by Matthew Allison | Sep 24, 2016 | Mountains, Haunted Places, Europe
September 2016: Decades of watching romanticized movies about the noble kilted warrior tribes of Scotland and the plight of its people against the stuffy British to the south definitely inspired me to want to visit and the beautiful Loches and sparsely populated...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 9, 2014 | Asia, Mountains, Tribes/Unique Cultures
November 2014: Few places in the world can inspire more than the Himalayas and it was time for me to visit the most majestic and dramatic range of the Himalayas-the Karakoram’s of Pakistan. Together with my friend Charlie, we started our trip in Kashgar, China...
by Matthew Allison | Sep 27, 2014 | Mountains, North America, Most Dangerous Encounters, Wildlife
September 2014: As part of a larger trip to Alaska that also included seeing polar bears in the wild in the Inupiat village of Kaktovik, my brother Jesse, friend Evan and I visited Kodiak Island for 5 days with the intent of seeing the Kodiak Bear, the largest bear in...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 16, 2013 | Mountains, Asia, Haunted Places, Hiking Trips
December 2013: I visited central Turkey with the sole purpose of climbing Mount Nemrut in winter. Mount Nemrut is one of Turkey’s most famous archaeological sites and visited by tour buses but in winter it is blocked by heavy snow and abandoned. I...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 15, 2013 | Asia, Mountains
December 2013: I visited Georgia twice. Once on a 4-day trip to see Kazbegi and Gori in 2013 via a private car and driver I hired and again in 2018 to travel across thee far west of the country for a few days from Armenia to eastern Turkey. I knew that when I first...
by Matthew Allison | Sep 22, 2012 | Mountains, Expeditions, Europe, North America, Wildlife
September 2012: As part of a three-week trip that also included Svalbard and Iceland, I visited Greenland on an icebreaker adventure boat manned by a Norwegian crew. The boat was operated by G-Adventures and would take me and about 70 other travelers and crew from...