Meet Your Tour Guide
I’m Sam, a traveler, storyteller, and someone who believes there’s a whole world waiting to be explored. During my junior year of college, I spent three months backpacking through Europe, wandering through countries like Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Italy, and France. That trip changed the way I saw the world and only made me want to see more of it. Now, I want to share what I’ve learned along the way and help others find the confidence to take that first step into the unknown.
My Introduction to the Wild
It all started with a book I was forced to read in ninth grade. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer tells the true story of Christopher McCandless, a young man who abandoned his comfortable life, gave away his savings, and set out across America in search of freedom, adventure, and something more meaningful than the life society had laid out for him. Normally, I was the kind of student who relied on SparkNotes to get through reading assignments, but this time, I had to annotate the entire book. Once I finally picked it up, I couldn’t put it down. Christopher’s story opened my eyes to the possibilities waiting beyond the familiar and planted a seed that would eventually grow into my own desire to explore the world. I didn’t know it at the time, but that book would change my life, spark my itch to travel, and inspire the journey that eventually led me here.
Now It's Your Turn
Don’t miss out on what the Wild has to offer. You’ll never know unless you take the first step.
“Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon.”
- Christopher McCandless
Into the Wild