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This is off-topic but I'm learning python and just ordered your book earlier this morning (after reading through glowing reviews on amazon). I remember reading

by sgpl 9y ago

This is off-topic but I'm learning python and just ordered your book earlier this morning (after reading through glowing reviews on amazon). I remember reading your bio and thought that it was pretty interesting that the author was a school teacher in Alaska! Very serendipitous reading a comment from you here just now! What are some other new/similar skills you've dabbled in over the years (if you don't mind me asking)?

japhyr 9y ago
That is funny. In no particular order, since college I moved to NYC after living all my life in NH. I circled North America on a bicycle, living outside for 13 months at a time. I moved to Alaska and joined a mountain rescue team, and now I help lead our technical rescue team. I got married and have a kid, and I continue to work with at risk students. Writing a book was a deeply humbling experience as well. I hope to cross the US by bicycle again when I'm 50 or 60. I want to see how much has changed and how much has stayed the same. My guess is more will have stayed the same than changed, once you're out on the road.
- joosebox 9y ago
  Did you blog your bicycle experience? I'd love to hear what kind of preparation goes into that. It's all idea that's become appealing lately.
  - themodelplumber 9y ago
    Not OP but just in the spirit of contribution, here is one of my favorite long-distance cycling journals by a (very thrifty) science & engineering geek. https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?o=1mr&page_id=139046&v=aa https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?o=1mr&page_id=1390...
  - japhyr 9y ago
    I wrote a book about it: https://www.amazon.com/Road-Alaska-Eric-Matthes/dp/1544175965/ https://www.amazon.com/Road-Alaska-Eric-Matthes/dp/154417596... Bicycle travel is great. You go slow enough to see everything and meet people you wouldn't through motorized travel, but you go fast enough to cover long distances over a period of weeks or months.

by sgpl 9y ago

japhyr 9y ago

That is funny. In no particular order, since college I moved to NYC after living all my life in NH. I circled North America on a bicycle, living outside for 13 months at a time. I moved to Alaska and joined a mountain rescue team, and now I help lead our technical rescue team. I got married and have a kid, and I continue to work with at risk students. Writing a book was a deeply humbling experience as well. I hope to cross the US by bicycle again when I'm 50 or 60. I want to see how much has changed and how much has stayed the same. My guess is more will have stayed the same than changed, once you're out on the road.

joosebox 9y ago
Did you blog your bicycle experience? I'd love to hear what kind of preparation goes into that. It's all idea that's become appealing lately.
- themodelplumber 9y ago
  Not OP but just in the spirit of contribution, here is one of my favorite long-distance cycling journals by a (very thrifty) science & engineering geek. https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?o=1mr&page_id=139046&v=aa https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?o=1mr&page_id=1390...
- japhyr 9y ago
  I wrote a book about it: https://www.amazon.com/Road-Alaska-Eric-Matthes/dp/1544175965/ https://www.amazon.com/Road-Alaska-Eric-Matthes/dp/154417596... Bicycle travel is great. You go slow enough to see everything and meet people you wouldn't through motorized travel, but you go fast enough to cover long distances over a period of weeks or months.