Tag Archives: Roadmonkey

Wanted: Web Design Intern

By Roadmonkey | Published May 15, 2013

Roadmonkey, the world’s first adventure philanthropy company, is looking for a tech-savvy intern to manage and expand our website, roadmonkey.net, as well as create and edit short videos for the site. We have an office in Santa Monica, CA, but will consider qualified people based elsewhere who can work remotely. Roadmonkey combines kickass adventures in nature [...]

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On the Road to Sustainability, In Liberia

By Roadmonkey | Published August 13, 2012

by Julie Thiery Last month, I spent two weeks in rural Liberia with the The Niapele Project, a nonprofit organization focused on sustainably improving the lives of impoverished children. I spent most of my time outside of Monrovia, in the town of Handii, in what is known as Lower Bong County. I focused much of my energy [...]

Posted in Adventure Philanthropy, Kickass Exploring, Mindful Living, New Places | Also tagged adventure, Africa, dreams, exploring, Julie Thiery, Liberia, Niapele Project, service trips, sustainability, travel with purpose, volunteer vacations, volunteering, voluntourism, West Africa Leave a comment

Unlikely Olympians: 4 Athletes Who Beat the Odds

By Roadmonkey | Published August 10, 2012

by Cecee McDaniel Olympic athletes are, in a phrase, amazing people. Their displays of strength, endurance and mental toughness are the reason we watch the human drama that is the Olympic Games. Here’s four Olympians who forged unconventional paths to the London Games: John Orozco, 19, is an American gymnast and the 2012 national [...]

Posted in Athletics, Culture Clash, Dreaming Big, Olympics, Smart Risks | Also tagged 2012 Olympics, against the odds, ambition, American dream, athletes, career, conditioning, endurance, exploring, Haley Nemra, John Orozco, Lauren Perdue, London Games, Melanie Roach, mental toughness, mindfulness, Olympic athletes, Olympic Games, perseverance Leave a comment

Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro: Tips for a Successful Summit

By Roadmonkey | Published August 4, 2012

by Paul von Zielbauer I’ve led 4 Roadmonkey expeditions to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa. It is a huge, and very difficult, accomplishment. Many people ask me how to best prepare for Kilimanjaro success. Read on for a succinct list of my personal recommendations for what to do before and [...]

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A Guy Walks Into a Bar in Brooklyn (Part 2 of 2)

By Roadmonkey | Published May 10, 2012

by Paul von Zielbauer (Continued from last week’s blog post) So I’m sitting at Denny’s Steak Pub – an island of working-class Caucasians floating in a sea of beer and surrounded by working-class South Asian immigrants, in Brooklyn’s Kensington neighborhood. The kind of place that can’t be bothered to change its sign outside even though [...]

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Was Bruce Lee a Roadmonkey?

By Roadmonkey | Published April 24, 2012

The legendary Bruce Lee, a martial artist and student of philosophy, lived his life as if it were a series of opportunities, challenges and celebrations. In that regard, you could argue that he was living la vida Roadmonkey in his own, Bruce Lee way. (This is what happens when you stay up too late watching [...]

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Why I Left The New York Times

By Roadmonkey | Published April 19, 2012

People have asked me to explain why I left a successful career as a New York Times staff writer. Other people wondered about the genesis of Roadmonkey. They’re two sides of the same coin, really. Here’s the story: I’ll start with a sentence I wrote, in 2010, for MindFood, an Australian monthly that asked me [...]

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The Meaning of Roadmonkey

By Roadmonkey | Published March 29, 2012

Many people ask us what Roadmonkey means. Not literally but figuratively. Except non-English speakers, who actually do want to know the dictionary definition of road • monk • ey. (There isn’t one). Roadmonkey means all of the things below. But it also means what you have come to think of Roadmonkey. The definition lives [...]

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