Through these pages you’ll meet fisherman, pilots, dog mushers, sailboat captains, and more—all by both profession and hobby. The people featured here are making a living and a lifestyle out of their passion, and still retain the freedom to continually redefine themselves as they go. In an era where television poses as real life (e.g., every reality TV show about Alaska), this is for the twitchy a
rmchair explorer who craves the uncompromising truth. This isn’t a window into pamper-your-ass five-star hotels, nor is it an awestruck look at the perils of living X-treme!-ly. This collection teems with passionate blood, sweat, and s**t with which real people douse their lives in order to exist on their own terms. These vignettes will inspire you to dirty your hands and explore your passion. But be forewarned: by entering this page you are penetrating a dangerous cavern. This opening statement guards secrets of the diehard; people who can never exist in the noose of suit and tie suburbia. If you need to cling to the fallacy that 9-5 at a soulless job in order to afford weekend fun is the quintessence of life then proceed no further; this will only implode existence as you know it. But you are here for a reason. You seek more, and on some level you know that it can be attained. Professional Nomads proves this intuition.
