Travis Mewhirter: Life, sports, adventure

Seeking upstream solutions in a downstream world

I heard a parable not too long ago. It’s been on my mind for a bit, turning itself over and

I turned 30 today. Normally, I’m not one to make a big — or small — deal out of my

In the first line of my journal this morning, written on a flight from BWI to LAX, I wrote that

I was flipping through an old journal yesterday, taping in pictures from the year that corresponded with the day on

ANGEL’S LANDING, Mount Zion – Delaney and I have gone camping a lot recently. If you follow one or both

OJAI, Calif. – Jon Mesko and I were barefoot, hiking our way through the hidden gem that is Ojai, Calif.,

HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. – About 200 pages into Choose Yourself, written by James Altucher, I was going to give it

PITTSBURGH – The first time I sat down to read Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens, I was sitting

It is an interesting exercise, to take inventory of all the many words being used to describe the state of

It’s 8:30 in the morning, and I’m sitting on my porch, reading an excellent book titled ‘Educated,’ a gift from