David Rich

David Rich is an intrepid writer, braving blizzards, monsoons, desert heat, and State Department travel advisories to visit the world's most out-of-the-way places, primarily by RV, from the Karakorum Mountains in Pakistan to the wilds of Borneo, living in 170+ of the world's 193 countries (in the UN). 

He grew up as a farm boy in Colorado where his Dad introduced him to tractors and cattle and his mother to music and travel. After high school he ended up touring the country with an amazing group of fellow misfits in the fighting 529th Air Force Band. The Air Force was relieved to discharge him a few months early to attend the University of Colorado, after which he was somehow admitted to the University of Chicago Law School and by some fluke began practicing law in Phoenix the firm that handled the Miranda case (which he had nothing to do with). He became an adjunct professor at ASU College of Law, supervising the legal clinic and teaching legal writing, to little effect. David tried private practice but found the cushy job of Assistant Attorney General more to his liking. He and his third wife decided they'd rather travel than work so they saved every penny on a ten-year plan, that took eleven years, traveling full time for 17 years after selling everything and becoming classically homeless. Now they only travel a 1/3 of the time. 

Travel highlights include climbing Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Roraima Tepui where Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela intersect; the Annapurna and Everest Base Camp treks in Nepal; the Karakorum's in NW Pakistan hosting six of the world's 14 highest peaks; the exotic Stans (particularly Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), Mali, and Ethiopia; the national parks of Patagonia, Petra in Jordan, and hundreds of incredible sights and far-reaching adventures, including a minor hostage situation in Serbia.