT STOLL BIKED around the world, cycling a whopping 25,742 miles in four years. He wrote about his continent-hopping bike...
- [The world's largest bike ride](https://scottstoll.com/the-worlds-largest-bike-ride/): I've been told many times: "You haven't cycled the world until you've cycled RAGBRAI. " And, now I know why!
- [Scott applies to be Mars astronaut](https://scottstoll.com/scott-applies-to-be-mars-astronaut/): Scott applied to go to Mars and help establish a colony in 2023 — and so can you! Here is...
- [Myself quoted with the Dalai Lama](https://scottstoll.com/myself-quoted-with-the-dalai-lama/): Here is a short news clip about the Dalai Lama's recent visit to Madison, Wisconsin. He was the guest of...
- [A leader even after an unfortunate end](https://scottstoll.com/a-leader-even-after-an-unfortunate-end/): My son, Prescott Lee Goodman, 15, was a fearless and passionate bike rider who loved nothing more than to be...
- [Artistic bicycle racks](https://scottstoll.com/artistic-bicycle-racks/): Below are two bicycle racks that I discovered in my wanderings. The first is a new coffee shop in Bay...
- [A 400-mile detour in Bolivia](https://scottstoll.com/a-400-mile-detour-in-bolivia/): This is an excerpt from Changing Gears: A Family Odyssey to the End of the World by Nancy Sathre-Vogel. Together...
- [How to fall uphill](https://scottstoll.com/how-to-fall-uphill/): The first part of being a good adventurer is knowing where you are, and this worksheet helps you figure that...
- [Falling Uphill in Paraguay with the Peace Corps](https://scottstoll.com/falling-uphill-in-paraguay-with-the-peace-corp/): Scott Stoll is an author from my hometown who served as the U. S. Embassy’s cultural ambassador in Argentina during...
- [Lance Armstrong bicycle quotes](https://scottstoll.com/lance-armstrong-bicycle-quotes/): Un/Inspirational and ironic Lance Armstrong bicycle quotes. I'm sorry to have demoted Lance's quote to this secondary page, but here...
- [Reflections on a self-propelled summer](https://scottstoll.com/reflections-on-a-self-propelled-summer/): With winter weather the current reality it is a natural time to reflect on the past summer and it’s warmth....
- [Tour de France bicycle quotes](https://scottstoll.com/tour-de-france-bicycle-quotes/): Fuel your motivation with raw grit from cycling's ultimate endurance test. Discover famous Tour de France quotes to conquer any challenge.
- [Challenging oneself](https://scottstoll.com/challenging-oneself/): This recent guest post arrived just days ahead of a news story about Lance Armstrong full of controversy, upset and...
- [Spirit of Adventure bicycle greeting cards](https://scottstoll.com/spirit-of-adventure-bicycle-greeting-cards/): The following was contributed by Frosty Wooldridge. It is one of his "Spirit of Adventure" bicycle greeting cards.
- [Human population bomb](https://scottstoll.com/human-population-bomb/): This graph illustrates the exponential growth of the human race and the consumption of non-renewable resources. The question isn't if...
- [A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle](https://scottstoll.com/a-woman-needs-a-man-like-a-fish-needs-a-bicycle/): Variations of this quote have been around almost as long as the bicycle itself. The earliest form being: "God needs...
- [Prison talk](https://scottstoll.com/prison-talk/): I had the honor to speak to the inmates of Wisconsin's medium security prison, Fox Lake Correctional Institute. It was...
- [Skydiving astronaut](https://scottstoll.com/skydiving-astronaut/): I've been posting stories about adventurers (argonauts or in this case an astronaut) for about 13 years, despite many people...
- [Weird bicycles](https://scottstoll.com/weird-bicycles/): Who doesn't love weird bicycles? I run across them all the time. Here is a work-in-progress collection of some strange...
- [Returning home as an essential part of adventure](https://scottstoll.com/returning-home-as-an-essential-part-of-travel/): An introduction to enjoying the little things in life and finding an adventure right in your own backyard. Before I...
- [Hand-signed letter from congress](https://scottstoll.com/hand-signed-letter-from-congress/): Today I received a hand-signed letter from Congressman Sensenbrenner: "I'm proud to have a constituent who dedicated 4 years of...
- [Acknowledgments / Agradecimientos](https://scottstoll.com/acknowledgments-agradecimientos/): As I mentioned, celebrating the book, meaning feeling a sense of accomplishment, may be the most important step in the...
- [Celebrating the book](https://scottstoll.com/celebrating-the-book/): Students from Argentina holding their certificates of achievements and their copy of “Cayendo Hacia Arriba” the book that we created...
- [The helmet cam was invented to share bicycling](https://scottstoll.com/the-helmet-cam-was-invented-to-share-bicycling/): My husband Mark Schulze is the inventor of the video helmet camera. I was there to photograph him wearing his...
- [Falling Uphill classroom resources](https://scottstoll.com/falling-uphill-classroom-resources/): Designed schools, this free guide to Scott's bicycle ride around the world includes an exercise for turning dreams into reality,...
- [Cycling, running, walking & talking for mobility](https://scottstoll.com/cycling-running-walking-talking-for-mobility/): Months ago I 'Discovered' that I had a gift which would "Transform Lives with the Gift of Mobility. " That...
- [Falling Uphill reader guide](https://scottstoll.com/falling-uphill-reader-guide/): The reader's guide for the adult book contains a list of thought-provoking questions, quizzes, and more to help readers and...
- [Leave your car at home](https://scottstoll.com/leave-your-car-at-home/): Article in the Waukesha Freeman by Sarah Pryor about bike to work week. It is going to be cheesy, but...
- [Along the Mekong](https://scottstoll.com/along-the-mekong/): There is no better way to explore a country than by bicycle. And if you're going to be cycling the...
- [Videos of the book tour](https://scottstoll.com/videos-of-the-book-tour/): Here are a few videos I made during my bicycling book tour. Featuring a documentary asking people: If you could...
- [Pole to pole run](https://scottstoll.com/pole-to-pole-run/): It seems being an adventurer is getting more and more extreme. Pictured here is Pat Farmer. He has begun a...
- [Ambassador to Argentina](https://scottstoll.com/ambassador-to-argentina/): A quick summary of my trip as Cultural Ambassador to Argentina with my 5th and favorite video of distributing 2000...
- [Taming the Bicycle by Mark Twain](https://scottstoll.com/taming-the-bicycle-by-mark-twain/): This humorous essay by one of America's greatest authors gave birth to many famous quotes about riding a bicycle. And...
- [Videos of my return to Argentina](https://scottstoll.com/videos-of-my-return-to-argentina/): I was honored to return to Argentina as the Cultural Ambassador of the US Department of State. Read the overview...
- [Two blind to ride](https://scottstoll.com/two-blind-to-ride/): Here's an incredible story. Two legally blind people will be riding a tandem bicycle unassisted from Argentina to Alaska.
- [Sharing my story in Argentina](https://scottstoll.com/sharing-my-story-in-argentina/): As the Honorary Cultural Ambassador to Argentina, here I am sharing my story with an elementary school in Corrientes, Argentina,...
- [Spreading the love](https://scottstoll.com/spreading-the-love/): U. S. Embassy Deputy Chief Mr. Brown presented the governor of Chaco, Argentina with gift copies of the book “Cayendo...
- [Ambassador Martinez visits Fuerte Apache school](https://scottstoll.com/ambassador-martinez-visits-school-at-fuerte-apache/): Ambassador Vilma Martinez visited a school at “Fuerte Apache” to share an activity with the students and encourage personal and...
- [Certificate of recognition](https://scottstoll.com/certificate-of-recognition/): I’m very excited. This Thursday the Ambassador to Argentina will be visiting some elementary schools in Buenos Aires to read...
- [The making of the book](https://scottstoll.com/the-making-of-the-book/): Here is my new book on the floor of the print shop waiting to be bound. It's the Spanish edition...
- [My most popular story in the Americas](https://scottstoll.com/my-most-popular-story-in-the-americas/): My most popular article about my bicycle ride around the world. It appeared in almost every country from Argentina all...
- [Embajada auspicia visita del escritor Scott Stoll a la Argentina](https://scottstoll.com/embajada-auspicia-visita-del-escritor-scott-stoll-a-la-argentina/): The original press release for Scott's visit to Argentina as the Cultural Ambassador. "Embassy sponsors visit of writer Scott Stoll...
- [Cultural Ambassador](https://scottstoll.com/cultural-ambassador/): While traveling during a time of war, I always thought of myself as the bicycling ambassador, and now I've been...
- [Wisconsin bicycle tour](https://scottstoll.com/wisconsin-bicycle-tour/): This summer I did a mini bicycle trip from coast to coast in Wisconsin, which means from the Mississippi River...
- [Team expedition rows to the North Pole](https://scottstoll.com/team-expedition-rows-to-the-north-pole/): British explorer Jock Wishart and Old Pulteney Single Malt Scotch Whisky have unveiled a remarkable mission to conquer what could...
- [Cycling the 6](https://scottstoll.com/cycling-the-6/): Social media has really helped promote cycle touring, push the envelope and has become a major vehicle for creating awareness....
- [Roommate at the Museum of Science and Industry](https://scottstoll.com/roommate-at-the-museum-of-science-and-industry/): Once again I have applied to be a roommate at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Above you see...
- [Can I help you?](https://scottstoll.com/can-i-help-you/): The story that led to being a Cultural Ambassador. Dennis and Scott get stuck in the mud in the Gran...
- [An elephant-sized lesson in recycling](https://scottstoll.com/an-elephant-sized-lesson-in-recycling/): This is a great, life-sized example of just how much stuff we consume. Now multiple this by every school in...
- [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel article](https://scottstoll.com/milwaukee-journal-sentinel-article/): World traveler came home to fulfillment. This is a great story about my trip around the world, coming home, and...
- [Worms eat my garbage](https://scottstoll.com/worms-eat-my-garbage/): Your adventure, should you choose to accept it, is to build your own compost bin at home. This is a...
- [Wisconsin Public Radio interviews #1 & 2](https://scottstoll.com/wpr-interview/): I had another great interview on WPR's Larry Meiller program. We talked a little about my trip around the world...
- [First (known) man to walk down the Amazon](https://scottstoll.com/first-known-man-to-walk-down-the-amazon/): Congratulations to Ed Stafford who just finished his epic 2-year walk down the Amazon River. Which Sir Ranulph Fiennes says...
- [Scott's Big 4-0h! Adventure](https://scottstoll.com/scotts-big-4-0h-adventure/): One of the most popular questions people continue to ask me is: "What are you going to do next? "
- [Man to travel 200 miles in solar-powered wheelchair](https://scottstoll.com/man-to-travel-200-miles-in-solar-powered-wheelchair/): Haidar Taleb, the disabled 47-year-old from the United Arab Emirates is about to embark on a 200-mile voyage across the...
- [Bicycle-shaped kids](https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-shaped-kids/): This is quite probably the best photograph that I ever took, which after taking pictures of world wonders, like the...
- [Is bicycling bad for the environment?](https://scottstoll.com/is-bicycling-bad-for-the-environment/): Top 10 reasons bicycling is bad for the environment. Some food for thought as to the consequences of our every-day...
- [Top 100 words in Falling Uphill](https://scottstoll.com/top-100-words-in-falling-uphill/): Top 100 most common words in Falling Uphill out of 13,658 unique words and about 115,000 total words.
- [Growing Power](https://scottstoll.com/growing-power/): Sustainable Living: As seen by a man who cycled the world. I am excited to participate in the Growing Power...
- [Photo safari](https://scottstoll.com/photo-safari/): Backyard Adventures. Fun, mini-expeditions helping students and parents see the world with eyes of wonder. First in my series is...
- [Plastiki](https://scottstoll.com/plastiki/): One of my favorite books as a kid was Kon-Tiki. Here's an interesting adventure that I've been following. Plastiki, a...
- [VIP on the race podium](https://scottstoll.com/on-the-race-podium/): As a post world tour honor, me and my bike got to occupy first, second and third place on the...
- [Is the oil spill a good thing?](https://scottstoll.com/is-the-oil-spill-a-good-thing/): Here's an exercise in thinking positive using the BP oil spill as an example. Also, it seems one of the...
- [The fruits of inspiration](https://scottstoll.com/the-fruits-of-inspiration/): I've never wanted to measure my life by money, which lately has been an overly idealistic philosophy; nonetheless, I believe...
- [Should authors publish an e-book?](https://scottstoll.com/should-authors-publish-an-e-book/): Why not enter the world of online innovation and publish an e-Book?
- [Scott's best travel tips & tricks](https://scottstoll.com/scotts-best-travel-tips-and-tricks/): Here are my best travel tips and tricks... lessons that I learned the hard way. These tips and tricks will...
- [Milwaukee Magazine — Tour de Force](https://scottstoll.com/milwaukee-magazine/): My story in the acclaimed Milwaukee Magazine was on the newsstands in March and was a sweet summary of my...
- [How much oxygen does a car burn?](https://scottstoll.com/how-much-oxygen-does-a-car-burn/): We are all aware of our reliance on fossil fuels and their byproduct of greenhouse gases and poisons. But have...
- [Meeting with a machete](https://scottstoll.com/meeting-with-a-machete/): Here's a little story from Peter Gostelow, a friend cycling Africa that recently had a misadventure with a machete.
- [Introduction to global oxygen depletion](https://scottstoll.com/introduction-to-global-oxygen-depletion/): As mankind burns more and more fuel, we are also burning more and more oxygen. Simultaneously, the Earth's ecosystem, the...
- [New Year's resolution](https://scottstoll.com/new-years-resolution/): Have you ever wondered about the laws you've created for yourself. For tens of thousands of years the New Year...
- [How did you plan your trip around the world on a bicycle?](https://scottstoll.com/how-did-you-plan-your-trip-around-the-world-on-a-bicycle/): A practical answer for a very impractical and unpredictable journey — riding a bicycle around the world. In short, do...
- [Writing the first draft of Falling Uphill in Guatemala](https://scottstoll.com/writing-first-draft-of-falling-uphill-in-guatemala/): I wrote the first draft of Falling Uphill in Antigua, Guatemala. Often I took notes while atop the roof of...
- [Sharing travel experiences an interview with Andy Hayes](https://scottstoll.com/sharing-travel-experiences-interview-with-andy-hayes/): Today’s interview is with Scott Stoll, author of the book Falling Uphill, founder of the adventure travel community The Argonauts,...
- [The high cost of low price](https://scottstoll.com/the-high-cost-of-low-price/): Please make informed decisions, because every decision we make has an influence on the community we live in, which eventually...
- [The legend of legends of bicycle tourers](https://scottstoll.com/the-legend-of-legends-of-bicycle-tourers/): At first Heinz Stucke, the man who is rumored to have done more bicycle touring than anyone in history, was...
- [The Hungry Cyclist](https://scottstoll.com/the-hungry-cyclist/): Here's a guy that combines two of my loves of life—bicycling and eating. I expect he's got some great recipes...
- [For a guy who biked the world, you _______ !](https://scottstoll.com/for-a-guy-who-biked-the-world-you-_______/): His assistant said, "I can't believe you rode a bicycle around the world and are complaining about the sun in...
- [WGN Chicago Morning News](https://scottstoll.com/wgn-chicago-morning-news/): Interview of the man who bicycled the world on WGN TV Chicago.
- [Cycle Now interview](https://scottstoll.com/cycle-now-interview/): Here's a Skype interview done by Rick Owens, a guy that is truly passionate about everything bicycles. With my experience...
- [The book tour arrives in Wisconsin](https://scottstoll.com/the-book-tour-arrives-in-wisconsin/): The Falling Uphill Book Tour continues. Currently, I am in Wisconsin, my home state. I have been really impressed with...
- [Showcase Minnesota](https://scottstoll.com/showcase-minnesota/): My latest interview. About 30 seconds per year of my life.
- [The Morning Blend](https://scottstoll.com/the-morning-blend/): I recently had an interview on a local morning TV show. It was an adventure all by itself. Getting a...
- [Pedaling from Waukesha around the world](https://scottstoll.com/waukesha-freeman-article/): I was impressed by the latest report of my adventures in the Waukesha Freeman.
- [Doubt you're doubt](https://scottstoll.com/doubt-youre-doubt/): After cycling up the West Coast, and struggling with a worn out bicycle, including a cracked fork and broken front...
- [Talk the talk. Bike the bike.](https://scottstoll.com/talk-the-talk-bike-the-bike/): I've currently re-imaging my book tour, while having an unusual adventure visiting my tribal elders and childhood friends, who are...
- [Sustainable Futures](https://scottstoll.com/sustainable-futures/): I recently did an in-depth interview in Vancouver for Sustainable Futures with Ryan Fletcher. This two part episode features stories...
- [Learning how to fly](https://scottstoll.com/learning-how-to-fly/): A story about my first flying lesson. My instructor was a stunt pilot and gave me one golden rule: "Don't...
- [The top 10 list](https://scottstoll.com/the-top-10-list/): Here is my ever-changing, ever-incomplete and subjective and very biased top-10 list of the best and worst the world has...
- [Bigfeet](https://scottstoll.com/bigfeet/): One of the things I never want to see again is a cow, unless it is hanging over the edge...
- [California hillbillies](https://scottstoll.com/california-hillbillies/): Leggett: a small town full of California hillbillies, one guy at least who is drinking while driving and even assisted...
- [Highlights of the trip so far](https://scottstoll.com/highlights-of-the-trip-so-far/): I don't have a lot of time these days as I'm circumnavigating the country on a bicycle, promoting my book...
- [Poison oak](https://scottstoll.com/poison-oak/): I've been too tired to even write one post and it's been a month, so I thought I'd better say...
- [Scott featured on the Monterey evening news](https://scottstoll.com/scott-featured-on-the-monterey-evening-news/): Scott Stoll is interviewed on the Monterey evening news. See him in action on the bicycle.
- [Bicycle touring supplies I never needed](https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-touring-supplies-i-never-needed/): There have been a few additions to my bicycle touring kit this time round, and a few subtractions.
- [How do you feel about the book tour](https://scottstoll.com/how-do-you-feel/): My old bicycling partner checks in with a tough question: "How do you feel? "
- [Scott's garbage man theory](https://scottstoll.com/scotts-garbage-man-theory/): I have a number of theories on life. One of my favorites is my theory of General Spirituality.
- [Me and mom join millions of unemployed people](https://scottstoll.com/my-mom-has-joined-millions-of-unemployed-people/): Is society treating people like numbers on a spreadsheet? Spoiler alert: Yes!
- [Buy Scott's life](https://scottstoll.com/buy-scotts-life/): For sale: Scott's life. Jeep, apartment, and more. Any reasonable offer accepted.
- [Planning the tour — Route](https://scottstoll.com/planning-the-tour-route/): I've just planned a tentative route circumnavigating the country of about 12,500 miles, which should take 62 weeks at a...
- [Santa Barbara wildfires](https://scottstoll.com/santa-barbara-wildfires/): To celebrate my new and improved blog (Ugh! who knew I'd be a computer programmer too... . ) I've decided...
- [2008 Traveler of the Year](https://scottstoll.com/2008-traveler-of-the-year/): This guy makes me super jealous. I mean I can actually feel my skin burn, and get a little angry...
- [Falling Uphill book tour](https://scottstoll.com/falling-uphill-book-tour/): Scott circumnavigates North America on a bicycle towing a trailer of books and invites you to join him.
- [More questions for the next book](https://scottstoll.com/more-questions-for-the-next-book/): Thanks to Colleen (a registered nurse) for some more questions that might make the chapter titles for the next book....
- [New Year's resolution — Time to dust off the cobwebs](https://scottstoll.com/new-years-resolution-time-to-dust-off-the-cobwebs/): The years have gone by fast. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 3 years since my return to America...
- [Around the world by car](https://scottstoll.com/around-the-world-by-car/): The 2008 Friendship Rally. I met Rick & Diana Dyke-Price in Bryce Canyon National Park, a beautiful stop over for...
- [A man who lived by the bicycle and died by the bicycle](https://scottstoll.com/a-man-who-lived-by-the-bicycle-and-died-by-the-bicycle/): Ian Hibell is a bicycle tourer that makes me feel like I should take the training wheels off my bike....
- [African bicycle odyssey and travel tips](https://scottstoll.com/african-bicycle-odyssey-and-travel-tips/): Chris Pederson and Danny Stitt are about to begin a bicycle tour of Africa. They will be taking the eastern...
- [Bikepacking Taiwan's typhoons](https://scottstoll.com/bikepacking-taiwans-typhoons/): I had no wish to cycle in Taiwan. It’s only because a mate of mine teaches English in Taipei. I...
- [What makes a good logo?](https://scottstoll.com/what-makes-a-good-logo/): 8 steps to designing the perfect logo with examples and descriptions. Tips from concept to execution. Featuring some of Scott's...
- [Would you please visit my home?](https://scottstoll.com/would-you-please-visit-my-home/): As Falling Uphill progresses, it goes from Survival to Questing to Oneness, which means it goes from learning how to...
- [Falling Uphill sample chapters](https://scottstoll.com/falling-uphill-sample-chapters/): Here is one of the funniest chapters about how my friend Edwin traded a pen for a sheep as he...
- [What if there was a nutrition label for the planet?](https://scottstoll.com/what-if-there-was-a-nutrition-label-for-the-planet/): Introducing the Eco-Footprint Label, a nutrition label for the planet. Helping make environmentally-conscious decisions by informing shoppers of the "ingredients"...
- [Scott's all-you-can-eat diet](https://scottstoll.com/scotts-all-you-can-eat-diet/): Ever imagine eating chocolate malt after chocolate malt, mounds of pizza, piles of french fries? Do you envision eating an...
- [An adventure as a gemologist in Bali](https://scottstoll.com/scotts-adventure-in-bali/): Scott renews his spirit of adventure in Bali, Indonesia, an island full of spirit, art and crafts.
- [The magical formula to turn dreams into reality](https://scottstoll.com/the-magical-formula-to-turn-dreams-into-reality/): This is the original version of my formula for turning dreams into reality. As you can see, I've been refining...
- [Alastair Humphreys' adventures](https://scottstoll.com/alastair-humphreys-adventures/): Al gives some insight into his bicycle ride around the world, starting with: "I would never have ridden around the...
- [What is a logo?](https://scottstoll.com/what-is-a-logo/): What is a logo? Well, it's not artwork, not even an illustration. We discuss the history of some famous logos,...
- [How to make a free logo!](https://scottstoll.com/how-to-make-a-free-logo/): With these new computer programs and logo templates, just substitute the words, icon, colors and font and — PRESTO! —...
- [How is a logo made?](https://scottstoll.com/how-is-a-logo-made/): How is a logo made? See the step by step creation of this logo as an example of how the...
- [Dennis' bicycle ride around the world](https://scottstoll.com/dennis-bicycle-ride-around-the-world/): Read about Dennis' bike ride around the world. These are one of the last examples of a travelogue written prior...
- [Feature Photo: The End of The Rainbow](https://scottstoll.com/feature-photo-the-end-of-the-rainbow/): Editor’s Note: This photo was one of our very first feature photos. Wow! Back then, we used to post one...
- [Rounding the Horn](https://scottstoll.com/rounding-the-horn/): BT Global Challenge 2000-2001, “The World’s Toughest Yacht Race. ” A 36,000 nautical mile circumnavigation of the globe against prevailing...
- [Hobo Traveler: Third World Travel](https://scottstoll.com/hobo-traveler-third-world-travel/): Andy discusses what the term "Third World" means, and what it is like to travel in these countries.
- [Hobo Traveler: What is extreme travel?](https://scottstoll.com/hobo-traveler-what-is-extreme-travel/): I am sure some of you think of bungee cord jumping or ski diving or some other activity that is...
- [America — YOU HAVE NO CULTURE!](https://scottstoll.com/america-you-have-no-culture/): The world observes an attack on the United States of America a country accused of having no culture.
- [Hobo Traveler: Why go to Patagonia?](https://scottstoll.com/hobo-traveler-why-go-to-patagonia/): Made famous by history, and travel agents trying to sell a tour. Travelers will nonchalantly say words like Patagonia, Tierra...
- [Hobo Traveler: Rio Gallegos](https://scottstoll.com/hobo-traveler-rio-gallegos/): Andy recounts his experience on the Rio (river) Gallegos in Argentina, including some typical foods.
- [The oldest person to sail solo around the world](https://scottstoll.com/the-oldest-person-to-sail-solo-around-the-world/): Our reporter, Andy, meets David Clark, 75, in the Panama Canal, as he attempts to sail solo around the world.
- [A true space pioneer: Dennis Tito](https://scottstoll.com/a-true-space-pioneer/): Our columnist Brook Mantia welcomes a a true space pioneer, Dennis Tito, back to Earth.
- [The mother of adventure](https://scottstoll.com/the-mother-of-adventure/): Here's how my family influenced my desire to travel.
- [Hannu's adventures](https://scottstoll.com/hannus-adventures/): Hannu is a 32-year-old Swedish male who has been on the road since April 1998. He has visited the Middle...
- [The sacrifices one needs to make to live their dreams](https://scottstoll.com/the-sacrifices-one-needs-to-make-to-live-their-dreams/): Preparing to ride a bicycle around the world. An injury update. And the sacrifices one needs to make to live...
- [Marty's gap year adventures](https://scottstoll.com/martys-gap-year-adventures/): Follow Marty's classic, gap year adventure around the world. Marty hails from Australia and you'll find his journals funny, charismatic...
- [Eluding the psychological barrier](https://scottstoll.com/eluding-the-psychological-barrier/): Richard discusses how his wife Ingrid has an insatiable appetite for adventure.
- [Hobo Traveler in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil](https://scottstoll.com/hobo-traveler-in-rio/): Rio, an exotic mix of cultures from all over the world, people wanting to love, and play, and enjoy the...
- [Robert Scott: The Amateur](https://scottstoll.com/robert-scott-the-amateur/): Meet our featured explorer Robert Scott, antarctic explorer. An officer of the British Royal Navy, Scott was chosen to lead...
- [Carl Sagan](https://scottstoll.com/carl-sagan/): Meet our featured explorer Carl Sagan. A man who spent his life bringing science to the layperson
- [Tarzan's real Jane](https://scottstoll.com/tarzans-real-jane/): Meet our featured explorer Dr. Jane Goodall’s. Her curiosity and love for animals blossomed at a very young age.
- [We came in peace for all mankind](https://scottstoll.com/we-came-in-peace-for-all-mankind/): The mission to the moon has inspired generations. For a moment, it united humanity, and served to "to organize and...
- [Africa photo pictorial](https://scottstoll.com/africa-photo-pictorial/): An African adventure captured on film by Seth Tator.
- [Egypt photo pictorial](https://scottstoll.com/egypt-photo-pictorial/): An Egyptian adventure captured on film by Loren Brown in rich colors. Except for the Nesquik Bunny, these pictures could...
- [The Faces of Everyday Life](https://scottstoll.com/the-faces-of-everyday-life/): In this pictorial, Cheryl wanted to acknowledge the people that normally get taken for granted.
- [Thai photo pictorial](https://scottstoll.com/thai-photo-pictorial/): A Thai adventure captured on film by Erik Welke. Blessed with exquisite natural beauty, and possibly the friendliest population on...
- [Iran photo pictorial](https://scottstoll.com/iran-photo-pictorial/): Kaveh makes two memorable trips to Iran and spends much of his time taking pictures.
- [Tibet photo pictorial](https://scottstoll.com/tibet-photo-pictorial/): The following photographs were taken during five long and treacherous days driving from Kathmandu, Nepal to Lhasa, Tibet.
- [Yucatán peninsula pictorial](https://scottstoll.com/yucatan-peninsula-pictorial/): The Yucatán Peninsula is more than a vacation destination. Discover the remains of one of the greatest cultures on Earth...
- [Mali and Morocco photo pictorial](https://scottstoll.com/mali-and-morocco-pictorial/): Once again, photographer Lisa Kristine brings us the extraordinary peoples from far-off worlds. This time, Mali and Morocco.
- [A retired couple cycles across Alaska and the USA](https://scottstoll.com/a-retired-couple-cycles-across-alaska-and-the-usa/): Dick and Ingrid share lessons learned and beautiful memories about their bicycle trip and share their photos with us.
- [Hobo Traveler: Tips for living on the road](https://scottstoll.com/hobo-traveler-tips-for-living-on-the-road/): Pop-open lids, do pop off! They pop off in your backpack and leak. Tips on how to keep bottles from...
- [Hobo Traveler: Safety](https://scottstoll.com/hobo-traveler-safety/): The worst thing about traveling is worrying about getting robbed. Andy gives us some tips on relieving the worry.
- [Burning Man](https://scottstoll.com/burning-man/): Tex recounts his adventures at Burning Man, an annual festival in the burning Black Rock Desert of Nevada.
- [Discoveries of American Highways](https://scottstoll.com/discoveries-of-american-highways/): What begins as a 1-week family mission to drive Grandma across Texas to see a doctor, turns into a 5-week...
- [Adventures of a space tourist in Las Vegas](https://scottstoll.com/adventures-of-a-space-tourist-in-las-vegas/): Our Space Tourism columnist, Brooke, recounts her visit to the 2nd Annual Lunar Development Conference, focusing on a permanent return...
- [The Lake Lagunitas dirt romp](https://scottstoll.com/lake-lagunitas-dirt-romp/): A fun bicycle adventure despite a flat tire and a fall provides some moments of reflection.
- [Thailand and Laos by bike](https://scottstoll.com/thailand-and-laos-by-bike/): Our nine-to-five jobs certainly take a toll on us. That's why you want to be certain you get the most...
- [The Headwaters](https://scottstoll.com/the-headwaters/): A journey by canoe down the Mississippi River by riverboat Captain Richard A. Suleski, Jr.
- [Space Renaissance Man: John S. Spencer](https://scottstoll.com/space-renaissance-man/): John S. Spencer is a renaissance man for the millennium with a fierce passion for creating humanity's future in space.
- [The legacy of Julia Hill](https://scottstoll.com/the-legacy-of-julia-hill/): Julia Butterfly Hill climbed 180 feet (18 stories) up a thousand-year-old redwood tree to protest the clear-cutting of this endangered...
- [Exploring my new home](https://scottstoll.com/exploring-my-new-home/): Jen sets out to explore her new “hood”, the nooks and crannies of San Anselmo, California on a bicycle.
- [In and out of Cuba](https://scottstoll.com/in-and-out-of-cuba/): The risk of going to Cuba has an allure all of its own. Before Mark knew it, he booked an...
- [Six Rivers National Forest](https://scottstoll.com/six-rivers-national-forest/): Jen and friends take off riding their road bikes along challenging paths and taking on whatever comes their way.
- [What is an Argonaut?](https://scottstoll.com/what-is-an-argonaut/): The word "argonaut" comes from an ancient tale of the bravest heroes in Greek Mythology — Jason and the Argonauts...
- [Bicycle tour from Maine to West Virginia](https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-tour-from-maine-to-west-virginia/): Forrest's adventure story, bicycle touring from Maine to West Virginia, is one of our first real-time adventures. Well, as real-time...
- [The Traveling tattoo artist](https://scottstoll.com/the-traveling-tattoo-artist/): Tattoo artist Aleks Figueroa spends many hours of the day permanently staining people's skin with art, but he admits he...
- [Women across the millennia](https://scottstoll.com/women-across-the-millennia/): For Ellen Boneparth, it happened at Delphi. She and a group of over twenty women were at the end of...
- [No, you didn't miss Earth Day...](https://scottstoll.com/no-you-didnt-miss-earth-day/): In 1969 a Harvard law student named Denis Hayes dropped out of school to organize the very first Earth Day...
- [Space programs YOU can join](https://scottstoll.com/space-programs-you-can-join/): If you've got a yen for space travel, but you've been too busy to sign up for astronaut training, here...
- [A real-time adventure to Mount Everest](https://scottstoll.com/a-real-time-adventure-to-mount-everest/): This Mount Everest adventure story is one of our first real-time adventures back in 2000 broadcast via satellite phone. Doug...
- [American Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky asks...](https://scottstoll.com/american-poet-laureate-robert-pinsky-asks/): Over the past three years, third-time American Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky traveled across the nation asking governors, teachers, children, retirees,...
- [A poetic journey](https://scottstoll.com/a-poetic-journey/): In celebration of National Poetry Month, I sought a story on traveling poets — it wasn't difficult. It seems that...
- [Where the road ends and the walking begins](https://scottstoll.com/where-the-road-ends-and-the-walking-begins/): This is the story of one woman, and how her real education began the moment she set out to travel...
- [Mike and Linda's adventures](https://scottstoll.com/mike-and-lindas-adventures/): Follow the adventures of Linda and Mike. They are on an 18 month trip. They’ve been through Central and South...
- [For the love of travel](https://scottstoll.com/for-the-love-of-travel-by-melissa-clark-contributing-writer/): Traveling around the world for tens years after college left her with an enormous craving for more adventure. “Once you...
- [Throwing stones to save the world](https://scottstoll.com/throwing-stones-to-save-the-world/): Several years ago, Mikkel Aaland on a quest for peace, placed Shinto stones in South Africa, the Philippines, and Germany....
- [A traveler honors her soul](https://scottstoll.com/a-traveler-honors-her-soul/): Cheryl Friedman can’t hold the same job for more than three years. This isn’t because she’s irresponsible, or untalented, it’s...
- [India enters the pollution age](https://scottstoll.com/india-enters-the-pollution-age/): Follow Hasnain's adventure to clean the land, water and air pollution of his beloved country, India.
- [Search for extraterrestrial life from your home](https://scottstoll.com/search-for-extraterrestrial-life-from-your-home/): For thousands of years, humans have looked towards the heavens, questioning: Who created all this? What's out there? Are we...
- [Move over ClubMed - here comes ClubMir](https://scottstoll.com/move-over-clubmed/): Although some consider it more "Motel 6" than "ClubMed," the Mir space station is being resurrected and transformed into the...
- [Meet Göran Kropp](https://scottstoll.com/meet-goran-kropp/): Imagine riding your bike 7,000 miles to Nepal, carrying a year's supply of gear and food. Next, think about carrying...
- [Re-realizing my roots](https://scottstoll.com/re-realizing-my-roots/): Mother India. I’ve been lucky enough to return five times after my first trip there as a baby and my...
- [TO THE STARS!](https://scottstoll.com/to-the-stars/): Welcome to Brooke Mantia's space tourism column! Only a few hundred people have traveled in space, but millions dream of...
- [Our Pacific Coast bicycle trip](https://scottstoll.com/our-pacific-coast-bicycle-trip/): Retired couple Dick and Ingrid return with an Update of their Pacific Coast Bicycle Trip.
- [Feature photo](https://scottstoll.com/feature-photo-sunrise-machu-picchu/): This month's feature photo. Two llamas greet the sunrise in the Andes Mountains by world-renowned photographer, Lisa Kristine.
- [Antarctica photo pictorial](https://scottstoll.com/antarctica-photo-pictorial/): An antarctic photo pictorial by our antarctic explorer, Vilmar, with interesting captions about life on McMurdo Station.
- [Encountering your soul in antarctica](https://scottstoll.com/encountering-your-soul-in-antarctica/): "Where would you go to find the answers to life's deepest questions? Is there a God? Why am I here?...
- [Argentine tango](https://scottstoll.com/argentine-tango/): Argentine Tango: An Emotion that turns into Dance.
- [Around the world by horse](https://scottstoll.com/around-the-world-by-horse/): A Real-Life Globetrotter with a Mission. Update: Manfred was one of the first adventures we followed in real-time. We're happy...
- [The making of a mountain climber](https://scottstoll.com/the-making-of-a-mountain-climber/): Paul Mansky: "You're on top of the world, vast views and vistas in every direction. 5,000 feet down to the...
- [Sometimes adventure just gets in your bones](https://scottstoll.com/sometimes-adventure-just-gets-in-your-bones/): Dick and Ingrid have started a new journey and cycle down the Pacific Coast.
- [An adventure way way down under](https://scottstoll.com/an-adventure-way-way-down-under/): Vilmar's adventure in Antarctica is one of our first real-time adventures. Well, as real-time as it could get in the...
- [Her sacred island](https://scottstoll.com/her-sacred-island/): Gia Marie Amella, a Fulbright scholar, spent a year in Sicily to film a documentary. "I wanted to show what...
- [Lisa Kristine: A photographer at home with the world](https://scottstoll.com/lisa-kristine-a-photographer-at-home-with-the-world/): "The experience of traveling has always been a great mentor for me," Lisa Kristine says, "A far greater mentor than...
- [Getting an education during summer vacation](https://scottstoll.com/getting-an-education-during-summer-vacation/): Dr. Lillian Larson: "I travel in order to enrich my life and the life of others. I feel that I...
- [Feature Photo: The Treasury](https://scottstoll.com/feature-photo-the-treasury/): Welcome to our first Feature Photo: The Treasury. Petra, the "rose-red city, half as old as time," was lost to...
- [Top 100 inspirational bicycle quotes](https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-quotes/): Riding a bicycle is the greatest metaphor for life and how to live life! Well... at least, we think so....
- [Bicycle quotation mashup quiz](https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-quotation-mashup-quiz/): Test yourself with this bicycle quotation mashup quiz. We've replaced one word with one of the following: bike, bicycle, bicyclist,...
- [The story of Jason and the Argonauts](https://scottstoll.com/the-story-of-jason-and-the-argonauts/): This classic myth is one of the most ancient stories that exist. It chronicles Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece...

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- Published: 2025-12-02
- Modified: 2025-12-05
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-to-be-the-hero-of-your-own-life/
- Folder: Archives (Collections)
What does it mean to be a hero? Does the world need to be saved? If so, who will get the job? I feel that I was born with a special purpose, and most people I talk to feel the same way. This series explores whether life is a game of king of the mountain, or if we are all gifted in our own way. It illuminates a path we all travel, and helps guide your journey through life.


- Published: 2025-10-16
- Modified: 2025-12-08
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/thanks-for-subscribing-hero-series/
- Folder: Notifications

- Published: 2025-09-16
- Modified: 2025-12-13
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/thanks-for-subscribing-dreamaplay-fans/
- Folder: Notifications

- Published: 2025-06-24
- Modified: 2026-01-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/verified-human/
I want you to rest assured everything on this website is genuinely, unmistakably and messily human. I explain why and how this site is comes from lived experience, real misadventures, and an ongoing exploration of what it means to be human.


- Published: 2025-05-18
- Modified: 2025-12-02
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill/bonus/

- Published: 2025-01-23
- Modified: 2025-12-02
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/grow/
- Folder: 4-steps
Explore how to grow emotionally, creatively, and spiritually. Thought-provoking stories, tools, and insights to help you live a more meaningful and joyful life.


- Published: 2025-01-16
- Modified: 2025-08-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/about/affiliate-disclosure/
- Folder: Legal

> These are things I'm exploring. They may seem random — I suppose they are — but I believe everything in life is an exploration and adventure to be had.

- Published: 2024-09-25
- Modified: 2026-07-14
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/scotts-explorations/
- Folder: Archives (Collections)
These are things I'm exploring. They may seem random — I suppose they are — but I have many interests in life. I don't think I'm limited to one grand purpose I must fulfill. In fact, I think this puts me at risk of a do-or-die scenario where, if I fail, my life becomes meaningless. Likewise, I've labeled myself as certain things only to grow bigger and wiser than those limiting labels. So, now, I like to keep the door open to new opportunities.


- Published: 2024-09-21
- Modified: 2026-03-19
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/reader-and-teacher-guides/
Free reader and teacher guides for Scott Stoll’s award-winning books. Inspire students with adventure, creativity, and real-world learning activities.


- Published: 2024-09-21
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/dream/
- Folder: 4-steps

- Published: 2024-09-06
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/worksheets/subscribers-only/
- Folder: Archives (Collections)

- Published: 2024-09-05
- Modified: 2025-12-04
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/worksheets/
- Folder: Archives (Collections)
Want to plan your adventure in life? You found the right spot. These worksheets started as a fun way for me to learn and challenge myself! Then I began making worksheets for kids, which turned into a book and a workshop. I was surprised by how popular it was with adults. So, now I’m creating worksheets for adults to live a life filled with joy and meaning.


- Published: 2024-04-26
- Modified: 2026-03-03
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/books-that-changed-my-life/
- Folder: Archives (Collections)
These are literally the books that changed my life. I give them my highest recommendation.


- Published: 2024-02-10
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/breathless-the-oxygen-apocalypse/testimonials/
What people are saying about Breathless.


- Published: 2024-01-22
- Modified: 2026-02-05
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/favorite-travel-and-adventure-books/
- Folder: Archives (Collections)
Here are a few of my favorite books in the travel and adventure genre, and a few books that changed my life. These are my highest recommendations.


- Published: 2024-01-11
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/breathless-the-oxygen-apocalypse/welcome-book-lovers/

- Published: 2023-08-24
- Modified: 2025-11-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/start-here/
- Folder: 4-steps
I explore how to live a more meaningful and joyful life, and I invite you to join the journey. My goal is to make this website entertaining, inspirational and educational to facilitate this process. Here is how to get the most of this website and your adventure in life.


- Published: 2023-03-04
- Modified: 2026-03-19
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/breathless-the-oxygen-apocalypse/bonus/
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- Published: 2023-01-22
- Modified: 2026-03-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/breathless-the-oxygen-apocalypse/
- Folder: Book main pages
Scott's new sci-fi book 15 years in the making. When the world runs out of oxygen a handful of survivors question whether it is worth saving themselves, much less humanity.


- Published: 2022-01-21
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/help-choose-the-next-adventure/
Help Scott plan his next big adventure. What could possibly be better than riding a bicycle around the world?


- Published: 2022-01-09
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill/arent-you-scared/
This is one of the new chapters from the anniversary edition of Falling Uphill. I put a free digital version online for people who bought the previous edition. I hope you enjoy this lost chapter.


- Published: 2021-11-25
- Modified: 2026-07-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/feel-your-feelings/
- Folder: Book main pages
Feel Your Feelings introduces children to basic emotions with fun poems that they can act out from head to toe and then let go. 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.


- Published: 2021-10-27
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/portfolio/
Scott's looking for a job to help support his adventures. I've got experience in copywriting, graphic design, illustration, production and Wordpress.


- Published: 2021-07-13
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/guestbook/
We'd love to hear from you. Comments are as good as gold to an author :) You can also leave a comment or criticism on your favorite stories. We use your feedback to make stories better!


- Published: 2021-01-29
- Modified: 2025-08-17
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/books-by-guest-adventurers/
- Folder: Archives (Collections)
Here are a few books by our guest authors. We think you'll enjoy both the book and their stories here on our website.


- Published: 2021-01-19
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/scotts-adventures/
- Folder: Archives (Collections)
These are stories of my adventures through life, like riding a bicycle around the world, being the Cultural Ambassador to Argentina and—hopefully—many more, big and small. I like to collect life experiences. I invite you along for the ride as I explore the inner and outer world and learn to become a better person.


- Published: 2021-01-19
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/guest-adventures/
- Folder: Archives (Collections)
It’s our mission to feature inspirational adventures of all kinds, even those in your own backyard. Here is a collection of the inspiring adventures that we’ve featured for over twenty years.


- Published: 2021-01-12
- Modified: 2026-01-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/virtual-visits/
Scott Stoll is available for motivational talks both in-person and virtually, and/or to help lead a Dream Workshop or Make-A-Book Project.


- Published: 2019-12-25
- Modified: 2026-02-02
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/shop/purchase-policy/
- Folder: Shop
We guarantee your satisfaction. If you aren't happy for any reason, please contact us and we'll do our best to help.


- Published: 2019-07-01
- Modified: 2025-10-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/share-your-amazing-adventure-of-self-discovery/
Whether your journey is to be a world traveler, cupcake baker or street sweeper, as long as you do it with passion, we'd love to share your story with our fans.


> The true story about one man's quest for happiness around the world on a bicycle. The children's edition illustrated of the best-selling book Falling Uphill.

- Published: 2019-02-27
- Modified: 2026-06-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill-secret-life/
- Folder: Book main pages
This is the true story about a man who bicycles around the world questing for the secret of life. His journey is full of many wonders, but he eventually returns home discouraged—only then does he discover the secret in the last place left to look.


- Published: 2018-07-11
- Modified: 2025-08-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/about/
Let's explore how to live a more meaningful life. Learn more about my vision for life, this website and our adventure together.


> Scott Stoll: Author. Artist. Adventurer. Claim to fame: He rode a bicycle around the world searching for the meaning of life and happiness.

- Published: 2018-07-11
- Modified: 2026-07-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/about/scott-stoll/
Biography. Scott Stoll's claim to fame is that he rode a bicycle around the world, as described in his award-winning and best-selling book, Falling Uphill. He was also honored to be the Cultural Ambassador to Argentina. Learn more about Scott.


- Published: 2017-05-22
- Modified: 2026-03-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/mirabella-the-monarchs-magical-migration/
- Folder: Book main pages
Every year the monarch butterflies undertake the most amazing migration on Earth. Over the course of four generations, they travel from Canada to Mexico and back. This is an educational story about their challenging journey and the inspirational story of how one generation can inspire the next to make the world a better place.


- Published: 2017-05-10
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill/map-and-table-of-contents/
This page is primarily for listeners of the audiobook so that you can follow the journey on the map. Match the chapter numbers below to the numbers on the map. Click on the map to see a larger image. I've also included the appendix and bibliography at the end. Thanks again and please enjoy Falling Uphill.


- Published: 2016-06-10
- Modified: 2025-12-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/testimonials/
Acclaim for Scott's motivational speeches and the make-a-book project.


- Published: 2016-06-10
- Modified: 2026-01-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/make-a-book-project/
An artist-in-residence program. Nominate your organization or elementary school to co-create and illustrate a children's chapter book with Scott and friends.


- Published: 2016-06-09
- Modified: 2025-12-14
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/subscribe-to-my-newsletter/
Join my monthly newsletter “Let's Go Exploring.” And get a more intimate view of what my life is like in between adventures and books. Plus, you won't miss any big updates or free worksheets.


- Published: 2016-06-09
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/about/help-support-our-work/
Your support helps us bring our inspirational message to the world. We've helped thousands of people dream and launch their dream into the world. And — Yes! — it makes a difference.


- Published: 2016-06-09
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/shop/how-to-order/
- Folder: Shop
Order signed books here. Or order books anywhere books or sold. Details on special orders, review copies, donations and more.


- Published: 2016-06-09
- Modified: 2026-03-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/ruby-the-red-worms-dirty-job/
- Folder: Book main pages
Ruby the Red Worm is a humorous and educational introduction to composting and the essential role worms serve in the ecosystem. More importantly, it is a story about living a life of passion despite life’s bullies — even if it means eating dirt.


- Published: 2016-06-09
- Modified: 2026-03-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/the-cupcake-boy/
- Folder: Book main pages
The Cupcake Boy is a story about a boy who makes the most beautiful and tasty cupcakes in the world; however, the villagers take the boy for granted. So disheartened, he leaves his home wondering: “Why should I bake cupcakes for a world that doesn’t love me?


- Published: 2016-06-09
- Modified: 2026-03-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/cayendo-hacia-arriba/
- Folder: Book main pages
The Spanish edition. Illustrated by elementary students in Argentina. This is the true story about a man who bicycles around the world questing for the secret of life. His journey is full of many wonders, but he eventually returns home discouraged—only then does he discover the secret in the last place left to look.


- Published: 2016-06-09
- Modified: 2024-11-20
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill-the-young-adult-edition/
- Folder: Book main pages
The acclaimed best-selling book, Falling Uphill, has been re-imagined for a new younger audience. 236 photos.


- Published: 2016-06-09
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill-the-korean-edition/
- Folder: Book main pages
Falling Uphill the classic epic travel quest comes to South Korea as "Adopt me and my bicycle".


- Published: 2016-06-09
- Modified: 2026-01-29
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill/testimonials/
Acclaim for Falling Uphill, the Best-Selling Coming-of-Age Journey.


- Published: 2016-06-09
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill/afterword-what-are-you-doing-now/
Author's note: This is a chapter from the new anniversary edition of Falling Uphill. I put a free digital version online for people who bought the previous edition. I hope you enjoy the new perspective that time has given me. It goes to show that some things only make sense in hindsight.


- Published: 2016-06-09
- Modified: 2025-12-02
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill/bonus-chapter/
Here's a chapter reserved for people who bought Falling Uphill. This was a fun story to write, but I thought it was a little too silly for the book, and it didn't fit the theme. Still, I think you will enjoy it.


- Published: 2016-06-08
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/thanks-for-your-donation/
- Folder: Notifications

- Published: 2016-06-08
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/thanks-anyway/
- Folder: Notifications

- Published: 2016-06-08
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/thank-you-for-contacting-us/
- Folder: Notifications

- Published: 2016-06-08
- Modified: 2026-04-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/dream-it/
- Folder: Book main pages
Do you want to live the biggest, brightest, best life possible? Do you want to create things never seen before? Do you want to do things never done before? Do you want your life to mean something and make a difference? In other words, do you want to feel and be awesome? If so, this book is for you!


- Published: 2016-06-08
- Modified: 2026-02-09
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/
- Folder: Book main pages
Books by Award-winning and best-selling author Scott Stoll whose claim to fame is riding a bicycle around the world.


- Published: 2016-06-08
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/plan/
- Folder: 4-steps
Resources and advice for planning adventures of any kind. Based on years of experience, I give you some simple advice and an easy plan.


- Published: 2016-06-08
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/thanks-for-your-purchase/
- Folder: Notifications

- Published: 2016-06-08
- Modified: 2025-12-08
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/thank-you-for-subscribing/
- Folder: Notifications

- Published: 2016-06-07
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/explore/
- Folder: 4-steps
It's our mission to feature inspirational adventures of all kinds, even those in your own backyard. Before you go anywhere, it's useful to learn what is an adventure and how to set a theme to your travels.


- Published: 2016-06-06
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/about/press-room-media-kit/
You are welcome to use any images and short excerpts from this website for journalistic, educational or non-profit endeavors.


- Published: 2016-06-06
- Modified: 2025-12-27
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/about/partners-and-sponsors/
We've been lucky to have so many partners, volunteers and sponsors in the past, including our guest adventurers and thousands of children that we've been honored to work with and have helped with our research. Thank you all.


- Published: 2016-06-06
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/about/biographies/
These biographies of some of the people that helped found this website.


- Published: 2016-06-06
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/about/advertise-here/
By advertising here, you can help empower kids to dream, discover and make a difference in the world. All profits support our Make-A-Book Project.


- Published: 2016-06-05
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/about/press-room-media-kit/video-clips-media/
Videos from Scott's trip around the world for the media. I don't have a lot of videos because for almost the entire trip I used only a 35mm film camera.


- Published: 2016-06-03
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/contact/
Give us a holler. We'd love to hear form you.


- Published: 2016-06-03
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/about/terms-of-use/
- Folder: Legal
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- Published: 2016-06-03
- Modified: 2026-05-10
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/about/copyright/
- Folder: Legal
We've spent years creating this quality content please credit us when sharing material. More details here.


- Published: 2016-06-02
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/about/privacy-policy/
- Folder: Legal
We do not ever distribute any personal information whatsoever. Learn more.


- Published: 2008-11-03
- Modified: 2026-04-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/books/falling-uphill/
- Folder: Book main pages
The true story of one man's quest for happiness around the world on a bicycle. I've traveled the world by bicycle to discover the "secrets" of life, and I've spent many more years digesting what I learned, exemplifying the lessons learned, and creating a book that I guarantee is entertaining, and which I hope you find inspiring and enlightening. Thanks in advance to my readers for being part of the journey.


- Published: 2006-08-05
- Modified: 2026-04-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/motivational-speaker/
Scott uses the real-life story of his bicycle ride around the world to help inspire people to dream. As he likes to say, "If you could do anything, what would you do?" Scott also offers some tips on how to bring dreams to fruition.


- Published: 1999-07-30
- Modified: 2026-05-10
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/
Welcome. Start here to get a quick overview of my philosophy and how to use this website.




## Posts

> A nighttime drive through Yosemite revealed a stunning sight: the lights of climbers camped on El Capitan. And reflections on adventure and storytelling.

- Published: 2026-06-12
- Modified: 2026-06-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/constellation-of-climbers/
- Categories: Explore, Scott's Adventures
Late at night in Yosemite, I mistook a cluster of lights for a constellation. They were actually climbers resting on El Capitan, suspended in hammocks above the valley floor. The real Big Dipper hung upside down overhead, turning the whole scene into something unforgettable.


- Published: 2026-05-10
- Modified: 2026-06-05
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-much-oxygen-does-a-human-breathe-per-day/
- Categories: Articles, Explore
- Tags: Breathless, Environmental awareness, Oxygen Depletion
We often take breathing for granted, but our bodies process 8,300 liters of air every day to get the oxygen we need to survive. In this article, I show the math and compare this amount to how much a tree produces, and how much a car burns. This is part of my Global Oxygen Depletion series.


- Published: 2026-03-04
- Modified: 2026-04-13
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-to-add-purpose-to-your-adventures/
- Categories: Guest Adventures, Plan
What if your next adventure could change more than just you? Alastair Humphreys offers 20 thought-provoking questions to help adventurers add purpose, responsibility, and lasting impact to their journeys.


- Published: 2026-02-23
- Modified: 2026-02-27
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/raise-your-own-monarch-butterflies/
- Categories: Backyard Adventures
- Tags: Bringing the world to your doorstep, Environmental awareness
I think butterflies are one of the most amazing animals on Earth. And you can raise them right in your own backyard. Plant milkweed, watch tiny striped caterpillars grow, and witness the miraculous transformation from chrysalis to butterfly. Along the way, you’ll explore big questions about migration, instinct, and nature’s hidden mysteries. You might even find one in yourself.


- Published: 2026-02-14
- Modified: 2026-02-14
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-future-is-here/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Microadventures, Road trip adventures
Riding in a fully driverless Waymo in the Bay Area felt like stepping into an episode of Star Trek. Here's what it was like when Dennis and I took a ride. And, yes, this the Dennis who accompanied me halfway round the world.


- Published: 2026-01-22
- Modified: 2026-02-05
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-pirates-of-zanzibar/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers
In this story, Cat & Pat accept a half-joking offer: a pirate boat to Zanzibar. With no ferry running, little money and no stamps in their passports, they accept. They depart at 4 AM as "illegal cargo" on a dhow (a traditional sailing vessel with a design that dates back thousands of years) with no safety gear, no radio and no engine.


- Published: 2025-12-21
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-bicycle-as-a-symbol-of-change/
- Categories: Bicycle Quotes
- Tags: Bicycle quotes explained
A bicycle interrupts a Wild West posse in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, revealing how progress arrives, and people struggle to adapt. In this latest article from my series Bicycle Quotes Explained, I examine a quote from the classic movie (based on a true story about notorious bank robbers) and explain how the bicycle changed the world.


- Published: 2025-11-24
- Modified: 2026-01-09
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/nasa-is-going-back-to-the-moon/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Space adventures
Once again my name will be aboard the ship. And if I'm lucky, I will be chosen to attend the launch and promote this pinnicle of human apsiration.


- Published: 2025-11-22
- Modified: 2025-11-25
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-looming-crisis-of-aquatic-deoxygenation/
- Categories: Articles, Explore
- Tags: Environmental awareness, Oxygen Depletion
Aquatic deoxygenation is accelerating worldwide, prompting scientists to propose it as a new planetary boundary. But the ocean’s 2% oxygen loss reveals an even bigger, overlooked threat: most of that oxygen outgasses into the atmosphere, masking the true rate of atmospheric decline. This article breaks down the science, the math, and why these hidden feedbacks may push Earth closer to an additional tipping point no one is talking about.


- Published: 2025-11-17
- Modified: 2026-01-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/cycling-the-heart-of-africa/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers
Pat & Cat Patterson share five intense days from their around-the-world bicycle journey. They pedaled deep into the West African jungle, navigating broken bridges, river crossings, border guards, firestorms, and moments of generosity that turned strangers into friends. A raw look at adventure at its most human and unpredictable.


- Published: 2025-11-16
- Modified: 2026-03-04
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-unexpected-benefits-of-travel/
- Categories: Articles, Plan
- Tags: Reprint
Travel offers far more than beautiful views. In this article, I explore the unexpected benefits of travel—from surprises and life “lessens” to memories, emotions, and inspiring people. These are the deeper rewards that continue paying dividends long after the journey is over.


- Published: 2025-10-15
- Modified: 2026-01-09
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/notes-to-our-future-selves/
- Categories: Dream, Scott's Adventures, Worksheets
- Tags: How to be the hero of your own life
While visiting my parents’ home, I found an old note I’d written to myself: “I hereby declare I will swim the English Channel!” I had forgotten all about it—forgotten the dream, the confidence, and the young man who believed he could do anything. I never swam the Channel, but holding that note reminded me of something more important.


- Published: 2025-09-19
- Modified: 2025-10-04
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/choosing-your-destination/
- Categories: Guest Adventures, Plan
- Tags: Housesitting adventures, Travel tips
Guest adventurer, Chad Turner, aka Traveling Chad, returns with his tips on how to travel the world on pennies while maximizing your cultural experience. If you like this, you can download his free ebook for more.


- Published: 2025-08-19
- Modified: 2026-01-04
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/responsible-travel/
- Categories: Guest Adventures, Plan
- Tags: Travel tips
Guest adventurer, Chad Turner, aka Traveling Chad, shares a chapter from his book "Zero to Adventure" about how to be socially responsible while traveling.


- Published: 2025-06-27
- Modified: 2025-10-06
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-to-assign-blame/
- Categories: Articles, Grow
- Tags: Infographics
Did you know that given one problem, there are 16 different possibilities of who or what to blame? I didn't, and it has changed how I view life. I outline a process to identify a problem. (It's more fun to blame things.) But, you can use it as a creative process to identify a new area of opportunity. Also download the free PDF worksheet.


- Published: 2025-05-18
- Modified: 2025-06-28
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/what-happened-to-dennis-after-cycling-the-world/
- Categories: Grow, Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite articles
If you've read Falling Uphill, you know that Dennis accompanied me halfway around the world on a bicycle. Many of you have wondered what happened to Dennis and if he found what he was looking for when he returned home. I'm honored that for the 25th anniversary of my website — a website Dennis helped build — he has written this wonderful story complete with important life lessons.


- Published: 2025-05-10
- Modified: 2025-08-19
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/travel-budget-calculator/
- Categories: Articles, Plan
- Tags: Budget travel, Money, Travel tips
The goal of a travel budget is NOT to spend as little as possible. The goal IS to spend intentionally on what matters most to you. I've distilled decades of travel experience into a practical tool that helps you calculate what your journey will really cost.


- Published: 2025-03-22
- Modified: 2025-06-21
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/kon-tiki-a-book-that-changed-my-life/
- Categories: Books, Explore, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Boating adventures, Favorite adventures
The first true adventure story I read was Kon-Tiki, and it was then that I realized I could go on my own adventure. I didn't know the Kon-Tiki still existed until I arrived in Norway.


- Published: 2025-02-27
- Modified: 2025-05-02
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/over-the-hills/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers
Middle-aged reminiscing by some guys who rode a bicycle across the country.


- Published: 2025-02-01
- Modified: 2025-12-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/my-quick-advice-on-how-to-live-an-amazing-life/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Inspiration
I believe life is an adventure and that we are here to explore and be amazed by ourselves. I distill decades of experience into this simple yet profound advice on how to turn dreams into reality with these simple steps: dream, plan, do, grow.


- Published: 2024-11-19
- Modified: 2025-06-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/from-backpacks-to-panniers-to-housesits/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Hiking and backpacking adventures, Housesitting adventures
Tim and Sharyn have spent nearly two decades redefining adventure, going from backpackers to bicycle tourists to housesitters in the world’s most beautiful and expensive cities. Read on to discover their inspiring midlife journey, lessons learned on the road, and how they’re teaching others how to housesit and save thousands while traveling the world.


- Published: 2024-10-25
- Modified: 2025-12-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/to-bike-or-not-to-bike-that-is-not-a-question/
- Categories: Bicycle Quotes
- Tags: Atta Boy!, Bicycle quotes explained, How I make stuff
This is a mashed-up bicycle quote that I created based on my favorite Shakespearean play, Hamlet. It was originally part of a quiz. Since then, it has gone viral and spread across the internet, spawning thousands of variations.


- Published: 2024-10-24
- Modified: 2026-01-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/what-is-the-grossest-thing-you-ever-ate/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill
Here is a fun bonus chapter from Falling Uphill that I thought I would post online as part of my 25th-anniversary celebration. My book was getting long, so I cut this chapter because I didn't think it matched the tone I was going for. However, I do think it is one of my funnier stories, and it showcases just how odd we humans are.


- Published: 2024-10-08
- Modified: 2025-12-02
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-to-turn-dreams-into-reality/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Inspiration
An introduction to how to turn dreams into reality. We’ll walk you through the whole process in this beautiful infographic: Get inspired, Plan your adventure, Go explore, Grow!


- Published: 2024-10-01
- Modified: 2025-02-10
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-spirit-of-adventure/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Hiking and backpacking adventures, Mountain climbing adventures
A wayfinder sign presents the classic choices and tests the spirit of adventure — keep going or go home? 
An inspirational story to celebrate our 25th-anniversary issue. Thanks to guest adventurer Mark Loftin.


- Published: 2024-09-20
- Modified: 2025-05-31
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-do-nothing-diet-grand-finale/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Do-Nothing Diet, Emotions, Experiments, Happiness, Health and Safety
Calling this my weight loss journey is a cliché — and it is not the type of adventure I long for — but it is chock-full of life lessons. How I lost 45 pounds of fat, gained 5 pounds of muscle, and surprisingly, took a big dent out of my depression.


- Published: 2024-08-24
- Modified: 2025-11-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/where-does-oxygen-come-from-and-where-does-oxygen-go/
- Categories: Articles, Explore
- Tags: Breathless, Environmental awareness, Oxygen Depletion
Like me, you may surprised to learn that there will never be more oxygen on the Earth (or in our solar system) than there is right now. And when it comes to the breathable kind, there will be less and less oxygen until it is gone, though, luckily, that could take billions of years.


- Published: 2024-05-14
- Modified: 2025-06-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-i-made-the-first-place-award-winning-cover/
- Categories: Books
- Tags: How I make stuff
A brief description of how I illustrated the cover of my debut sci-fi novel, Breathless. This cover has a lot of symbolism and Easter Eggs. Can you find any? Update:  I'm proud to announce Breathless is the First-place winner for cover design (fiction).


- Published: 2024-04-17
- Modified: 2024-12-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/totality-or-bust/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures, Microadventures, Road trip adventures, Space adventures
Total solar eclipse. My zero-star review. Haha. Get it? I've traveled the world, seen the Great Pyramids, climbed more than halfway up Everest, seen a wild Bengal tiger, and so much more. But truly a total solar eclipse was the most amazing, mind-blowing, skin-tingling thing I've ever seen.


- Published: 2024-02-12
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/harnessing-the-passion-to-swim-one-mile/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Inner journey, Motivation, Swimming adventures
A story about getting fit both physically and mentally to swim one mile. I also share the process that I created to harness different types of passion. Did you know there is more than one kind of passion? I didn’t. In retrospect, it’s a similar process that I used to cycle around the world. And, it’s a process that you can use to achieve your goals, too.


- Published: 2023-12-01
- Modified: 2026-05-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/blank-page-for-speed-test/
- Categories: Dream, Uncategorized
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- Published: 2023-11-06
- Modified: 2025-01-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/your-life-in-weeks-momento-mori/
- Categories: Plan, Worksheets
I walk you through an exercise to measure and plan your life in weeks. The free, downloadable worksheet will be an unforgettable reminder that life is short and to enjoy it while it lasts.


- Published: 2023-10-30
- Modified: 2024-09-24
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/breathless-readers-guide/
- Categories: Books
- Tags: Breathless, Reader and teacher guides
Why not enjoy an evening talking about the end of the world with your friends and a glass of wine!? Download this reader's guide, which includes thought-provoking questions, more information about the book's story structure, and bonus content.


- Published: 2023-08-12
- Modified: 2025-12-05
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/what-is-the-heros-prize/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Argonauts, How to be the hero of your own life
If you are like me, you see yourself as a hero, or at least the starring character of your own story. Your life has a grand purpose, yet the path is strewn with obstacles. If only you could reach your goals, everything would be okay. We see this scenario play out in most stories. The hero sets forth on an impossible quest. They must overcome all odds to win the prize and save the day. The hero's prize, whether that be a million dollars or the Holy Grail, is merely a symbol with a much greater meaning.


- Published: 2023-07-23
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/charged-by-a-bull-in-arches-national-park/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures, Hiking and backpacking adventures
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.


- Published: 2023-07-02
- Modified: 2025-11-28
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/did-you-break-a-world-record/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill, FAQs, Favorite articles, World records
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.


- Published: 2023-06-07
- Modified: 2025-05-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/acceptance-a-new-rule/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Do-Nothing Diet, Emotions, Experiments, Happiness, Health and Safety
Did I miss the most obvious rule on my Do-Nothing Diet? Maybe I don’t even need to diet. Perhaps I need to accept myself the way I am.


- Published: 2023-05-04
- Modified: 2024-12-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-real-jamaica/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
Another mis-adventure. I’m more of a misadventurer than an adventurer. Though I may look like a bumbling fool, I love the surprise of leaping before I look. However, often I get much more than I bargained for as I do in this Jamaican adventure.


- Published: 2022-12-24
- Modified: 2026-01-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/is-blogging-dead/
- Categories: Articles, Plan
- Tags: How I make stuff
Will artificial intelligence be the end of authors and artists? Or will it foster a new era of creativity? Humans have been copying my work for decades. Now A.I. can do it better and faster. I share my thoughts and ask AI what it thinks.


- Published: 2022-12-09
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/archaeologist-for-a-day-and-a-lifetime/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Favorite articles
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.


- Published: 2022-10-23
- Modified: 2024-09-17
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/travel-the-reset-button/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Hiking and backpacking adventures
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.


- Published: 2022-08-17
- Modified: 2025-06-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/glacier-exploring-at-wrangell-st-elias-national-park/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Hiking and backpacking adventures, Mountain climbing adventures
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.


- Published: 2022-07-15
- Modified: 2025-06-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/my-cat-editors/
- Categories: Articles, Plan
- Tags: How I make stuff
A quick story about my cat editors with lots of pictures of them "helping" me in the office.


- Published: 2022-06-18
- Modified: 2024-11-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/going-to-the-sun-road-on-a-bike/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures
In this adventure, I cycle the best road in the country, Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park before the road opened to cars. I dodge a few bears and bear poops along the way. Not everyone is so lucky.


- Published: 2022-05-08
- Modified: 2024-03-07
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-tree-of-lost-soles/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Favorite articles
The perfect vacation versus the unexpected adventure. It's the irony of being a travel author: on the one hand, I want an adventure; on the other, I want safety and comfort and lots of umbrella drinks and fish tacos.


- Published: 2022-04-11
- Modified: 2026-03-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/feel-your-feeling-talking-points/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Reader and teacher guides
Feel Your Feelings is a fun book to read, act out, and enjoy. It helps us accept that feeling our feelings is okay and that every emotion has a benefit. This book is a great way to start a larger conversation about emotions with children. To help, we created these questions and activities.


- Published: 2022-02-14
- Modified: 2025-12-21
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/finding-purpose-in-life/
- Categories: Articles, Dream
- Tags: How to be the hero of your own life, Inspiration
Do you ever wonder what is the meaning of life, and what is your purpose? I explain the meaning of life in the simplest term. Once we answer this question, we can then explore how to live a fulfilling life or, in other words, how to turn dreams into reality.


- Published: 2022-02-03
- Modified: 2025-11-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-to-measure-atmospheric-oxygen-depletion/
- Categories: Articles, Explore
- Tags: Big Ideas, Breathless, Environmental awareness, Oxygen Depletion
This article is more for scientists and field researchers. A practical step forward in determining global oxygen depletion rates. A conclusion to decades of research.


- Published: 2022-02-02
- Modified: 2026-05-09
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-long-before-the-earth-runs-out-of-oxygen/
- Categories: Articles, Explore
- Tags: Breathless, Environmental awareness, Favorite articles, Oxygen Depletion
Have you ever wondered how much breathable air is on Earth, and if we'll ever run out? Our atmosphere is paper-thin relative to a basketball, and we use its oxygen to power internal combustion engines, create electricity, and manufacture products (cement, chemicals, plastic). Worse, we are destroying the plants that make more breathable oxygen.


- Published: 2022-01-27
- Modified: 2026-05-10
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-much-oxygen-do-plants-produce/
- Categories: Articles, Explore
- Tags: Breathless, Environmental awareness, Oxygen Depletion
I calculate how much oxygen a tree breathes and how much excess oxygen a tree produces in three different ways. Spoiler alert: It's not a lot.


- Published: 2021-12-09
- Modified: 2026-01-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/10-reasons-why-global-oxygen-measurements-are-wrong/
- Categories: Articles, Explore
- Tags: Breathless, Environmental awareness, Oxygen Depletion
Ten reasons why we might be measuring oxygen in the atmosphere wrong. And how global oxygen depletion may be a hidden driver of climate change.


- Published: 2021-12-07
- Modified: 2025-05-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/overcome-depression-with-travel/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Emotions, Happiness, Partners
Guest Post by Manish: Sometimes taking a break from your daily routine is the best way to get perspective on your life. Here are some tips on how travel may be the refresher course on life that you need.


- Published: 2021-11-21
- Modified: 2025-05-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/sacrificing-physical-health-for-mental-health/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Do-Nothing Diet, Emotions, Experiments, Happiness, Health and Safety, Inner journey
Time for an update on my progress of losing weight while literally doing nothing. A sad update leads to renewed motivation. I also added a few new rules to try, like: Put down the spoon in between bites.


- Published: 2021-08-31
- Modified: 2025-01-31
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/survivor-audition-tapes/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures
My audition tapes for the Survivor TV show including eating a tarantula, a never-before-seen strategy, and funny excerpts from my 2008 handwritten application.


- Published: 2021-08-11
- Modified: 2025-09-17
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/bridge-the-gap/
- Categories: Dreamaplay, Worksheets
A 3-part worksheet to help you get unstuck. This is an exercise to help you overcome obstacles and achieve your dream. Can you get from one side to the other using either logic or emotions?


- Published: 2021-07-11
- Modified: 2025-06-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-heroines-story/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Argonauts, How to be the hero of your own life
Arguably, Jason’s wife, Medea is the true hero of the story. The story of Jason and the Argonauts is told from Medea’s point of view in Book VII of The Metamorphoses by the poet Ovid.


- Published: 2021-07-09
- Modified: 2025-05-31
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-do-nothing-diet/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Big Ideas, Do-Nothing Diet, Experiments, Favorite articles, Health and Safety
My first life experiment will be about a topic that seems commonplace: how to lose weight. Here I try a variation of a mindfulness diet. I call it the Do-Nothing Diet. Can I lose weight by literally doing nothing?


- Published: 2021-06-30
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/another-one-for-the-bikes/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Inner journey, Motivation, Senior citizen adventures
After hunkering down for a year during the pandemic, at 71-years-old, Rachel begins her fourth bicycle tour with partner Patrick.


- Published: 2021-06-07
- Modified: 2025-06-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-much-oxygen-is-in-the-atmosphere/
- Categories: Articles, Explore
- Tags: Breathless, Environmental awareness, Oxygen Depletion
I demonstrate how to calculate the mass of oxygen in the atmosphere. And I talk about ten reasons why the accepted values may be wrong.


- Published: 2021-05-28
- Modified: 2023-09-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/fear-of-water-versus-fear-of-self/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Boating adventures, Swimming adventures
Scott swims from one island to another overcoming his fear of water and fulfilling an old dream.


- Published: 2021-05-16
- Modified: 2026-02-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/create-your-own-ecosystem/
- Categories: Backyard Adventures
- Tags: Bringing the world to your doorstep, Environmental awareness
What happens when you turn a patch of grass into a tiny wild world? In this Backyard Adventure, a simple change invites butterflies, birds, and all kinds of surprising creatures to move in—and shows how even the smallest yard can become its own ecosystem.


- Published: 2021-05-07
- Modified: 2025-05-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-benefits-of-depression/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Emotions, Happiness, Partners
It sounds like a contradiction, but consider depression a practice problem for life's bigger challenges. Learn how to put depression into perspective.


- Published: 2021-05-05
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-law-of-thirds/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Big Ideas, Emotions, Favorite articles, Happiness
I call this concept "The rule of thirds." We can use this rule to help us find alternate solutions or judge whether we are achieving success with the one solution we are using.


- Published: 2021-04-28
- Modified: 2025-09-17
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/dont-break-the-chain/
- Categories: Worksheets
Don't break the chain habit trackers to help you take a step of action every day to make your dream a reality, including a 1-month challenge (an adult and kid-friendly version) and a 1-year challenge to help you take a step of action every day to make your dream a reality.


- Published: 2021-04-15
- Modified: 2025-05-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/you-cant-be-depressed-when-youre-impressed/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Emotions, Happiness, Partners
We talk about whether depression is in the mind or the body. And, another tool to help you feel better before you even know you need to feel better.


- Published: 2021-03-25
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/scott-applies-to-be-an-astronaut-again/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Space adventures
Scott applies to be a crew candidate for the dearMoon project to fly to the moon and back aboard the SpaceX Starship as one of the first space tourists.


- Published: 2021-03-19
- Modified: 2025-06-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-much-oxygen-is-consumed-by-fossil-fuels-per-year/
- Categories: Articles, Explore
- Tags: Breathless, Environmental awareness, Oxygen Depletion
What if the driver of climate change is NOT carbon dioxide but oxygen depletion? See the math to compare CO2 emissions to oxygen burned.


- Published: 2021-03-11
- Modified: 2025-05-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/my-quest-for-happiness/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Emotions, Happiness, Partners
An introduction to my adventure in depression. A series about how to find/create more joy in life. Everyone can benefit from these life lessons and activities.


- Published: 2021-03-01
- Modified: 2025-07-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-argonauts-inc/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Argonauts, How I make stuff
The story about Scott's first website and business.


- Published: 2021-02-28
- Modified: 2025-06-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-much-oxygen-is-consumed-by-the-earth-per-year-by-natural-causes/
- Categories: Articles, Explore
- Tags: Breathless, Environmental awareness, Oxygen Depletion
There are many ways oxygen is burned/consumed/oxidized. It is a very reactive element. We highlight the major natural causes, like: respiration, decomposition, forest fires, rust and more.


- Published: 2021-02-19
- Modified: 2025-11-21
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/scotts-name-lands-on-mars/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures, Favorite articles, Inspiration, Mars adventures, Space adventures
Aboard the Perseverance is my name, "Scott Stoll," engraved on a silicon chip. Does that make me an astronaut? Are dreams written in stone — or silicon? Can Martians read?


- Published: 2021-01-15
- Modified: 2024-01-25
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-big-scotty-five-oh/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures
A weekend in Red River Gorge, near the Adventure Capital of Kentucky, gave me time to think about what I've achieved in my life so far.


> When I was younger, I wanted to do something never done before. I wanted to conquer the world and stand on the tallest mountain. As I grow older...

- Published: 2021-01-14
- Modified: 2026-06-14
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-untold-stories/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures, Favorite articles
When I was younger, I wanted to do something never done before. I wanted to conquer the world and stand on the tallest mountain. As I grow older, I see every day as a new adventure.


- Published: 2021-01-13
- Modified: 2025-11-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/theme-the-fourth-most-important-factor-when-planning-your-travels/
- Categories: Dream, Plan
- Tags: Inspiration
Tips to plan your travel themes and stay safe. The theme of your travels is your dream and what is fueling your steps of action to make your adventure real.


- Published: 2021-01-07
- Modified: 2025-05-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/is-depression-a-matter-of-mind-over-matter/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Emotions, Happiness, Partners
But is thinking the only way out of depression? Is depression simply mind over matter? If you are a fan of social media, you might think so.


- Published: 2020-12-23
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/a-reverse-psychology-trick-for-depression/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Emotions, Happiness, Partners
You will be surprised what you discover with this reverse psychology trick that we can use on our “bad” emotions, whether that be depression or anything else.


- Published: 2020-12-21
- Modified: 2023-09-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/is-travel-by-train-worthwhile-in-the-usa/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Train adventures
Traveling the country is often considered to be a road trip in a car, but travel by train can allow for a different kind of enjoyment seeing the vast spaces and places of the continental US.


- Published: 2020-12-12
- Modified: 2024-10-05
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-to-prevent-bicycle-theft-in-4-steps/
- Categories: Plan
- Tags: Partners, Travel tips
More and more people are now opting to ride their bikes. If you are a new rider, you may be wondering how to keep your bicycle safe. Here are four easy ways to prevent bicycle theft.


- Published: 2020-11-18
- Modified: 2025-05-29
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/a-checklist-of-what-to-do-before-your-europe-tour/
- Categories: Plan
- Tags: Partners, Travel tips
Before you jump on a plane, it is important to ensure you are prepared with a checklist of your essentials. Here are the basics.


- Published: 2020-08-24
- Modified: 2026-03-02
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/adventures-before-the-era-of-blogs/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Favorite adventures, Photography adventures
When Scott's first adventure-travel website, theArgonauts.com, came online in 1999, our vision was to give adventurers a forum to share their adventures in real-time — as they were happening!


- Published: 2020-07-28
- Modified: 2025-05-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/happiness-is-a-choice-or-is-it/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Emotions, Happiness, Partners
Welcome to part 3 in my series on depression. Today, we will discuss whether happiness is a choice or not. And I will give you two more simple solutions to feeling better right now.


- Published: 2020-07-23
- Modified: 2025-06-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/is-depression-bad/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Emotions, Favorite articles, Happiness, Partners
Is depression bad or good, abnormal or normal? Is depression a bodily sensation or an emotional feeling? The answer will surprise you and help you feel better.


- Published: 2020-06-17
- Modified: 2024-10-05
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/my-reasons-to-go-diving-in-komodo-island/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Partners, Swimming adventures
Komodo Island is recognized as one of the world’s best diving spots in the world. Its aquatic features and scenery is a wonder to behold.


- Published: 2020-06-05
- Modified: 2026-02-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/bingo-scavenger-hunt-backyard-edition/
- Categories: Backyard Adventures, Dreamaplay, Worksheets
Bingo Scavenger Hunt: Backyard Edition. Play at home or with your neighbor. You'll be surprised at everything you discover: plants, animals, bugs, rocks, stars and more.


- Published: 2020-05-10
- Modified: 2025-01-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-bicycling-reverend/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Charity adventures
The bicycling Reverend Johannes Myors helps a stranded Marine suffering from Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).


- Published: 2020-03-27
- Modified: 2024-10-05
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/best-places-to-explore-in-liverpool/
- Categories: Guest Adventures, Plan
- Tags: Partners, Travel tips
Liverpool is a beautiful city with countless attractions, restaurants and bars to explore.


- Published: 2019-11-21
- Modified: 2023-09-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/a-bicycle-touring-packing-list-from-1897/
- Categories: Plan
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Gear, Travel tips
Times have changed! Both culture and technology. How many of these items from the Victorian era would you include on your cycle touring packing list?


- Published: 2019-09-24
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/nature-always-wins-when-climbing-ice-to-laguna-de-los-tres-in-patagonia/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Hiking and backpacking adventures, Partners
Treacherous conditions at Laguna de Los Tres in Patagonia force two hikers to turn back but that doesn't stop them from enjoying an unforgettable experience.


- Published: 2019-08-30
- Modified: 2025-05-19
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-to-make-a-memorable-moment/
- Categories: Dream, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures, Favorite articles, Inner journey, Inspiration
In celebration of my website's 20th anniversary and my 50th lap around the sun, I've written an extra-special story about how I live a life worth living, including making memorable moments and how friends shed new light on life.


- Published: 2019-08-26
- Modified: 2025-02-27
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/old-friends-never-die/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Bicycle tourers, Boating adventures, Favorite adventures, Inner journey, Photography adventures
A heart-warming story about how our true friends never leave us even when they take that last great adventure into the sky.


- Published: 2019-08-23
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/a-new-way-of-seeing/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures, Inner journey, Senior citizen adventures
Rachel Hugens, world traveler by bicycle, shares the biggest lesson she learned after 25 years on and off the road. Avid traveler or armchair traveler, this will change your life, too!


- Published: 2019-08-14
- Modified: 2026-02-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/visit-mars-from-your-backyard/
- Categories: Backyard Adventures, Dreamaplay, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures, Mars adventures, Space adventures
You can visit Mars right from your own home or backyard in more ways than one. Yes! Seriously.


- Published: 2019-07-22
- Modified: 2025-12-02
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-to-turn-dreams-into-reality-kid-friendly-version/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Inspiration
A kid-friendly introduction to how to turn dreams into reality. We’ll walk you through the whole process in this beautiful infographic: dreaming (goal setting and optimistic thinking), mapping (planning and perseverance) and playing (enjoying the journey and mindfulness).


- Published: 2019-07-02
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/desolate-highways-to-thunder-mountain-and-beyond/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures, Inner journey
It has been 20 years since adventurer Mark Loftin has contributed his first story to our website. Your future self will thank you for his insights and wisdom that you can apply right now to your travels. Besides it is a beautiful story about biking Thunder Mountain Trail and exploring the Extraterrestrial Highway.


- Published: 2019-06-02
- Modified: 2025-06-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/why-i-quit-being-an-adventurer-to-become-an-accountant/
- Categories: Guest Adventures, Plan
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Budget travel, Inner journey, Travel tips
Tim Moss explains how being an accountant is more fulfilling than being a full-time professional adventurer. Don't worry, he explains how you can do both.


- Published: 2019-05-15
- Modified: 2025-05-19
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/weather-and-climate-the-second-most-important-factor-while-traveling/
- Categories: Guest Adventures, Plan, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill, Health and Safety, Travel tips
How do you plan for something as unpredictable as the weather when traveling? Weather planning advice, tips and tricks.


- Published: 2019-05-11
- Modified: 2025-05-31
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-slogans/
- Categories: Bicycle Quotes
Popular bicycle slogans with the original source. Also bicycle sayings, advocacy slogans, expressions, gnomes, anonymous quotes and more. Great for T-shirts and memes.


- Published: 2019-05-01
- Modified: 2025-05-31
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/bollywood-movie-chura-liya-hai-tumne/
- Categories: Books, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Falling Uphill, Favorite adventures
My debut video as a backup dancer in a Bollywood blockbuster movie. This is the catchy song "Mohabbat Hai Mirchi" from the movie "Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne."


- Published: 2019-05-01
- Modified: 2026-03-04
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/what-is-an-adventure/
- Categories: Articles, Dream
- Tags: Argonauts, Favorite adventures, Favorite articles, How to be the hero of your own life, Infographics
Words like adventure, hero and epic have become cliches that have lost their meaning. So unfortunately we can't say: "I'm a hero going on an epic adventure," and be meaningful. So, what exactly is an adventure? And how do we make every day an adventure?


- Published: 2018-12-14
- Modified: 2025-03-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/scott-stolls-media-appearances/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Radio, Pressroom: TV, Pressroom: Web
Links to all of Scott Stoll's favorite media appearances: newspaper, magazine, television, radio, web and more.


- Published: 2018-10-03
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-my-teacher-helped-me-live-my-life/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Educational adventures, Hiking and backpacking adventures, Inner journey
In seventh grade, I had a teacher, Mr Montgomery, who changed my life in more ways than one. We exchanged addresses so that we could send each other postcards of our summer vacations.


- Published: 2018-09-13
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/staying-safe-in-an-ever-changing-world/
- Categories: Guest Adventures, Plan
- Tags: Health and Safety, Partners, Travel tips
The world is open to all the adventures you could hope for. The other facet of this is that there is a world of safety possibilities that need to be considered. These are developing and changing every year.


- Published: 2018-08-31
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/why-take-a-gap-year-to-travel-the-world/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Gap year adventures, Partners
Travel broadens your horizons, but it is challenging to set aside time to take a real holiday (or vacation), but here is why you need to do it.


- Published: 2018-08-02
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/my-indie-book-award-arrived/
- Categories: Books, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill, Testimonial
My award arrived in the mail for the anniversary edition of Falling Uphill. Yay! You could call this my coming of age journey. The sequel is planned for 2037. I imagine I'll have some interesting perspective as I do it all again. Well... maybe not the whole world via bicycle. Thank you Next Generation Indie Book Awards


- Published: 2018-07-22
- Modified: 2024-12-24
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/man-to-swim-across-the-pacific-ocean/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Extreme adventures, Featured adventures, Swimming adventures
Ben Lecomte has already swum across the Atlantic Ocean. Now hew will attempt to swim across the Pacific Ocean. This a dramatic attempt to raise awareness about ocean plastic.


- Published: 2018-07-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-best-packing-list-advice-for-bicycle-tourers/
- Categories: Plan, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Gear, Reprint, Travel tips
I don't mean to scare people, but it's important to know that bicycle touring can be life-threatening if you don't have the proper supplies. Scott shares his packing list and advice from years of experience traveling.


- Published: 2018-06-10
- Modified: 2025-09-17
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/dream-it-facilitators-guide/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Reader and teacher guides, The Dream Playbook
The free, evidence-based SEL curriculum and facilitator’s guide is perfect for teachers, homeschoolers and health care professionals. Students will learn how to harness their passion and set life goals with our evidence-based workbook Dream It!


- Published: 2018-06-08
- Modified: 2025-06-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/our-new-kid-friendly-website/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: How I make stuff, The Dream Playbook
Because we believe everything is an adventure, and all good adventures start with a dream, in 2018, we published our evidence-based workbook Dream It! and matching website Dreamaplay 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!


- Published: 2018-05-18
- Modified: 2025-01-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/with-the-sun-on-our-right/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures, Physically challenged adventurers, Tricycle adventures
Tim and Laura Moss quit their jobs to cycle 13,000 miles around the world. Riding across deserts, over mountains and through jungles, they braved climatic extremes from sub-zero blizzards to the sweltering tropics. But this is not a book about cycling. It is a book about the world and its people.


- Published: 2018-04-30
- Modified: 2025-05-29
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/supply-list-for-world-bicycle-tour/
- Categories: Plan, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill, FAQs, Gear, Travel tips
The rule of thumb when preparing for a trip is to leave half of everything at home and you'll still be carrying too much. Here is a supply kit and tips for almost any adventure.


- Published: 2018-04-26
- Modified: 2025-06-10
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/writing-for-the-digital-medium/
- Categories: Articles, Plan
- Tags: How I make stuff
Guidelines to writing an article that will be indexed by search engines and read by audiences. We'll use this article itself as a kind of how-to template.


- Published: 2018-03-09
- Modified: 2026-01-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/an-accident-cant-stop-a-mission-from-god/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Charity adventures
"With every revolution of the wheels... a prayer goes up to Heaven." This is Reverend Johannes Myors' mantra as he rides his bicycle across the USA on his 73rd mission to help people in need.


- Published: 2018-02-12
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/48-hours-in-kauai/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Hiking and backpacking adventures
Our adventure, Mark Loftin, books a last-minute, solo trip to Kauai, Hawaii, and avoids looking at pictures so the 550 square miles will be a surprise.


- Published: 2018-01-24
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/northern-tier-bicycle-tour/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers
Adventure creates unique “moments” for your heart, mind and body. You never forget the time when you slogged through a downpour along Oregon’s coast. You never forget that tornado funnel as you pedaled across Oklahoma...


- Published: 2017-11-19
- Modified: 2025-05-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-to-record-a-travel-audiobook/
- Categories: Books
- Tags: Falling Uphill, How I make stuff
A guide for the complete beginner. Including tips on voice warm-up, voice acting, room noise, equipment and audio resampling process.


- Published: 2017-11-08
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/exploring-yellowstone-hiking-glacier-and-the-unexpected-in-between/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Favorite adventures, Photography adventures, Road trip adventures
Before the word "blog" even existed, Mark Loftin was an adventurer and contributor to our website. 17 years later, I'm glad to see he hasn't lost his adventurous spirit. In this post, Mark discovers an unexpected theme to his journey.


- Published: 2017-06-05
- Modified: 2025-05-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/my-best-bikepacking-tips-and-experiences/
- Categories: Plan, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Reprint, Travel tips
After 4 years on the road, Scott shares his tips and experience on bikepacking, details about his book, and his passion to inspire people.


- Published: 2017-01-06
- Modified: 2024-11-27
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/toms-bicycle-tour-of-africa/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures, Senior citizen adventures
Tom, 61, wants to do something before he runs out of of time, so he decides to cycle through Africa.


- Published: 2016-11-21
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/4-europe-cycling-tours-youll-enjoy/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Partners
If you’re looking for an active and healthy, but also exhilarating holiday, setting out on European cycling tour is a great choice.


- Published: 2016-11-18
- Modified: 2024-12-07
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/living-like-a-local-to-improve-your-spanish/
- Categories: Guest Adventures, Plan
- Tags: Educational adventures, Travel tips
Are you embarrassed that your are not very fluent. Or do locals automatically start speaking English? Daniel discusses 3 rules to carrying on a conversation in Spanish with locals.


- Published: 2016-11-04
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/dreaming-of-doing-the-absurd/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures, Inner journey, Tricycle adventures
Rachel tells her story: "I found myself without obligations, dealing with the pain of ending a long-term relationship when the idea of cycle touring started to form."


- Published: 2016-10-22
- Modified: 2025-07-27
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/a-bicycle-ride-around-the-world-begins-with-a-single-pedal-stroke/
- Categories: Bicycle Quotes, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle quotes explained, Favorite articles
An Adventure Cycling #TGIF quote, Bicycle Bliss Calendar's February bike quote and now an all-time famous bicycle quotes. Read the story behind this quote and how it is one of the surprising benefits to travel.


- Published: 2016-09-23
- Modified: 2025-08-10
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/159-bicycle-touring-destinations-you-must-see/
- Categories: Plan, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Travel tips
Map of the 159 best bicycle touring destinations in the world from the leading experts -- world cyclists that have been there and done that.


- Published: 2016-09-06
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-advertisement-that-got-me-fired-and-ruined-my-life/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill, Favorite adventures, Favorite articles
This career-changing and life-changing event led to the incendiary moment which compelled me to ask, "If I could do anything, what would I do?"


- Published: 2016-08-18
- Modified: 2026-02-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/spot-the-international-space-station/
- Categories: Backyard Adventures, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Space adventures
Here is an easy backyard adventure that I have done 3 times already. You can easily spot the International Space Station flying overhead. It looks a lot like a fast airplane except that's a lot higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour.


- Published: 2016-07-08
- Modified: 2025-01-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/race-to-alaska/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Boating adventures, Extreme adventures, Favorite adventures
See live updates as Colin Angus rows/sails from BC, Canada to Alaska. Intro and Day 12 update below.


- Published: 2016-07-05
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/angels-on-every-corner/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Charity adventures
An amazing story of faith, trust, intuition and a bicycle angles all framed in the story of a beloved bicycle lost and then found.


- Published: 2016-06-21
- Modified: 2025-06-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-logo-design/
- Categories: Articles, Plan
- Tags: How I make stuff, Partners
Scott's loves to do graphic design for anything related to bicycles, travel and adventure, especially logos. Who better to design your logo than someone who loves bicycles?


- Published: 2016-06-11
- Modified: 2025-05-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-before-and-after-picture/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Emotions, Falling Uphill, Happiness
Here is my before and after picture after riding my bicycle around the world. I like to think that the change on the inside is even more dramatic.


- Published: 2016-06-11
- Modified: 2025-01-17
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/favorite-photos-of-the-world-bike-tour/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill
Below are some of my favorite pictures of my trip, featured in newspapers all over the world. I took over 4000 photographs, most of them using a 35mm film Canon Rebel, sending the rolls of film home one-by-one in the mail.


- Published: 2016-06-11
- Modified: 2025-07-02
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/frequently-asked-questions-about-the-world-bicycle-tour/
- Categories: Plan, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill, FAQs, Travel tips
FAQ's, tips and tricks to help you plan your bicycle ride around the world.


- Published: 2016-06-11
- Modified: 2025-08-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/health-and-safety-the-most-important-factor-while-traveling/
- Categories: Guest Adventures, Plan, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill, Health and Safety, Travel tips
What happens if you get sick or injured while traveling? Health and safety advice, tips and tricks.


- Published: 2016-06-11
- Modified: 2025-05-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-much-does-it-cost-to-cycle-around-the-world/
- Categories: Guest Adventures, Plan, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Budget travel, Falling Uphill, Money, Travel tips
How to budget for an epic journey around the world on a bicycle. This article includes guidelines and the actual budget from a real trip around the world. Would you be surprised it only cost $22 per day?


- Published: 2016-06-11
- Modified: 2026-02-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-do-you-define-circumnavigating-the-world-on-a-bicycle/
- Categories: Plan, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill, FAQs, Travel tips
How does one define bicycling around the world? Well, you wouldn't get very far trying to bicycle around the equator since it is mostly water. However, you could try lugging your bicycle to the North or South Pole, once there you could finish the trip in minutes. Or...


- Published: 2016-06-11
- Modified: 2025-05-31
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/what-kind-of-bicycle-did-you-ride-around-the-world/
- Categories: Plan, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill, FAQs, Gear, Travel tips
The short answer is: you can ride any bike. I rode a mountain bike. Practically speaking, you'll want a touring bicycle. More about how to choose a touring bike below.


- Published: 2016-06-10
- Modified: 2026-04-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/around-the-world-by-bicycle/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill
One man's quest for happiness around the world on a bicycle. 4 years, 41,444 Kilometers (25,752 miles), 59 Countries, 6 Continents and 4 moments of enlightenment.


- Published: 2016-06-10
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/world-bicycle-touring-videos/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill
If pictures are worth a thousand words, videos must be worth a million. Unfortunately, I don't have very many videos from my trip because I didn't bring any digital devices with me until the very end when my film camera broke. That being said, I think you will find the following representative of cycling around the world.


- Published: 2016-06-08
- Modified: 2025-05-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/travel-resources/
- Categories: Plan
- Tags: Health and Safety, Money, Travel tips
Welcome to our travel resource section! These are handpicked online resources that we've found extraordinarily helpful to plan journeys of any kind. Even though this information is constantly changing and can be quite personalized, I recommend you browse the categories to get an idea of what you are missing.


- Published: 2016-05-17
- Modified: 2024-10-28
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/welcome-book-expo-friends/
- Categories: Books, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Pressroom: Media coverage
Welcome to all our new friends from the Book Expo America. My partner, Dr Sara Williams, and I had a great time participating as both educators and authors.


- Published: 2016-05-06
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/solar-powered-bicycle/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures, Motorized adventures, Solar-powered adventures
After suffering knee pains, Andrej Berlec invented his own solar bicycle. Now he can ride up to 250 km per day.


- Published: 2016-05-05
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/what-is-the-better-survival-strategy-cooperation-or-competition/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Big Ideas, Breathless, Favorite articles
There is a growing discontent between classes and the battle between greed and altruism -- the American Dilemma. This article is about a third option.


- Published: 2016-04-29
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/explore-venice-city-water/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Boating adventures, Hiking and backpacking adventures
Jacob Laukaitis is a 21–year-old digital nomad who’s been to more than 35 countries in the last 3 years. He documents his journey with video.


- Published: 2016-03-11
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/caribbean-kick-scooter-adventure/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures
If you think riding a bicycle around the world is crazy, try kick pushing a scooter. The locals think it's crazy too.


- Published: 2016-03-06
- Modified: 2024-09-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-wheels-of-chance-by-hg-wells/
- Categories: Bicycle Quotes, Books, Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle quotes explained, Bicycle tourers, Famous explorers, Reprint
H.G. Wells wasn't just a visionary when it came to time machines or men walking on the moon, he also wrote the very first book about bicycle touring, which also helped give rise to the female emancipation movement.


- Published: 2016-03-04
- Modified: 2025-05-31
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/life-is-like-riding-a-bicycle-einstein/
- Categories: Bicycle Quotes
- Tags: Bicycle quotes explained, Favorite articles
Einstein's famous bicycle quote explained. "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." See the original source.


- Published: 2016-03-03
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/tandem-bicycle-ride-across-america/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers
A Chinese gal and a British guy ride a tandem bicycle from coast to coast across the united states.


- Published: 2016-02-12
- Modified: 2024-11-05
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/cycling-the-shimanami-kaido-route/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers
Jacob cycles the Shimanami Kaido route in Japan. It connects the Honshu and Shikoku islands through 6 smaller islands. Watch the video.


- Published: 2016-02-09
- Modified: 2024-11-05
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/imagine-standing-on-mars/
- Categories: Dreamaplay, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Famous explorers, Mars adventures, Space adventures
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to stand on Mars? Now you don't have to thanks to this month's featured Argonaut, the Curiosity Rover. Stand on Mars in this virtual reality panoramic image.


- Published: 2016-01-22
- Modified: 2024-11-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-touring-infographic/
- Categories: Plan, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Travel tips
121 Bicycle touring experts share the details of their trip. I'm honored to be one of them. You can see below that bicycle touring is sport that almost anyone can do.


- Published: 2016-01-08
- Modified: 2025-12-04
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/what-is-a-hero/
- Categories: Articles, Dream
- Tags: Argonauts, Favorite articles, How to be the hero of your own life
Is it true that the only people who achieve great things are the ones who take risks and reach for the impossible. Is that what it means to be a hero?


- Published: 2016-01-01
- Modified: 2025-06-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-story-of-jason-and-the-argonauts-for-kids/
- Categories: Dreamaplay
- Tags: Argonauts, How to be the hero of your own life
The myth of Jason and the Argonauts and the quest for the Golden Fleece for kids with fun illustrations. Based on one of the first heroic adventures ever told.


- Published: 2015-12-06
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/karun-river-iran-from-source-to-sea/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures, Hiking and backpacking adventures
We've heard a lot of great things about traveling Iran — history, hospitality, cuisine — and Tom Allen's unique journey traveling the Karun River from source to sea proves that and more. Be sure to watch the trailer to his film below, a successful Kickstarter project and "Official selection of the Kendal Mountain Festival 2015.


- Published: 2015-12-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/thoughts-on-being-american-in-the-age-of-terrorism/
- Categories: Guest Adventures, Plan
- Tags: Health and Safety, Travel tips
It's been about 16 years since we first featured Andy's adventures. We've been long overdue for an update. So we checked in with Andy and asked him how the last 19 years of constant travel have influenced his worldview on being American


- Published: 2015-11-06
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/falling-uphill-in-kenya/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Make-A-Book Project
The children's edition of Falling Uphill arrives in Kenya.


- Published: 2015-10-31
- Modified: 2025-06-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/troubleshooting-health-issues-while-traveling/
- Categories: Guest Adventures, Plan
- Tags: Health and Safety, Partners, Travel tips
Nothing will put the brakes on a trip like getting sick or injured. Travel tips on staying healthy, being prepared and curing the common traveler's woes.


- Published: 2015-09-29
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/for-those-who-want-more-from-life/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Inner journey
Mark Jason explains his motivation for riding a bicycle around the world and gives some advice for living life to the fullest.


- Published: 2015-08-17
- Modified: 2025-06-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/poison-used-on-cincinnati-bicycle-trails/
- Categories: Articles, Plan
- Tags: Environmental awareness
I was riding my bicycle thinking I was improving my health. Then I noticed that the weeds along the fence were being poisoned with herbicide.


- Published: 2015-08-11
- Modified: 2021-08-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/lumenocity/
- Categories: Dreamaplay
- Tags: Microadventures
Cincinnati's Lumenocity is a classical music performance by the symphony, which uses lasers to illuminate the Music Hall building with animations.


- Published: 2015-07-24
- Modified: 2025-06-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-dream-workshop-pilot-program/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Research, The Dream Playbook
We tested the Dream Playbook in over a dozen schools. We called it our "Dream Workshop" but it was so much fun that the students called it "The Dream Club."


- Published: 2015-07-08
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/trans-mongolian-kite-trike-tour/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Flying adventures, Tricycle adventures
A kite-trike tour! Being pulled by a kite on a recumbent trike across Mongolia. That's the vision about an adventure from Matthias Ramsel!


- Published: 2015-07-08
- Modified: 2025-05-19
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/money-the-third-most-important-factor-while-traveling/
- Categories: Guest Adventures, Plan
- Tags: Budget travel, Money, Travel tips
Money may be the least romantic aspect of travel, but it's often the determining factor in how long your journey can last. We discuss why and where to spend your money (the philosophy). Plus, we discuss practical tips, security and tips to save money.


- Published: 2015-06-08
- Modified: 2026-02-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/collect-your-own-water-with-a-rain-barrel/
- Categories: Backyard Adventures, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Bringing the world to your doorstep, Environmental awareness
Collect your own rainwater with this simple setup. Not only is it free, but rainwater contains its own natural fertilizers.


- Published: 2015-04-24
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-buttons/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Bicycle tourers, Budget travel
As a bicyclist and a very creative person, I wanted to add something to my travels and created the velobotones — small bikes made of wire and colorful buttons.


- Published: 2015-03-27
- Modified: 2025-05-31
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/retrofit-street-design-optimized-for-humans-not-cars/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Big Ideas, Environmental awareness, Favorite articles
Does anyone describe the philosophy of our roads in one word? Is it efficiency? Is it cost? It appears to me there is no guiding principal. So why not build stuff optimized for what it means to be human? Not only is this street redesign optimized for health and happiness, but it also 2–4 times as safe and energy efficient. These ideas have been rattling around in my head for years, and I've finally decided to give them life in this quick sketch.


- Published: 2015-03-12
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/scott-stoll-wants-to-go-to-mars-and-never-come-back/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures, Mars adventures, Pressroom: Magazine, Pressroom: Media coverage, Space adventures
Sometimes Scott Stoll dreams of that first day on Mars. He steps outside, the rusty red rocks kicking up a fine dust beneath his feet. He is in an extra-terrestrial bowl surrounded by an eroded rim that rises gently on the horizon, forming the lip of a vast crater.


- Published: 2015-02-19
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/mars-one-failure-to-launch/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Mars adventures, Pressroom: Media coverage, Space adventures
The good news is that I won't have to eat worms and algae for the rest of my life; the bad news is that I failed to qualify for the next round of Mars One.


- Published: 2015-02-11
- Modified: 2025-06-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-to-visit-another-planet-without-leaving-earth/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Partners, Space adventures
As kids, we all dream of blasting off in a rocket ship headed for other worlds. Perhaps it was the romance of discovery or the desire to escape.


- Published: 2015-01-26
- Modified: 2023-09-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/jumping-jacks-on-a-frozen-lake/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Microadventures
Here's another item to add to your bucket list. Walking on top of a frozen lake is a simple and fun adventure many people can do near their home.


- Published: 2014-12-05
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/scotts-world-record/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Boating adventures, Favorite adventures, Partners, World records
I've done many things, but I don't hold any world records until now. I am the first person to ever cross state lines by riding a bicycle over a river!


- Published: 2014-12-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/tim-moss-expeditions/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, World records
Tim Moss is another pioneer of helping people find the adventures in everyday life; thus he calls them Everyday Adventures.


- Published: 2014-10-16
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/around-the-world-travel-radio-correspondent/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Radio
I have had many impromptu interviews all over the world, including the Fitness Guru on Sirius Radio and Around the World Radio.


- Published: 2014-10-14
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/aquatic-bicycles/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Boating adventures, Partners, Tricycle adventures
If you didn't know, I rode a bicycle around the world, and the most popular question was: "How did you ride a bike across the ocean?" My favorite joke was to say: "I just put extra air in the tires." Now the joke has come true.


- Published: 2014-10-10
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/a-bike-ride-across-the-usa-for-alzheimers-awareness/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Charity adventures
Dave Adam is biking across most of the country in memory of his father and grandfather who died from Alzheimer’s to help raise awareness.


- Published: 2014-09-22
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/friendships-and-bicycle-adventures/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers
While adventure cycling, your highs become higher, your lows become lower, you sweat on the climbs and you chill on the descent.


- Published: 2014-09-17
- Modified: 2026-02-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/grow-food-not-grass/
- Categories: Backyard Adventures, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Bringing the world to your doorstep, Environmental awareness
What better way to have a backyard adventure than to grow a garden? We recommend you start with a potted plant like basil.


- Published: 2014-09-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/martian-babies/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Mars adventures, Space adventures
When my girlfriend found out I qualified to be a Martian astronaut she wasn't supportive. "Honey, just think, we could have the first Martian babies ever!" and other funny things people say.


- Published: 2014-06-24
- Modified: 2024-11-25
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/705-mars-one-applicants-remain-scott-is-one-of-them/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Mars adventures, Space adventures
705 Mars astronaut candidates remain for the Mars One mission to colonize Mars. Scott Stoll is one of them. It's a one-way trip.


- Published: 2014-06-09
- Modified: 2025-11-21
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/my-quest-to-bicycle-mars/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures, Mars adventures, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Radio, Space adventures
In case you didn't hear, I made round 2.5 of the Mars One project and my quest to be the first person to bicycle two planets. Listen to my NPR interview.


- Published: 2014-06-03
- Modified: 2024-03-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-universes-most-amazing-photo/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Space adventures
10 years later and this is still the most amazing image I have ever seen, the most faraway reaches of our universe ever photographed. In this tiny pinprick of one of the darkest regions of the sky, are 10,000 galaxies.


- Published: 2014-04-30
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/walden/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures
A short winter ride turns into an adventure full of thoughtful introspection and inspiration for the coming year. This is one of my favorite guest posts.


- Published: 2014-04-10
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-coast-to-coast-across-america/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers
A cross country bike ride. Part 2: Oregon Trail through tall forests.


- Published: 2014-02-26
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/a-bike-ride-through-central-america-to-support-mental-health/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Charity adventures
I've had the chance to speak with Daniel about his adventure. His passion for the bicycle and more so for mental health are outstanding. I ride with him in spirit.


- Published: 2014-01-22
- Modified: 2026-02-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/are-you-a-flutterby/
- Categories: Backyard Adventures, Dreamaplay
Do you stop to smell the flowers and sip the nectar of life? Or do you just flutter past everything and let your wings get caught in the winds of life?


- Published: 2014-01-08
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/world-record-bicycle-ride-to-the-south-pole/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Antarctica, Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures, Featured adventures, Tricycle adventures, World records
Another story that makes me jealous. The first human-powered, tricycle ride to the South Pole.


- Published: 2014-01-06
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/cycling-africa-solo/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Solo adventures
I always recommend people keep their stories short and sweet. Here is the shortest and sweetest so far. Congratulations on taking life into your own hands.


- Published: 2014-01-05
- Modified: 2026-01-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/vamos-chicas-vamos/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Cultural Ambassador, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Make-A-Book Project, Testimonial
The Spanish edition of my "Falling Uphill" kids book "Cayendo Hacia Arriba" is being used by the Peace Corp in Paraguay to teach kids how to read and dream.


- Published: 2014-01-02
- Modified: 2024-11-25
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/1058-mars-one-applicants-make-first-cut/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Mars adventures, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Web, Space adventures
I am one of the 297 people selected from the United States, half which are woman and about 75 in my age group. I am excited to be part of this! Even in a thousand years everyone will remember the first trip to Mars.


- Published: 2013-12-30
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/my-first-bicycle-tour-in-india/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers
Here is a a resourceful microadventure in India by bicycle. I like the reference to a "A philosophical experience".


- Published: 2013-12-26
- Modified: 2025-06-21
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-giving-tree-sequel/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Favorite articles, How I make stuff
I've always been disturbed that the tree sacrifices itself to a greedy old man—so I rewrote the ending and drew new pictures matching the font and style.


- Published: 2013-12-06
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/an-unusual-tribute-to-nelson-mandela/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
This may not be what most people would expect, but it is a personal story about what impressed me about the character of a man that is sure to be legendary. During my travels in South Africa I visited Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned and did hard labor breaking rocks for 23 years.


- Published: 2013-11-27
- Modified: 2024-03-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/where-are-you-from/
- Categories: Books
- Tags: Falling Uphill, FAQs
I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Planet Earth, Sol System, Milky Way Galaxy, the Known Universe, and have called various places home.


- Published: 2013-11-01
- Modified: 2024-10-27
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/fan-bike-quotes/
- Categories: Bicycle Quotes
Why not create an adventure and a quotable moment of your own? Submit your personal bicycle quotation.


- Published: 2013-09-07
- Modified: 2025-05-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-search-for-pablo/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Cultural Ambassador, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Make-A-Book Project
Myself, the embassy, the media, and even the Governor of the Chaco all searched for Pablo and his family. Update: I have some new information. Please help find Pablo.


- Published: 2013-09-01
- Modified: 2023-09-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/a-how-to-guide-for-bike-touring/
- Categories: Plan, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Pressroom: Magazine, Pressroom: Media coverage, Reprint, Travel tips
SCOTT STOLL BIKED around the world, cycling a whopping 25,742 miles in four years. He wrote about his continent-hopping bike trip in the book Falling Uphill.


- Published: 2013-08-06
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-worlds-largest-bike-ride/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures, Pressroom: Radio
I've been told many times: "You haven't cycled the world until you've cycled RAGBRAI." And, now I know why!


- Published: 2013-08-05
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/scott-applies-to-be-mars-astronaut/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Mars adventures, Space adventures
Scott applied to go to Mars and help establish a colony in 2023 — and so can you! Here is my application letter and video — it's about inspiring humanity.


- Published: 2013-05-17
- Modified: 2024-11-05
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/myself-quoted-with-the-dalai-lama/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: TV
Here is a short news clip about the Dalai Lama's recent visit to Madison, Wisconsin. He was the guest of honor at the "Change your mind, change the world" panel discussion along with other visionaries and leaders in their field.


- Published: 2013-04-12
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/a-leader-even-after-an-unfortunate-end/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Charity adventures
My son, Prescott Lee Goodman, 15, was a fearless and passionate bike rider who loved nothing more than to be a leader in his sport.


- Published: 2013-04-05
- Modified: 2024-10-05
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/artistic-bicycle-racks/
- Categories: Articles
Below are two bicycle racks that I discovered in my wanderings. The first is a new coffee shop in Bay View, Wisconsin, which is not only beautiful, but a great way to save space.


- Published: 2013-03-24
- Modified: 2025-01-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/a-400-mile-detour-in-bolivia/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures
This is an excerpt from Changing Gears: A Family Odyssey to the End of the World by Nancy Sathre-Vogel. Together with her husband and children, Nancy rode her bicycle from Alaska to Argentina. Changing Gears is her travel memoir from her time on the road.


- Published: 2013-03-22
- Modified: 2026-01-08
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-to-fall-uphill/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay, Worksheets
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Make-A-Book Project, The Dream Playbook
The first part of being a good adventurer is knowing where you are, and this worksheet helps you figure that out. It also gives a hint about what to do if you are stuck. Based on Scott's adventure around the world on a bicycle.


- Published: 2013-02-08
- Modified: 2025-05-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/falling-uphill-in-paraguay-with-the-peace-corp/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay, Guest Adventures
- Tags: Cultural Ambassador, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Make-A-Book Project
Scott Stoll is an author from my hometown who served as the U.S. Embassy’s cultural ambassador in Argentina during the 2011-2012 school year. His time in Argentina and collaboration with Argentine schools resulted in a Spanish language version of his book, Falling Uphill: The Secret of Life, about his 4 year journey around the world on his bicycle.


- Published: 2013-01-26
- Modified: 2025-08-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/lance-armstrong-bicycle-quotes/
- Categories: Bicycle Quotes
- Tags: Bicycle quotes explained
Un/Inspirational and ironic Lance Armstrong bicycle quotes. I'm sorry to have demoted Lance's quote to this secondary page, but here is why.


- Published: 2013-01-24
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/reflections-on-a-self-propelled-summer/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures, Hiking and backpacking adventures
With winter weather the current reality it is a natural time to reflect on the past summer and it’s warmth. My past summer was spent walking across the US on the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2660-mile footpath from Mexico to Canada.


> Fuel your motivation with raw grit from cycling's ultimate endurance test. Discover famous Tour de France quotes to conquer any challenge.

- Published: 2013-01-17
- Modified: 2026-06-14
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/tour-de-france-bicycle-quotes/
- Categories: Bicycle Quotes
Inspiring and humorous Tour de France bicycle quotes from champions past and present. While these quotes were born on the grueling mountain passes of the Alps and Pyrenees, the psychological battles they describe are not exclusive to professional cycling.


- Published: 2013-01-11
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/challenging-oneself/
- Categories: Guest Adventures, Plan
- Tags: Health and Safety, Inner journey, Partners, Travel tips
This recent guest post arrived just days ahead of a news story about Lance Armstrong full of controversy, upset and -- maybe -- inspiration.


- Published: 2012-12-21
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/spirit-of-adventure-bicycle-greeting-cards/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Bicycle tourers
The following was contributed by Frosty Wooldridge. It is one of his "Spirit of Adventure" bicycle greeting cards.


- Published: 2012-12-20
- Modified: 2025-06-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/human-population-bomb/
- Categories: Articles, Explore
- Tags: Breathless, Environmental awareness, Favorite articles, Oxygen Depletion
This graph illustrates the exponential growth of the human race and the consumption of non-renewable resources. The question isn't if the population will stop growing/consuming, but when?


- Published: 2012-12-14
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/a-woman-needs-a-man-like-a-fish-needs-a-bicycle/
- Categories: Bicycle Quotes
- Tags: Bicycle quotes explained
Variations of this quote have been around almost as long as the bicycle itself. The earliest form being: "God needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle."


- Published: 2012-11-29
- Modified: 2024-11-05
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/prison-talk/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures
I had the honor to speak to the inmates of Wisconsin's medium security prison, Fox Lake Correctional Institute. It was one of my more challenging presentations.


- Published: 2012-10-15
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/skydiving-astronaut/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Extreme adventures, Featured adventures, Space adventures
I've been posting stories about adventurers (argonauts or in this case an astronaut) for about 13 years, despite many people saying there is nothing left to explore.


- Published: 2012-10-13
- Modified: 2024-09-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/weird-bicycles/
- Categories: Articles
Who doesn't love weird bicycles? I run across them all the time. Here is a work-in-progress collection of some strange but true bicycles, and some bicycles that may change the world.


- Published: 2012-07-24
- Modified: 2026-01-04
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/returning-home-as-an-essential-part-of-travel/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill book tour, Favorite adventures, How to be the hero of your own life, Pressroom: Radio
An introduction to enjoying the little things in life and finding an adventure right in your own backyard. Before I even returned home from bicycling the world, I wondered if I would see everything in a new light of wisdom, or whether I might die of boredom.


- Published: 2012-07-18
- Modified: 2025-06-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/hand-signed-letter-from-congress/
- Categories: Articles, Plan
- Tags: Environmental awareness
Today I received a hand-signed letter from Congressman Sensenbrenner: "I'm proud to have a constituent who dedicated 4 years of his life to cycling the world. You have a wonderful story to share with the world. And I am pleased that you continue to advocate on behalf of an issue you care deeply about."


- Published: 2012-07-17
- Modified: 2025-05-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/acknowledgments-agradecimientos/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Cultural Ambassador, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Make-A-Book Project
As I mentioned, celebrating the book, meaning feeling a sense of accomplishment, may be the most important step in the whole process. Read more about our goals.


- Published: 2012-07-16
- Modified: 2026-01-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/celebrating-the-book/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Cultural Ambassador, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, How I make stuff, Make-A-Book Project
Students from Argentina holding their certificates of achievements and their copy of “Cayendo Hacia Arriba” the book that we created together. In my opinion, the celebration of the book is the most important step. It helps the students realize their purpose in life, take a step of action with their passion.


- Published: 2012-07-10
- Modified: 2024-10-05
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-helmet-cam-was-invented-to-share-bicycling/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
My husband Mark Schulze is the inventor of the video helmet camera. I was there to photograph him wearing his gargantuan invention.


- Published: 2012-07-09
- Modified: 2026-06-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/falling-uphill-classroom-resources/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Cultural Ambassador, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Make-A-Book Project, Reader and teacher guides
Designed schools, this free guide to Scott's bicycle ride around the world includes an exercise for turning dreams into reality, a world-travel trivia quiz, exercises for planning and mapping a world adventure, travel writing lessons, class discussions, backyard adventures, and more.


- Published: 2012-06-18
- Modified: 2025-06-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/cycling-running-walking-talking-for-mobility/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Charity adventures
Months ago I 'Discovered' that I had a gift which would "Transform Lives with the Gift of Mobility." That gift was cycling!


- Published: 2012-06-09
- Modified: 2024-10-05
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/falling-uphill-reader-guide/
- Categories: Books
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Reader and teacher guides
The reader's guide for the adult book contains a list of thought-provoking questions, quizzes, and more to help readers and book clubs re-live Scott's quest for happiness around the world on a bicycle and, perhaps, re-imagine the possibilities of your their own life.


- Published: 2012-05-15
- Modified: 2025-06-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/leave-your-car-at-home/
- Categories: Articles, Plan
- Tags: Environmental awareness, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Newspaper
Article in the Waukesha Freeman by Sarah Pryor about bike to work week. It is going to be cheesy, but I’d like to quote myself, because I do believe it is important for every community, and a bit funny that she included the last sentence. “Waukesha is a growing hub of biking opportunities,


- Published: 2012-02-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/along-the-mekong/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Charity adventures
There is no better way to explore a country than by bicycle. And if you're going to be cycling the length of a country, why not do it for charity?


- Published: 2012-01-23
- Modified: 2025-07-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/videos-of-the-book-tour/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill book tour
Here are a few videos I made during my bicycling book tour. Featuring a documentary asking people: If you could do anything, what would you do?


- Published: 2012-01-11
- Modified: 2024-12-24
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/pole-to-pole-run/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Extreme adventures, Featured adventures
It seems being an adventurer is getting more and more extreme. Pictured here is Pat Farmer. He has begun a ultra endurance run from the North Pole to the South Pole.


- Published: 2012-01-03
- Modified: 2025-05-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/ambassador-to-argentina/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Cultural Ambassador, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Favorite adventures, Make-A-Book Project, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: TV
A quick summary of my trip as Cultural Ambassador to Argentina with my 5th and favorite video of distributing 2000 books to the kids.


- Published: 2011-12-28
- Modified: 2024-04-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/taming-the-bicycle-by-mark-twain/
- Categories: Bicycle Quotes, Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle quotes explained, Bicycle tourers, Famous explorers, Favorite adventures, Reprint
This humorous essay by one of America's greatest authors gave birth to many famous quotes about riding a bicycle. And it was written in 1884 shortly before women suffragists.


- Published: 2011-12-12
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/videos-of-my-return-to-argentina/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Cultural Ambassador, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Make-A-Book Project, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: TV
I was honored to return to Argentina as the Cultural Ambassador of the US Department of State. Read the overview and see the movies.


- Published: 2011-12-08
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/two-blind-to-ride/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Featured adventures, Physically challenged adventurers
Here's an incredible story. Two legally blind people will be riding a tandem bicycle unassisted from Argentina to Alaska.


- Published: 2011-12-07
- Modified: 2025-05-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/sharing-my-story-in-argentina/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Cultural Ambassador, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Make-A-Book Project, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Newspaper
As the Honorary Cultural Ambassador to Argentina, here I am sharing my story with an elementary school in Corrientes, Argentina, the same place I got stuck in the mud for 5 days.


- Published: 2011-12-05
- Modified: 2025-08-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/spreading-the-love/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Cultural Ambassador, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Make-A-Book Project, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Web, Reprint
U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief Mr. Brown presented the governor of Chaco, Argentina with gift copies of the book “Cayendo Hacia Arriba” by Scott Stoll, and illustrated by school students from the provinces of Chaco, Corrientes and Buenos Aires.


- Published: 2011-12-01
- Modified: 2025-08-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/ambassador-martinez-visits-school-at-fuerte-apache/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Cultural Ambassador, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Make-A-Book Project, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Web, Reprint
Ambassador Vilma Martinez visited a school at “Fuerte Apache” to share an activity with the students and encourage personal and professional development among children who live in vulnerable conditions.


- Published: 2011-11-29
- Modified: 2025-05-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/certificate-of-recognition/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Cultural Ambassador, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Make-A-Book Project
I’m very excited. This Thursday the Ambassador to Argentina will be visiting some elementary schools in Buenos Aires to read the new Spanish edition of my children’s book. The kids will be receiving their own copy of the book and the certificate of recognition pictured above.


- Published: 2011-11-16
- Modified: 2026-01-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-making-of-the-book/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Cultural Ambassador, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, How I make stuff, Make-A-Book Project
Here is my new book on the floor of the print shop waiting to be bound. It's the Spanish edition of the kid's book, "Falling Uphill: The Secret of Life." I needed to hover over the guys at the print shop because it just wasn't getting done on schedule. Aah! And the books need to be on an airplane to Argentina the next day!


- Published: 2011-09-24
- Modified: 2025-05-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/my-most-popular-story-in-the-americas/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Cultural Ambassador, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Make-A-Book Project, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Web
My most popular article about my bicycle ride around the world. It appeared in almost every country from Argentina all the way up to Canada. Quite probably millions of people saw this story.


- Published: 2011-09-16
- Modified: 2025-08-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/embajada-auspicia-visita-del-escritor-scott-stoll-a-la-argentina/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Cultural Ambassador, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Make-A-Book Project, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Web, Reprint
The original press release for Scott's visit to Argentina as the Cultural Ambassador. "Embassy sponsors visit of writer Scott Stoll to Argentina."


- Published: 2011-09-15
- Modified: 2025-08-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/cultural-ambassador/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Cultural Ambassador, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Favorite adventures, Make-A-Book Project
While traveling during a time of war, I always thought of myself as the bicycling ambassador, and now I've been honored by the United States Department of State to be the Cultural Ambassador to Argentina for the 2011-2012 school year.


- Published: 2011-09-13
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/wisconsin-bicycle-tour/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill book tour, Favorite adventures, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: TV
This summer I did a mini bicycle trip from coast to coast in Wisconsin, which means from the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan. Well, mini may not be accurate, but everything compared to going around the world seems mini.


- Published: 2011-08-25
- Modified: 2024-12-24
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/team-expedition-rows-to-the-north-pole/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Boating adventures, Featured adventures, World records
British explorer Jock Wishart and Old Pulteney Single Malt Scotch Whisky have unveiled a remarkable mission to conquer what could be one of the world’s last great "firsts" -- the first rowing attempt to one of the world’s Poles.


- Published: 2011-08-25
- Modified: 2024-12-24
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/cycling-the-6/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Charity adventures, Featured adventures
Social media has really helped promote cycle touring, push the envelope and has become a major vehicle for creating awareness. Here's a noteworthy adventure and cause.


- Published: 2011-08-08
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/roommate-at-the-museum-of-science-and-industry/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill book tour, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Web
Once again I have applied to be a roommate at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Above you see what would be my bedroom. I also imagine my bicycle, the bicycle that went around the world, occupying a very important corner, along with some maps and photos. I considered my journey as an empirical study of the meaning of life. Here is video application to be a roommate at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.


- Published: 2011-08-01
- Modified: 2025-06-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/can-i-help-you/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Cultural Ambassador, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Favorite adventures, Make-A-Book Project
The story that led to being a Cultural Ambassador. Dennis and Scott get stuck in the mud in the Gran Chaco Desert and are rescued by an Argentinian family.


- Published: 2011-05-04
- Modified: 2026-02-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/an-elephant-sized-lesson-in-recycling/
- Categories: Backyard Adventures, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Environmental awareness
This is a great, life-sized example of just how much stuff we consume. Now multiple this by every school in the country. Wow! That would be about 137,000 plastic elephants.


- Published: 2011-03-05
- Modified: 2026-01-10
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/milwaukee-journal-sentinel-article/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill for kids, Make-A-Book Project, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Newspaper
World traveler came home to fulfillment. This is a great story about my trip around the world, coming home, and how this all evolved into working with local schools to illustrate children's books.


- Published: 2011-03-04
- Modified: 2026-02-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/worms-eat-my-garbage/
- Categories: Backyard Adventures, Books
- Tags: Bringing the world to your doorstep, How I make stuff
Your adventure, should you choose to accept it, is to build your own compost bin at home. This is a great way to recycle your scraps and reduce your eco-footprint.


- Published: 2011-02-01
- Modified: 2026-01-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/wpr-interview/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill book tour, Falling Uphill for kids, Make-A-Book Project, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Radio
I had another great interview on WPR's Larry Meiller program. We talked a little about my trip around the world on a bicycle, and a lot about working on the new school book project.


- Published: 2010-12-15
- Modified: 2025-01-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/first-known-man-to-walk-down-the-amazon/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Extreme adventures, Featured adventures, Hiking and backpacking adventures
Congratulations to Ed Stafford who just finished his epic 2-year walk down the Amazon River. Which Sir Ranulph Fiennes says is "in the top league of expeditions past and present."


- Published: 2010-12-14
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/scotts-big-4-0h-adventure/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill book tour
One of the most popular questions people continue to ask me is: "What are you going to do next?"


- Published: 2010-12-06
- Modified: 2024-12-24
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/man-to-travel-200-miles-in-solar-powered-wheelchair/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Featured adventures, Physically challenged adventurers, Solar-powered adventures
Haidar Taleb, the disabled 47-year-old from the United Arab Emirates is about to embark on a 200-mile voyage across the desert in a solar-powered wheelchair which he designed and built himself.


- Published: 2010-11-29
- Modified: 2026-01-09
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-shaped-kids/
- Categories: Books, Dreamaplay
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill book tour, Falling Uphill for kids, How I make stuff, Make-A-Book Project
This is quite probably the best photograph that I ever took, which after taking pictures of world wonders, like the sphinx and the Parthenon, means a lot.


- Published: 2010-09-22
- Modified: 2025-06-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/is-bicycling-bad-for-the-environment/
- Categories: Articles, Explore
- Tags: Environmental awareness, Favorite articles
Top 10 reasons bicycling is bad for the environment. Some food for thought as to the consequences of our every-day actions.


- Published: 2010-09-13
- Modified: 2023-09-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/top-100-words-in-falling-uphill/
- Categories: Books
- Tags: Falling Uphill
Top 100 most common words in Falling Uphill out of 13,658 unique words and about 115,000 total words.


- Published: 2010-09-09
- Modified: 2025-06-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/growing-power/
- Categories: Articles, Plan
- Tags: Environmental awareness
Sustainable Living: As seen by a man who cycled the world. I am excited to participate in the Growing Power Conference this week.


- Published: 2010-08-29
- Modified: 2026-02-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/photo-safari/
- Categories: Backyard Adventures, Dreamaplay
Backyard Adventures. Fun, mini-expeditions helping students and parents see the world with eyes of wonder. First in my series is the Photo Safari.


- Published: 2010-07-28
- Modified: 2025-06-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/plastiki/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Boating adventures, Ecotourism adventures, Extreme adventures, Famous explorers, Featured adventures
One of my favorite books as a kid was Kon-Tiki. Here's an interesting adventure that I've been following. Plastiki, a boat made of 12,000 plastic bottles nears end of Pacific voyage.


- Published: 2010-06-28
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/on-the-race-podium/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill book tour, Pressroom: Media coverage
As a post world tour honor, me and my bike got to occupy first, second and third place on the podium at the Downer Classic race at the Tour of America's Dairyland. I also had the chance to share my story with the crowd.


- Published: 2010-06-04
- Modified: 2025-06-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/is-the-oil-spill-a-good-thing/
- Categories: Articles, Explore
- Tags: Breathless, Environmental awareness
Here's an exercise in thinking positive using the BP oil spill as an example. Also, it seems one of the byproducts of traveling the world is a desire for social activism, because I never imagined thinking of stuff like this.


- Published: 2010-06-01
- Modified: 2024-10-24
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-fruits-of-inspiration/
- Categories: Books, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Atta Boy!, Falling Uphill, Favorite articles, Testimonial
I've never wanted to measure my life by money, which lately has been an overly idealistic philosophy; nonetheless, I believe in measuring my life by new experiences and new opportunities.


- Published: 2010-05-28
- Modified: 2026-01-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/should-authors-publish-an-e-book/
- Categories: Books
- Tags: Falling Uphill, How I make stuff, Pressroom: Media coverage, Reprint
Why not enter the world of online innovation and publish an e-Book?


- Published: 2010-05-25
- Modified: 2025-08-19
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/scotts-best-travel-tips-and-tricks/
- Categories: Plan
- Tags: Favorite articles, Health and Safety, Travel tips
Here are my best travel tips and tricks... lessons that I learned the hard way. These tips and tricks will make your trip safer, more enjoyable and more fulfilling. Bon voyage.


- Published: 2010-04-03
- Modified: 2026-01-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/milwaukee-magazine/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill book tour, Pressroom: Magazine, Pressroom: Media coverage
My story in the acclaimed Milwaukee Magazine was on the newsstands in March and was a sweet summary of my trip. Wish I had a professional photographer following me around the world. Can you guess what that white stuff is?


- Published: 2010-04-02
- Modified: 2026-05-10
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-much-oxygen-does-a-car-burn/
- Categories: Articles, Explore
- Tags: Breathless, Environmental awareness, Favorite articles, Oxygen Depletion
We are all aware of our reliance on fossil fuels and their byproduct of greenhouse gases and poisons. But have you ever wondered about the oxygen needed to burn the fuel?


- Published: 2010-03-26
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/meeting-with-a-machete/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Charity adventures, Favorite adventures
Here's a little story from Peter Gostelow, a friend cycling Africa that recently had a misadventure with a machete.


- Published: 2010-02-24
- Modified: 2026-05-09
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/introduction-to-global-oxygen-depletion/
- Categories: Articles, Explore
- Tags: Breathless, Environmental awareness, Favorite articles, Oxygen Depletion
As mankind burns more and more fuel, we are also burning more and more oxygen. Simultaneously, the Earth's ecosystem, the system that produces the oxygen, is being destroyed. At what point does the Earth reach a tipping point? And, how long before we run out of air to breathe?


- Published: 2010-01-04
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/new-years-resolution/
- Categories: Articles
Have you ever wondered about the laws you've created for yourself. For tens of thousands of years the New Year has been a natural time to throw away what doesn’t work, so that you may walk unburdened into the future.


- Published: 2010-01-01
- Modified: 2025-05-29
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-did-you-plan-your-trip-around-the-world-on-a-bicycle/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill, FUYA
A practical answer for a very impractical and unpredictable journey — riding a bicycle around the world. In short, do the best you can and keep moving forward.


- Published: 2009-11-26
- Modified: 2023-09-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/writing-first-draft-of-falling-uphill-in-guatemala/
- Categories: Books, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill
I wrote the first draft of Falling Uphill in Antigua, Guatemala. Often I took notes while atop the roof of my hotel below. Doesn't this look like an author's dream? I recommend all writer's to get of their box and go somewhere inspirational.


- Published: 2009-11-13
- Modified: 2025-08-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/sharing-travel-experiences-interview-with-andy-hayes/
- Categories: Books, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill book tour, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Web, Reprint
Today’s interview is with Scott Stoll, author of the book Falling Uphill, founder of the adventure travel community The Argonauts, and perpetual traveller. He’s currently cycling around the world. Yes, cycling – as in on a bicycle.


- Published: 2009-11-03
- Modified: 2025-05-31
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-high-cost-of-low-price/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Big Ideas, Environmental awareness, Falling Uphill, Favorite articles
Please make informed decisions, because every decision we make has an influence on the community we live in, which eventually raises or lowers the standard of living for everyone, as our current financial crisis is proving. Every dollar you spend is like voting for a business.


- Published: 2009-10-08
- Modified: 2026-08-05
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-legend-of-legends-of-bicycle-tourers/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Extreme adventures, Favorite adventures, Featured adventures, World records
At first Heinz Stucke, the man who is rumored to have done more bicycle touring than anyone in history, was just a rumor. Then I met someone who met someone who met Heinz, and then not too long ago I met someone who met Heinz, confirming that he is still going.


- Published: 2009-09-24
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-hungry-cyclist/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Bicycle tourers, Featured adventures
Here's a guy that combines two of my loves of life—bicycling and eating. I expect he's got some great recipes for grasshoppers somewhere in here :)


- Published: 2009-08-13
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/for-a-guy-who-biked-the-world-you-_______/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill book tour
His assistant said, "I can't believe you rode a bicycle around the world and are complaining about the sun in Milwaukee." For the record, I'm burnt! But it is funny how every one eventually says, "For a guy who biked the world, you !"


- Published: 2009-08-11
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/wgn-chicago-morning-news/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill book tour, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: TV
Interview of the man who bicycled the world on WGN TV Chicago.


- Published: 2009-08-06
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/cycle-now-interview/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill book tour, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Web
Here's a Skype interview done by Rick Owens, a guy that is truly passionate about everything bicycles. With my experience in the world of websites and video, I can attest that he puts far more effort into these videos than is apparent.


- Published: 2009-08-05
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-book-tour-arrives-in-wisconsin/
- Categories: Books, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill book tour
The Falling Uphill Book Tour continues. Currently, I am in Wisconsin, my home state. I have been really impressed with the hospitality and friendliness. It's so refreshing not to be lost in the shuffle.


- Published: 2009-08-04
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/showcase-minnesota/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill book tour, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: TV
My latest interview. About 30 seconds per year of my life.


- Published: 2009-07-20
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-morning-blend/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill book tour, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: TV
I recently had an interview on a local morning TV show. It was an adventure all by itself. Getting a behind the scenes look at a live TV show. I have a new appreciation for the hosts and producers who were busy bees behind the scenes.


- Published: 2009-07-12
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/waukesha-freeman-article/
- Categories: Books, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill book tour, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Newspaper
I was impressed by the latest report of my adventures in the Waukesha Freeman.


- Published: 2009-07-06
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/doubt-youre-doubt/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill book tour, FAQs, Self-coaching
After cycling up the West Coast, and struggling with a worn out bicycle, including a cracked fork and broken front axle, and a worn out body, including creaky knees and a dislocated rib, I decided to recuperate at my family's home in Waukesha, WI. My re-imagination of my book tour is going well.


- Published: 2009-07-02
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/talk-the-talk-bike-the-bike/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill book tour
I've currently re-imaging my book tour, while having an unusual adventure visiting my tribal elders and childhood friends, who are now middle-aged. It's like viewing myself in a magnifying mirror.


- Published: 2009-06-26
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/sustainable-futures/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Breathless, Environmental awareness, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill book tour, Oxygen Depletion, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Radio
I recently did an in-depth interview in Vancouver for Sustainable Futures with Ryan Fletcher. This two part episode features stories of my travels framed in the context of creating a sustainable future and the rise of a global consciousness.


- Published: 2009-06-19
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/learning-how-to-fly/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill book tour, Favorite adventures, Flying adventures, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: Radio
A story about my first flying lesson. My instructor was a stunt pilot and gave me one golden rule: "Don't turn the plane upside down. It's not designed for that."


- Published: 2009-06-11
- Modified: 2025-05-29
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-top-10-list/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill, FAQs, Travel tips
Here is my ever-changing, ever-incomplete and subjective and very biased top-10 list of the best and worst the world has to offer from the seat of a bicycle.


- Published: 2009-06-03
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/bigfeet/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill book tour
One of the things I never want to see again is a cow, unless it is hanging over the edge of my plate. I get bored fast. Even as a baby, I was so intelligent that I needed constant stimulation — that's my mom's charming way of saying I'm high-maintenance.


- Published: 2009-05-24
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/california-hillbillies/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill book tour
Leggett: a small town full of California hillbillies, one guy at least who is drinking while driving and even assisted by another motorist to lend a bottle opener, and a town made famous for the the drive-thru redwood tree, which I bicycled through.


- Published: 2009-05-13
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/highlights-of-the-trip-so-far/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill book tour
I don't have a lot of time these days as I'm circumnavigating the country on a bicycle, promoting my book "Falling Uphill" (a full time job all by itself), filming my video documentary "If you could do anything, what would you do?", taking photos....


- Published: 2009-05-02
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/poison-oak/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill book tour
I've been too tired to even write one post and it's been a month, so I thought I'd better say something. One interesting story so far is my encounter with poison oak.


- Published: 2009-04-29
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/scott-featured-on-the-monterey-evening-news/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill book tour, Pressroom: Media coverage, Pressroom: TV
Scott Stoll is interviewed on the Monterey evening news. See him in action on the bicycle.


- Published: 2009-03-21
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-touring-supplies-i-never-needed/
- Categories: Plan, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Gear, Travel tips
There have been a few additions to my bicycle touring kit this time round, and a few subtractions.


- Published: 2009-03-18
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-do-you-feel/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill book tour, FAQs
My old bicycling partner checks in with a tough question: "How do you feel?"


- Published: 2009-03-09
- Modified: 2024-10-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/scotts-garbage-man-theory/
- Categories: Dreamaplay
I have a number of theories on life. One of my favorites is my theory of General Spirituality.


- Published: 2009-02-26
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/my-mom-has-joined-millions-of-unemployed-people/
- Categories: Articles
Is society treating people like numbers on a spreadsheet? Spoiler alert: Yes!


- Published: 2009-02-17
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/buy-scotts-life/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill book tour
For sale: Scott's life. Jeep, apartment, and more. Any reasonable offer accepted.


- Published: 2009-01-15
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/planning-the-tour-route/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill book tour
I've just planned a tentative route circumnavigating the country of about 12,500 miles, which should take 62 weeks at a minimum. That's 50 miles/day 4x per week. I'm using Adventure Cycling's maps as a guide.


- Published: 2009-01-12
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/santa-barbara-wildfires/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures
To celebrate my new and improved blog (Ugh! who knew I'd be a computer programmer too....) I've decided to post these pics of the fairly recent dangerous fires.


- Published: 2009-01-02
- Modified: 2024-12-24
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/2008-traveler-of-the-year/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Featured adventures, Hiking and backpacking adventures
This guy makes me super jealous. I mean I can actually feel my skin burn, and get a little angry that he got so "lucky" to attract the media's attention and go super nova. But then again I could call this same feeling inspiration.


- Published: 2009-01-01
- Modified: 2026-01-02
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/falling-uphill-book-tour/
- Categories: Books, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill, Falling Uphill book tour, Favorite adventures
Scott circumnavigates North America on a bicycle towing a trailer of books and invites you to join him.


- Published: 2008-12-30
- Modified: 2023-09-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/more-questions-for-the-next-book/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: FAQs
Thanks to Colleen (a registered nurse) for some more questions that might make the chapter titles for the next book. How often did you need to access real medical care (beyond the tribal "medicine man"), and what was the quality in comparison to the US?


- Published: 2008-12-27
- Modified: 2025-07-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/new-years-resolution-time-to-dust-off-the-cobwebs/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill book tour
The years have gone by fast. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 3 years since my return to America — or has it been 4 years? Days are more like hours now, perhaps it’s due to being lost in the computer world for most of my waking life.


- Published: 2008-10-16
- Modified: 2024-12-24
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/around-the-world-by-car/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Featured adventures, Motorized adventures, Road trip adventures
The 2008 Friendship Rally. I met Rick & Diana Dyke-Price in Bryce Canyon National Park, a beautiful stop over for any world traveler.


- Published: 2008-10-05
- Modified: 2024-12-24
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/a-man-who-lived-by-the-bicycle-and-died-by-the-bicycle/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Extreme adventures, Featured adventures, World records
Ian Hibell is a bicycle tourer that makes me feel like I should take the training wheels off my bike. Ian traveled 10 times further than what I did, about the equivalent of 10 times around the equator over his 40-year travel career.


- Published: 2008-09-26
- Modified: 2025-05-31
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/african-bicycle-odyssey-and-travel-tips/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, FAQs, Travel tips
Chris Pederson and Danny Stitt are about to begin a bicycle tour of Africa. They will be taking the eastern route from Kampala through Tanzania and Mozambique.


- Published: 2008-07-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/bikepacking-taiwans-typhoons/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures
I had no wish to cycle in Taiwan. It’s only because a mate of mine teaches English in Taipei. I guess you could call that inspiration.


- Published: 2008-06-01
- Modified: 2025-06-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/what-makes-a-good-logo/
- Categories: Articles, Plan
- Tags: Favorite articles, How I make stuff
8 steps to designing the perfect logo with examples and descriptions. Tips from concept to execution. Featuring some of Scott's best graphic design.


- Published: 2008-01-02
- Modified: 2024-11-10
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/would-you-please-visit-my-home/
- Categories: Books, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill, Favorite adventures
As Falling Uphill progresses, it goes from Survival to Questing to Oneness, which means it goes from learning how to survive, questioning the world if there is a better way, and ultimately finding a deeper connection and learning how to create a meaningful life.


- Published: 2008-01-01
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/falling-uphill-sample-chapters/
- Categories: Books, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill, Favorite adventures
Here is one of the funniest chapters about how my friend Edwin traded a pen for a sheep as he tried to teach a Tibetian shepherd a "lesson". Also included is a video chapter about a heart-warming story of sharing a meal in a mud hut high in the Andes Mountains.


- Published: 2007-09-17
- Modified: 2025-05-31
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/what-if-there-was-a-nutrition-label-for-the-planet/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Big Ideas, Environmental awareness, Favorite articles
Introducing the Eco-Footprint Label, a nutrition label for the planet. Helping make environmentally-conscious decisions by informing shoppers of the "ingredients" in their packaging and costs of shipping.


- Published: 2007-09-04
- Modified: 2025-05-31
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/scotts-all-you-can-eat-diet/
- Categories: Articles, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Big Ideas, Do-Nothing Diet, Experiments, Health and Safety, Inner journey
Ever imagine eating chocolate malt after chocolate malt, mounds of pizza, piles of french fries? Do you envision eating an entire box of Cocoa Pebbles and a quart of whole milk for breakfast, or perhaps you prefer platters of eggs and bacon? And snacking all day long? If so, this could be you!


- Published: 2007-09-01
- Modified: 2023-09-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/scotts-adventure-in-bali/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures, Hiking and backpacking adventures
Scott renews his spirit of adventure in Bali, Indonesia, an island full of spirit, art and crafts.


- Published: 2007-06-08
- Modified: 2026-02-23
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-magical-formula-to-turn-dreams-into-reality/
- Categories: Articles, Dream, Explore, Grow
- Tags: How to be the hero of your own life
This is the original version of my formula for turning dreams into reality. As you can see, I've been refining it for many years. I give a brief explanation of the steps, and the evolution of my "magical" formula.


- Published: 2006-04-05
- Modified: 2025-01-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/alastair-humphreys-adventures/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers
Al gives some insight into his bicycle ride around the world, starting with: "I would never have ridden around the planet if I had not taken the hardest journey of all: stepping out of my front door and beginning the ride."


- Published: 2006-02-11
- Modified: 2025-06-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/what-is-a-logo/
- Categories: Articles, Plan
- Tags: How I make stuff
What is a logo? Well, it's not artwork, not even an illustration. We discuss the history of some famous logos, meaning brands — Yes! — like a cow brand and not much different than a hieroglyph or an emoji.


- Published: 2006-01-11
- Modified: 2025-06-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-to-make-a-free-logo/
- Categories: Articles, Plan
- Tags: How I make stuff
With these new computer programs and logo templates, just substitute the words, icon, colors and font and — PRESTO! — instant logo. Or, why you still need a graphic designer.


- Published: 2005-06-01
- Modified: 2025-06-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/how-is-a-logo-made/
- Categories: Articles, Plan
- Tags: How I make stuff
How is a logo made? See the step by step creation of this logo as an example of how the creative process works.


- Published: 2002-11-10
- Modified: 2026-01-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/dennis-bicycle-ride-around-the-world/
- Categories: Guest Adventures, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Falling Uphill, Favorite adventures
Read about Dennis' bike ride around the world. These are one of the last examples of a travelogue written prior to the invention of blogs and social media.


- Published: 2002-09-08
- Modified: 2026-02-28
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/feature-photo-the-end-of-the-rainbow/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Photography adventures

- Published: 2002-05-17
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/rounding-the-horn/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Boating adventures, Extreme adventures, Favorite adventures
BT Global Challenge 2000-2001, “The World’s Toughest Yacht Race.” A 36,000 nautical mile circumnavigation of the globe against prevailing winds and currents.


- Published: 2002-02-07
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/hobo-traveler-third-world-travel/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Budget travel, Hiking and backpacking adventures, Solo adventures
Andy discusses what the term "Third World" means, and what it is like to travel in these countries.


- Published: 2002-01-02
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/hobo-traveler-what-is-extreme-travel/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Extreme adventures
I am sure some of you think of bungee cord jumping or ski diving or some other activity that is very exciting. This to me is just a thrill. It is not in my opinion extreme.


- Published: 2001-09-12
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/america-you-have-no-culture/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
The world observes an attack on the United States of America a country accused of having no culture.


- Published: 2001-09-09
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/hobo-traveler-why-go-to-patagonia/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Hiking and backpacking adventures
Made famous by history, and travel agents trying to sell a tour. Travelers will nonchalantly say words like Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, Usuahia, Torres de Paino, and Cape Horn. They have a nice sound to them, but is it worth the trip?


- Published: 2001-09-09
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/hobo-traveler-rio-gallegos/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Budget travel, Hiking and backpacking adventures, Solo adventures
Andy recounts his experience on the Rio (river) Gallegos in Argentina, including some typical foods.


- Published: 2001-08-22
- Modified: 2026-03-02
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-oldest-person-to-sail-solo-around-the-world/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Boating adventures, Favorite adventures, Senior citizen adventures
Our reporter, Andy, meets David Clark, 75, in the Panama Canal, as he attempts to sail solo around the world.


- Published: 2001-05-18
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/a-true-space-pioneer/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures, Senior citizen adventures, Space adventures
Our columnist Brook Mantia welcomes a a true space pioneer, Dennis Tito, back to Earth.


- Published: 2001-05-13
- Modified: 2024-10-05
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-mother-of-adventure/
- Categories: Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Motorized adventures
Here's how my family influenced my desire to travel.


- Published: 2001-05-06
- Modified: 2025-03-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/hannus-adventures/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Hiking and backpacking adventures
Hannu is a 32-year-old Swedish male who has been on the road since April 1998. He has visited the Middle East, Africa and now South Asia, and then the rest of the world. Currently, he is backpacking Asia and teaching English as a second language. Watch for updates on Hannu's whereabouts, thoughts and experiences.


- Published: 2001-05-01
- Modified: 2025-08-08
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-sacrifices-one-needs-to-make-to-live-their-dreams/
- Categories: Plan, Scott's Adventures
- Tags: Falling Uphill, Health and Safety, Physically challenged adventurers, Travel tips
Preparing to ride a bicycle around the world. An injury update. And the sacrifices one needs to make to live their dreams.


- Published: 2001-04-22
- Modified: 2025-03-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/martys-gap-year-adventures/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Gap year adventures, Hiking and backpacking adventures
Follow Marty's classic, gap year adventure around the world. Marty hails from Australia and you'll find his journals funny, charismatic and insightful.


- Published: 2001-04-07
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/eluding-the-psychological-barrier/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures, Inner journey, Senior citizen adventures
Richard discusses how his wife Ingrid has an insatiable appetite for adventure.


- Published: 2001-01-07
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/hobo-traveler-in-rio/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Budget travel, Hiking and backpacking adventures, Solo adventures
Rio, an exotic mix of cultures from all over the world, people wanting to love, and play, and enjoy the sun, and hoping for something strange to happen in their life.


- Published: 2001-01-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/robert-scott-the-amateur/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Antarctica, Famous explorers
Meet our featured explorer Robert Scott, antarctic explorer. An officer of the British Royal Navy, Scott was chosen to lead the first polar expedition on the specially built ship, the Discovery.


- Published: 2001-01-01
- Modified: 2026-03-01
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/carl-sagan/
- Categories: Bicycle Quotes, Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle quotes explained, Famous explorers, Space adventures
Meet our featured explorer Carl Sagan. A man who spent his life bringing science to the layperson


- Published: 2001-01-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/tarzans-real-jane/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Famous explorers
Meet our featured explorer Dr. Jane Goodall’s. Her curiosity and love for animals blossomed at a very young age.


- Published: 2001-01-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/we-came-in-peace-for-all-mankind/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Famous explorers, Space adventures
The mission to the moon has inspired generations. For a moment, it united humanity, and served to "to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills."


- Published: 2001-01-01
- Modified: 2025-05-21
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/africa-photo-pictorial/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Photography adventures
An African adventure captured on film by Seth Tator.


- Published: 2001-01-01
- Modified: 2025-05-21
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/egypt-photo-pictorial/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Photography adventures
An Egyptian adventure captured on film by Loren Brown in rich colors. Except for the Nesquik Bunny, these pictures could be a hundred years old.


- Published: 2001-01-01
- Modified: 2024-12-21
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-faces-of-everyday-life/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Photography adventures
In this pictorial, Cheryl wanted to acknowledge the people that normally get taken for granted.


- Published: 2001-01-01
- Modified: 2025-05-21
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/thai-photo-pictorial/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Photography adventures
A Thai adventure captured on film by Erik Welke. Blessed with exquisite natural beauty, and possibly the friendliest population on the planet, Thailand is a joy to behold.


- Published: 2001-01-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/iran-photo-pictorial/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Photography adventures
Kaveh makes two memorable trips to Iran and spends much of his time taking pictures.


- Published: 2001-01-01
- Modified: 2025-05-21
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/tibet-photo-pictorial/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Photography adventures
The following photographs were taken during five long and treacherous days driving from Kathmandu, Nepal to Lhasa, Tibet.


- Published: 2001-01-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/yucatan-peninsula-pictorial/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Favorite adventures, Photography adventures
The Yucatán Peninsula is more than a vacation destination. Discover the remains of one of the greatest cultures on Earth — the Mayans. It is a land rich in culture and interest and pyramids that rival Egypt.


- Published: 2000-11-05
- Modified: 2024-12-21
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/mali-and-morocco-pictorial/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Photography adventures
Once again, photographer Lisa Kristine brings us the extraordinary peoples from far-off worlds. This time, Mali and Morocco.


- Published: 2000-10-16
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/a-retired-couple-cycles-across-alaska-and-the-usa/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures, Senior citizen adventures
Dick and Ingrid share lessons learned and beautiful memories about their bicycle trip and share their photos with us.


- Published: 2000-10-03
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/hobo-traveler-tips-for-living-on-the-road/
- Categories: Guest Adventures, Plan
- Tags: Budget travel, Solo adventures, Travel tips
Pop-open lids, do pop off! They pop off in your backpack and leak. Tips on how to keep bottles from leaking during your travels.


- Published: 2000-10-03
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/hobo-traveler-safety/
- Categories: Guest Adventures, Plan
- Tags: Health and Safety, Travel tips
The worst thing about traveling is worrying about getting robbed. Andy gives us some tips on relieving the worry.


- Published: 2000-09-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/burning-man/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Ecotourism adventures
Tex recounts his adventures at Burning Man, an annual festival in the burning Black Rock Desert of Nevada.


- Published: 2000-09-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/discoveries-of-american-highways/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Favorite adventures, Photography adventures, Road trip adventures
What begins as a 1-week family mission to drive Grandma across Texas to see a doctor, turns into a 5-week adventure across the American West and Deep South.


- Published: 2000-08-06
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/adventures-of-a-space-tourist-in-las-vegas/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Space adventures
Our Space Tourism columnist, Brooke, recounts her visit to the 2nd Annual Lunar Development Conference, focusing on a permanent return to the Moon.


- Published: 2000-08-03
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/lake-lagunitas-dirt-romp/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Microadventures
A fun bicycle adventure despite a flat tire and a fall provides some moments of reflection.


- Published: 2000-08-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/thailand-and-laos-by-bike/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers
Our nine-to-five jobs certainly take a toll on us. That's why you want to be certain you get the most out of your vacation. Eco-tourism promises exactly that.


- Published: 2000-07-10
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-headwaters/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Boating adventures, Favorite adventures
A journey by canoe down the Mississippi River by riverboat Captain Richard A. Suleski, Jr.


- Published: 2000-07-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/space-renaissance-man/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Space adventures
John S. Spencer is a renaissance man for the millennium with a fierce passion for creating humanity's future in space.


- Published: 2000-06-06
- Modified: 2025-01-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-legacy-of-julia-hill/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Ecotourism adventures, Favorite adventures
Julia Butterfly Hill climbed 180 feet (18 stories) up a thousand-year-old redwood tree to protest the clear-cutting of this endangered ecosystem and didn't come down for two years.


- Published: 2000-06-06
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/exploring-my-new-home/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Microadventures
Jen sets out to explore her new “hood”, the nooks and crannies of San Anselmo, California on a bicycle.


- Published: 2000-06-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/in-and-out-of-cuba/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Extreme adventures, Favorite adventures
The risk of going to Cuba has an allure all of its own. Before Mark knew it, he booked an overnight stay in Havana that turns into a financial nightmare.


- Published: 2000-06-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/six-rivers-national-forest/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Microadventures
Jen and friends take off riding their road bikes along challenging paths and taking on whatever comes their way.


- Published: 2000-05-24
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/what-is-an-argonaut/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Argonauts, Favorite articles, How to be the hero of your own life
The word "argonaut" comes from an ancient tale of the bravest heroes in Greek Mythology — Jason and the Argonauts (literally meaning sailors of the Argo).


- Published: 2000-05-22
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-tour-from-maine-to-west-virginia/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures
Forrest's adventure story, bicycle touring from Maine to West Virginia, is one of our first real-time adventures. Well, as real-time as it could get in the year 2000. Forrest sent us regular updates from the road and we would relay his message to the world. It was the advent of social media.


- Published: 2000-05-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-traveling-tattoo-artist/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts
Tattoo artist Aleks Figueroa spends many hours of the day permanently staining people's skin with art, but he admits he doesn't always know what he's doing. Now, he's on a mission to find out.


- Published: 2000-05-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/women-across-the-millennia/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Educational adventures, Favorite adventures, Inner journey
For Ellen Boneparth, it happened at Delphi. She and a group of over twenty women were at the end of a two-and-a-half week journey across the ages, forming a circle together deep inside a cave that ancient Greeks had once used for goddess worship, praying to "Mother Earth."


- Published: 2000-05-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/no-you-didnt-miss-earth-day/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Charity adventures, Ecotourism adventures
In 1969 a Harvard law student named Denis Hayes dropped out of school to organize the very first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. That historic day involving twenty million people led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and more.


- Published: 2000-05-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/space-programs-you-can-join/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Space adventures
If you've got a yen for space travel, but you've been too busy to sign up for astronaut training, here are some space programs you can join now.


- Published: 2000-04-21
- Modified: 2024-12-22
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/a-real-time-adventure-to-mount-everest/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures, Hiking and backpacking adventures, Mountain climbing adventures
This Mount Everest adventure story is one of our first real-time adventures back in 2000 broadcast via satellite phone. Doug reports six people die on Everest.


- Published: 2000-04-01
- Modified: 2024-12-21
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/american-poet-laureate-robert-pinsky-asks/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts
Over the past three years, third-time American Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky traveled across the nation asking governors, teachers, children, retirees, the homeless and Hollywood stars alike, what is their favorite poem and why. He got an enormous response.


- Published: 2000-04-01
- Modified: 2025-01-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/a-poetic-journey/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts
In celebration of National Poetry Month, I sought a story on traveling poets — it wasn't difficult. It seems that the theme of journeying is a universal one. Enjoy this story on traveling poets, Joi Barrios and Abena Songbird.


- Published: 2000-04-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/where-the-road-ends-and-the-walking-begins/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures, Hiking and backpacking adventures
This is the story of one woman, and how her real education began the moment she set out to travel the world.


- Published: 2000-03-23
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/mike-and-lindas-adventures/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Hiking and backpacking adventures
Follow the adventures of Linda and Mike. They are on an 18 month trip. They’ve been through Central and South America, New Zealand are now in Australia and heading for Southeast Asia.


- Published: 2000-03-01
- Modified: 2024-12-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/for-the-love-of-travel-by-melissa-clark-contributing-writer/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures, Hiking and backpacking adventures, Horseback adventures
Traveling around the world for tens years after college left her with an enormous craving for more adventure. “Once you start it’s hard to stop,” Janine explains.


- Published: 2000-03-01
- Modified: 2025-01-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/throwing-stones-to-save-the-world/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures, Inner journey
Several years ago, Mikkel Aaland on a quest for peace, placed Shinto stones in South Africa, the Philippines, and Germany. Shortly thereafter, South African apartheid came to an end, President Marcos left the Philippines and the Berlin Wall came crumbling down.


- Published: 2000-03-01
- Modified: 2024-10-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/a-traveler-honors-her-soul/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures, Hiking and backpacking adventures, Inner journey
Cheryl Friedman can’t hold the same job for more than three years. This isn’t because she’s irresponsible, or untalented, it’s because she can’t let three years go by without taking a long trip.


- Published: 2000-03-01
- Modified: 2025-05-26
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/india-enters-the-pollution-age/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Ecotourism adventures, Environmental awareness
Follow Hasnain's adventure to clean the land, water and air pollution of his beloved country, India.


- Published: 2000-03-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/search-for-extraterrestrial-life-from-your-home/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Space adventures
For thousands of years, humans have looked towards the heavens, questioning: Who created all this? What's out there? Are we alone in the universe? Will we ever answer these questions?


- Published: 2000-03-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/move-over-clubmed/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Space adventures
Although some consider it more "Motel 6" than "ClubMed," the Mir space station is being resurrected and transformed into the first tourist destination in space.


- Published: 2000-02-01
- Modified: 2025-01-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/meet-goran-kropp/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures, Favorite articles, Mountain climbing adventures
Imagine riding your bike 7,000 miles to Nepal, carrying a year's supply of gear and food. Next, think about carrying 143 pounds, unassisted, up to Everest Base Camp. Now picture yourself climbing the world's tallest mountain alone, completely self-contained, without the help of Sherpas and without bottled oxygen. Sound impossible? In May of 1996, a Swedish mountaineer named Göran Kropp accomplished just that. Then he packed his gear and biked back home.


- Published: 2000-02-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/re-realizing-my-roots/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Inner journey
Mother India. I’ve been lucky enough to return five times after my first trip there as a baby and my feelings of love for the country have traveled on a steady path of ascension.


- Published: 2000-02-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/to-the-stars/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Space adventures
Welcome to Brooke Mantia's space tourism column! Only a few hundred people have traveled in space, but millions dream of it. This is Brooke's journey to make space tourism a reality.


- Published: 2000-02-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/our-pacific-coast-bicycle-trip/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Senior citizen adventures
Retired couple Dick and Ingrid return with an Update of their Pacific Coast Bicycle Trip.


- Published: 2000-02-01
- Modified: 2024-12-12
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/feature-photo-sunrise-machu-picchu/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Photography adventures
This month's feature photo. Two llamas greet the sunrise in the Andes Mountains by world-renowned photographer, Lisa Kristine.


- Published: 1999-12-24
- Modified: 2025-05-21
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/antarctica-photo-pictorial/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Antarctica, Educational adventures, Photography adventures
An antarctic photo pictorial by our antarctic explorer, Vilmar, with interesting captions about life on McMurdo Station.


- Published: 1999-12-01
- Modified: 2025-01-16
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/encountering-your-soul-in-antarctica/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Antarctica, Inner journey
"Where would you go to find the answers to life's deepest questions? Is there a God? Why am I here? Is there life after death?" For seventy-six year old Professor Graham Collier, the answers were found in Antarctica.


- Published: 1999-12-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/argentine-tango/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts
Argentine Tango: An Emotion that turns into Dance.


- Published: 1999-12-01
- Modified: 2024-12-21
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/around-the-world-by-horse/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Extreme adventures, Favorite adventures, Horseback adventures, Senior citizen adventures
A Real-Life Globetrotter with a Mission. Update: Manfred was one of the first adventures we followed in real-time. We're happy to see he finished his journey. Here we combined a few of our favorite posts.


- Published: 1999-10-14
- Modified: 2024-12-20
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-making-of-a-mountain-climber/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Favorite adventures, Mountain climbing adventures
Paul Mansky: "You're on top of the world, vast views and vistas in every direction. 5,000 feet down to the floor of the valley. You can see in all directions, perfect blue sky, the wind blowing... "


- Published: 1999-10-14
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/sometimes-adventure-just-gets-in-your-bones/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Bicycle tourers, Favorite adventures, Senior citizen adventures
Dick and Ingrid have started a new journey and cycle down the Pacific Coast.


- Published: 1999-10-07
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/an-adventure-way-way-down-under/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Antarctica, Educational adventures, Favorite adventures
Vilmar's adventure in Antarctica is one of our first real-time adventures. Well, as real-time as it could get in the year 2000. Vilmar sent us regular updates from the road and we would relay his message to the world.


- Published: 1999-10-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/her-sacred-island/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Inner journey, Photography adventures
Gia Marie Amella, a Fulbright scholar, spent a year in Sicily to film a documentary. "I wanted to show what it's like to live in a country that never really found its place."


- Published: 1999-10-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/lisa-kristine-a-photographer-at-home-with-the-world/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Favorite adventures, Photography adventures
"The experience of traveling has always been a great mentor for me," Lisa Kristine says, "A far greater mentor than academia."


- Published: 1999-10-01
- Modified: 2024-10-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/getting-an-education-during-summer-vacation/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Ecotourism adventures, Educational adventures, Favorite adventures
Dr. Lillian Larson: "I travel in order to enrich my life and the life of others. I feel that I can help bring remote parts of the world a little closer together."


- Published: 1999-10-01
- Modified: 2026-02-28
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/feature-photo-the-treasury/
- Categories: Guest Adventures
- Tags: Adventures in the arts, Photography adventures
Welcome to our first Feature Photo: The Treasury. Petra, the "rose-red city, half as old as time," was lost to civilization until discovered by Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, a Swiss explorer, in 1812.


- Published: 1999-10-01
- Modified: 2025-12-30
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-quotes/
- Categories: Bicycle Quotes
- Tags: Favorite articles
Riding a bicycle is the greatest metaphor for life and how to live life! Well... at least, we think so. That's we started collecting these bicycle quotes way back in the early 1990s. It's a collection of the best and most famous bicycle quotes of all-time, and some not-so-famous bike quotes.


- Published: 1999-10-01
- Modified: 2024-12-11
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/bicycle-quotation-mashup-quiz/
- Categories: Bicycle Quotes
Test yourself with this bicycle quotation mashup quiz. We've replaced one word with one of the following: bike, bicycle, bicyclist, road or ride. Can you guess the original quote and author?


- Published: 1999-08-19
- Modified: 2025-11-18
- URL: https://scottstoll.com/the-story-of-jason-and-the-argonauts/
- Categories: Articles
- Tags: Argonauts, How to be the hero of your own life
This classic myth is one of the most ancient stories that exist. It chronicles Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece and the restoration of his family’s throne. This archetypal adventure sets the example for the plot of almost all modern stories, and it may even model what it means to be human: to live, to be challenged, to endure, and to make the world a better place.