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Thirty Years in the Field
Where the path ends
and your feet get wet.
Go Farther. Discover Deeper. Live Wild.
Not a travel agency. Not a tour operator. Just a guy who has been out there — thirty-some countries, seven continents, one very battered M-Hat — and came back with actual opinions.
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7
Continents Crossed
200+
Dives Logged
1
M-Hat Standing
The Foundation
Any trip can change
Any trip can change
your life.
You don't need a fancier budget or a more exotic destination. You need to look a little deeper into your surroundings, go a little farther than the guidebook says, and be ready to live fully when the unexpected shows up.
It will show up. The question is whether you're paying attention.
WildWilliam is what thirty years of paying attention looks like.
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Thirty years of field notes, hard-won opinions, and a dry bag full of lessons learned the wrong way. Ask anything — destinations, logistics, safety, what to skip, what not to miss.
The Field Manual
Ten gut checks before you call it just a vacation.
01
Talk to locals
02
Don’t overplan
03
Know what made you tired
04
Embrace the sideways
05
Tourist traps still deliver
06
After the highlights, wander
07
One bag only
08
Brave, not reckless
09
Guidebooks are suggestions
10
Make friends
Principle #1 — Always talk to locals
One Conversation in Zanzibar
It started with dinner and a bartender who mentioned knowing a man with a Land Rover. Three days later, I was watching the sun come up over the Ngorongoro Crater next to a naive Australian named Shanti, who I never would have met if I hadn't asked a stranger for a recommendation.
That's it. That's the whole philosophy in one story. One conversation, and the trip became something I'll never stop talking about.
What happened in Nairobi is another story entirely.
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Stop planning.
Start asking.
WildWilliam has been to more wrong turns and right places than any guidebook will ever cover. Tell it where you want to go.
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