Author Mark Johnston

One of the most life-altering events in my life was a visit to a Steve McCurry photo exhibit while I was working as a jet mechanic in San Diego. Among his photographs were a number of beautiful scenes from the...

By the time we left Thailand, we couldn't believe that two whole months had passed. The first month we spent relaxing and exploring a number of beaches and islands between Phuket and Krabi. The second month we...

This was one of the last items we picked up before leaving — the Sea to Summit X-Bowl. It was almost an afterthought, a head-slapping "duh" moment when we realized how helpful it would be to carry our own...

Let me introduce you to my Patagonia R2 fleece jacket, or my "monkey jacket" as Britnee calls it. A fleece jacket so light, so warm and so damn comfortable that I wore it day AND night throughout all our...

A few days ago on Ko Phi Phi, I listed my day’s activities in my journal: sleep in, eat brunch, go to beach, shower, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, take nap, eat dinner, play backgammon, watch Always...

Hey all you wonderful readers, thanks again for following along. One World One Year is kicking off 2015 in style by rewarding one of you with an awesome Cotopaxi backpack shipped right to your door! We've...

When we left Kathmandu to trek in the Annapurna Himalayan Range, we left a good deal of our belongings behind in a locked backpack at our Thamel guesthouse. Slimming down our backpacks for the coming month was...

More Chinese hot pot or fermented mare’s milk? You must be mad. If I see more of that on the menu I’ll most likely gag.    Anymore diarrhea-inducing curry and I’ll resort to violent...

The city of Kathmandu is endless. Even Thamel, stacked upon itself, seems endless when you're walking the maze of streets. It's all quite overwhelming for a first-time arrival and finding a good place to eat...

As much as I stared at them, the price on the Bose QuietComfort 20i Acoustic Noise Canceling Headphones wasn't coming down. I had returned to my local Best Buy in Utah to debate this purchase for the...

Over the past seven months, of the five pairs of underwear I packed, I've mostly used just three of those pairs--my ExOfficio Give-N-Go Boxers--and for good reason. ExOfficio, (visit them...

The chaos of Kathmandu had exhausted us by the end of our second long stay in the city, but it provided some nice photos when we put in the effort to explore the madness. Here's a handful of snaps split...

As Britnee and I descended from Annapurna Base Camp, (A.B.C.), we passed many trekkers still making the brutal climb up. Some already looked quite haggard but further down they still looked fresh and eager,...