Darin Gillis

My blog has been running for 2 years, www.jumphook.com. Check it out!

I took a 5 day cruise (12 man boat) around the Galapagos Islands with my best bro Dustin. One day we stopped in a bay where we swam with sea lions and I was also lucky enough to snorkel down with a huge sea turtle! Highly recommended

I climbed Longs Peak just after high school with some great guys from Estes Park. I think the crew was Jeff, Dillion, Dave, Carl, and a few others. We left at 11pm and made it to the summit by sunrise on a beautiful morning. After we got back, I slept for 14 hours in an easy chair.

When I realize what I want, I want it now! I really should learn to be more patient so that when something good comes along; I can wait for the right moment before grabbing for it. Timing is everything. Maybe I’ll learn a lesson from you yet Liz…

Stay in Ipanema, visit Copacabana, go to the block parties, meet a fica, and have the time of your life! Biggest party in the world; yet cleaner than Madris Gras in New Orleans. I highly recommend lesbian house parties also, um yeah and it will be easier for you if you don’t have a girlfriend.

Seriously, everyone should read this book; this is how i’m going to live my life in a year. (www.vagabonding.net)

Do the 4-day hike into Machu Pichu, it was an amzing experience. You walk along the Inca Trail (Camino Inca), checking out sweet ruins and spending the days out in nature. Peru is a great place to visit in general—start in Cusco and get acclimated for a few days before you embark on the trip…