Off The Atlas - Adventure Travel Blog

***What if?***

We all think about those two little words in relation to various goals, dreams, ideas, routines, paths, big move-risks, etc. 

And the truth is we will never know the answer until we go hard and try. 

What is your current “What if?” 

Don’t be shy 😎
I want to know!

When you first hear about Papua New Guinea, where does your imagination take you?

To be fair, most people could not even find it on a map. 

Which is exactly why we are all about it. 

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This October, I am headed back to PNG, to the legendary Kokoda Track. 

- 100 kilometers / 65 miles of trekking
- 6500+ meters / 21,000+ feet of vertical gain
- camping, rivers, mud galore
- a living piece of significant World War 2 history
- Virgin jungle
- Just the right amount of suffering

We are looking for a few more people to join our team as we take on the Kokoda Track this coming October. 

This is one of the most unique and underrated treks on earth and we are here for it. 

Bookings now open…. 
Join our Kokoda Track team at Epic Expeditions Today 🥾 ⛰️🇵🇬

Dates: October 11 - 22, 2026

The Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 

100 kilometers through wild jungle, over mountains, and across rivers. 

No roads. No wifi. No distractions. No excuses. 

Out of all the adventures I have done over the last 15+ years, The Kokoda Track in PNG ranks as one of the coolest adventure experiences I have had to date. 

I’m headed back there in October with and there are still a couple places left on our trip roster. 

This one is not for the faint of heart. It is a big goal to work towards for sure.

But if you want to be challenged and have a crazy, raw 12 days of real adventure in the Owen Stanley Mountains of New Guinea with like minded people - this is your sign to say YES. 

My last question is: why not?

The Karakoram Mountain Range: reliably away from the noise of the crazy human world since… the last 65 million years(actually though).

My kind of place 🏔️🫡

Where is the place you guys like go for a little dose of clearing the old vicious news cycles out? Genuinely asking ✍️

Simple days out in the mountains - where the noise is turned off and the sign on the valley door reads “Session in Progress – Please Wait”

Simple days with friends, alpenglow, dust, coffee, and calves on fire.

Scenes from the mountains of Chile, January 2026 with

Few things I have experienced in life compare to being locked in, in a wild place, where you don’t speak the language, where you can’t read restaurant menus, when you have no idea when the last bus is. 

These experiences are blocks that make up the house - and I would not trade anything to swap them out. 

Nearly a decade out here now.

Here is to the blood, sweat, and tears of getting the house built at

Pakistan is just one of those places. 

We all have them. Those places where the stories pile up and live forever in the corner of your mind. Where friendships were developed in the hard grit of trail dust and blazing sun. The place that activates something in you. That place where the coffee tastes better in the morning. Where the mountains have their own stories carried across the millennia. Where the locals treat you like family. For me - this is Pakistan in a nutshell. 

Frames from the one and only, Karakoram Mountain Range



Pakistan and the Karakoram Over the years, in a few frames. 

Once a place gets into your bones, the tendency is to keep coming back for more. 

This is the place where collecting mountain magic is part of the journey. 



The Kakoda Track, Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 

8 days hiking through the jungle where war once raged. 

This place holds millions of small stories and echoes of the past although now everything is peaceful in these mountains, it is still as wild and unforgiving as ever. 

Here are a few of my favorite frames from this incredible journey.

(I’ll be leading this trip with in 2026 if you want a tough, but very rewarding challenge) Trip drop coming soon 🫡

The cute bear children’s blanket really ties this bike together.

Out for a chilly ride on the edge of the Altai Mountains in Mongolia 🇲🇳

Motorcycle sunglasses by:
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