Tag Archive: land cruiser

Peeing in the Arctic Circle

October 11, 2017 2:58 pm Published by John Montesi

I stood there in a long sleeve T-shirt and blue jeans, exposed in all the most vulnerable ways to the elements, and felt a certain type of ridiculous freedom that men often chase their entire lives. One would never explicitly state that they aspire to something as trite as peeing atop Atiguin Pass, but that may be part of the problem.

Is Escapism a Bad Word? || Acadia National Park

April 18, 2017 1:56 pm Published by John Montesi

I shirk at the word escapism, though my counselor has encouraged me increasingly not to attach pejorative connotations to things... View Article

Cartography

March 22, 2017 11:11 am Published by John Montesi

Arriving in a new city by night is always a confusing experience, made all the more surreal by the biting cold and sound-deadening snow that blanketed the town on Saint Patrick’s Friday. Aside from brief breaks for fuel and key exchanges, I’d last stood on solid ground in Manhattan, which made this quietude a special blessing and also a shock to an addled system.