Many of the adventurers we’ve written about are über-athletes engaged in daring feats of endurance. But not everyone out there exploring the globe fits that mold. 
Take Herman and Candelaria Zapp, an Argentinian couple who have been roaming the globe for 8 years in a 1928 Graham-Paige station wagon with their ever-expanding brood of children. Their book Spark Your Dream: A True Life Story Where Dreams Are Fulfilled and We Are Inspired to Conquer Ours, which describes their daunting trip from South America to Alaska, is an encouraging invitation to other dreamers to “just begin.”
Then there are the “Lost Girls,” three American 20-something women who took a year-long break from busy lives and traveled through four continents together. During their travels, they wrote a popular blog that sparked a book offer. The message of The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World: don’t be afraid to hit the pause button and see the world. Here’s an interview with Amanda Pressner, one of the “Lost Girls.”
Courtesy the Dom and Ernie Project
Finally, meet Dom and Ernie. Dominic Gill is a 30-year-old British adventure filmmaker and Ernie Greenwald is a 74-year-old American cancer patient. The two of them met during Dom’s bike ride from Alaska to South America, during which Dom offered his spare seat to anyone willing to ride with him (the trip is chronicled in a book, Take a Seat: One Man, One Tandem and Twenty-thousand Miles of Possibilities, and an award-winning documentary of the same title). Ernie was game—but confided to Dom that illness, advanced age, and the death of his wife put an end to his lifelong dream of cycling across America. With Dom’s help, Ernie is about to live his dream: the pair are set to begin a tandem cross-country bicycle journey later this month, riding from Los Angeles to New York City. Dom is making a documentary of the trip, and the two men will fundraise for the Livestrong Foundation on the road. Follow their adventures at www.domandernie.com.
