Two weeks in Ecuador, including an 8-day cruise on the San Jose in the Galapagos, 3 nights of land-based explorations on the islands of Santa Cruz and San Cristobal, and several days exploring the Highlands around Quito, Cotopaxi and Otavalo. Fulfilling my lovely partner's lifetime dream of seeing Darwin's inspiration!

A quick end-of-summer trip, based around a wedding of old friends in Homer, Alaska. But as a trip planner at Adventure Life, one can never pass up the opportunity to explore a new place. And surprise... more old friends at the lodge in Denali National Park!

My wife and I set off on a traditional 10-day program including acclimatization days in Cusco and the Sacred Valley. Then there was the actual four-day hike to Machu Picchu and then the subsequent visits to Lake Titicaca and Lima. We had a lot of time of exploration to see the different cities that we visited.

My wife and I spent two weeks hiking and kayaking in the mountains of southern Patagonia - starting in Punta Arenas, traveling through Torres del Paine and Los Glaciares National Parks and ending in El Calafate. We stood through the bad weather and rain storms and admired the city's artwork and even got to see penguins!

Have you ever thrown out a crazy idea to your co-workers? Something like "Hey, does anyone want to run an aid station for the Missoula Marathon?" Then, next thing you know you have 22 people showing up at 5:00AM on a Sunday to pass out over 5200 cups of hydration, and 600 energy gels? No? Well, you don't work at Adventure Life!

The Missoula …