The Next HIP-HAP Adventure
For the past five years I have done either a solo international trip or moved to a new destination in the U.S. for the summer. The line up so far has been:
- 2002 – Lived in Denali Park, Alaska
- 2003 – Backpacked through Europe for 6 weeks
- 2004 – Lived in Chicago, Illinois and worked on the Chicago Board of Options Exchange
- 2005 – Backpacked through China for a month
- 2006 – Backpacked through Ireland for two weeks
This year I was hoping to find a travel friend (and ideally a climbing friend) who was jazzed about joining me on an adventure. And somehow I was lucky enough to find one! My good friend HIP #1 from Ireland is currently living in New Zealand but making a move back to Australia around mid-September. In between the move we are catching up for approximately two and half weeks in Thailand. Sometimes I feel so lucky!