NEWS: I just won two gold medals in the annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition, which the Society of American Travel Writers calls "the Pulitzer Prizes of travel writing." There were 24 categories and 1356 entries. I won in "investigative reporting" and "personal comment". For details, check out:
Check out the November 2008 issues of Bicycling and Backpacker for stories on my misadventures cycling in Switzerland and a camping trip with a close friend that almost resulted in us killing each other. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll cringe. Etc.
Also, The Agony of Victory comes out in paperback in November 2008.
