As the decade ended, I sat at 30,000 feet in a flying metal tube watching a movie. Not sure exactly what movie I was watching at the exact point that the decade ended over the Pacific ocean; during the flight I basically just watched movies back to back so I'm…

My current emotional state is akin to when I am preparing to hop on a new lead route while climbing that has the potential to push my limits a bit. Granted, as I write this on the penultimate eve preceding my departure, the full realization of what is happening has…

Hey there, as some of you surely know, in approximately a month I will be hopping on a plane at SeaTac bound for a land far far away: Thailand. As I step onto that flying people tube, a new chapter of my life will commence. In fact, I think it's…