Wake and Wander

24/11/2019

"Swim Bike Bonk" is now the #1 New Release in Triathlon Books on Amazon. Have you checked it out? https://www.amazon.com/Swim-Bike-Bonk-Confessions-Triathlete-ebook/dp/B07X39BXFN/ref=zg_bsnr_159870011_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BKW8GVERM5WF7TFHDT0F

08/11/2019

Hey guys... it's been a while since I posted on here (I'm terrible at social media), but I've been busy. I wrote a book, and it just came out last week. Check it out!

Just as George Plimpton had his proverbial cup of coffee in the NFL as the un-recruited and certainly unwanted fourth-string quarterback for the Detroit Lions, so, too, did Will McGough immerse himself in a sport he had no business trying. Like Plimpton, whose football folly turned into the bests...

20/04/2018

Awesome views from Oahu's highest peak.

This article is shared content from Wake and Wander Hawai‘i, which focuses on the Hawaiian Islands. It is part of the larger Wake and Wander Media network. The west side of O‘ahu is known for its …

17/04/2018

At a conference in San Francisco earlier this week, I met a mentor of mine for the first time, eight years since he gave me one of my earliest opportunities in travel writing. I have never shared i…

27/02/2018

Eerie night in Volcanoes National Park.

Last week, I had the chance to stay at Kilauea Military Camp in Volcanoes National Park. It’s not a base, it’s a recreation center built by the military as a leisure-stay facility for i…

15/02/2018

My favorite aspect of Georgian drinking culture is in the way they make time for toasts – each gathering is appointed a tamada, or toastmaster, that is the leader of the party.

I mentioned that the people of Georgia are very religious, relishing in their Orthodox Christian roots. Indeed, this provides a sacred and rooted background for the country’s family-first soc…

12/02/2018

“Anything is possible, but not everything is useful.” The story behind Georgia's religious epicenter and a sit down with a Georgian monk.

Tbilisi is the present-day capital of Georgia and has worn that crown since the fifth century. But a city twenty minutes north called Mtskheta plays perhaps an even more interesting role in the cou…

10/02/2018

Georgian monk's advice on finding happiness in the modern world: "Anything is possible, but not everything is useful."

09/02/2018

First time in Georgia, learning a lot.

I am in the Republic of Georgia for the first time. I started (and will end) in the capital, Tbilisi, and will spend next week skiing in a few different regions. Right now I am in the epicenter for…

15/02/2017

Songwriters are praised for their personal lyrics, yet I found that as a young writer, I was punished greatly for writing about what I knew best, turning my own life stories into fictional tales th…

12/11/2016

Hawai‘i News Now and KITV spoke with Will McGough about Wake and Wander’s position as the islands’ only travel publication for local residents. He also talked about the disconnect between how we tell stories in real life and how we tell stories in the new media, which inspired him to revamp print media in the digital age.

Wake and Wander’s Editor Will McGough made two television appearances last week to promote Wake and Wander Hawai‘i.

05/08/2016

Back in April, I mountain biked across Nicaragua. It pretty much kicked my ass. I wrote a story about it:

http://www.adventure.travel/the-way/is-this-central-americas-most-demanding-bike-route/

30/06/2016

I went to China for the first time and was confused.

This beautiful ‘small’ city of 10 million goes back 2,500 years and is populated by peaceful and responsible people — but there are some confusing contradictions…

17/04/2016

Rainy but lovely walk amongst paint-by-number sheep in the UK's Lake District

30/01/2016

I wouldn’t brag about my jump shot at Michael Jordan’s house, and so here, under the roof of the 10th Mountain Division Hut, I'll keep my mouth shut.

A mile and a half from the cabin, my leg broke through the snow. It was a surprising, knee-buckling jolt, straight down and sudden with the force of a post driver. It was not something I felt comin...

21/01/2016

Located at the very bottom of the Caribbean as part of the A-B-C Island Chain along with Aruba and Bonaire, Curaçao has changed hands quite a bit since it was first discovered by Europeans in the 1...

14/01/2016

I've been bad about uploading photos of my travel stories. But I did enjoy this trek to the 10th Mountain Division Hut outside of Leadville in Colorado, 4.5 miles of snowshoeing up over 11,000 feet. I had great weather. Story to come.

01/12/2015

The region of Puglia begins on the eastern shores of southern Italy, at the bottom of “the boot,” and runs north, extending more than 200 miles up the Adriatic coast. But its location is not the on...

28/10/2015

Cool

31/08/2015

I'm enjoying the last few days of my summer break before a busy fall kicks off in the wilderness of Jasper this weekend. From there, I'll head to St. Anton in Austria, and then Chile, which will in...

20/08/2015

Finding some peace and quiet at a lonely temple in the jungle at the Khmer ruins in Cambodia

07/07/2015

I took my first walking safari in Zimbabwe. Check out the story on Gear Patrol: http://gearpatrol.com/2015/07/07/safari-on-foot-africa/

30/04/2015

Spring in Western Canada

07/04/2015

Hiking the hills above Smuggler's Cove on Cali's Channel Islands. You can see the olive orchard down by the water, Anacapa Island off the coast, and the mainland in the far distance

17/03/2015

Increased competition within craft beer, attacks from Big Beer, "startup brewers" looking to cash in on the boom: These are the hurdles facing craft beer as the first and second waves of brewers phase out and new generations take over. How will craft beer respond, and where are we headed as a nation of drinkers?

Craft beer faces a whole new set of hurdles in 2015. Where are we headed as a nation of brewers?

13/03/2015

Nerdy meets gnarly over a few beers with Sam Adams' Founder Jim Koch

Last year I got to sit down and share a beer with Jim Koch from Sam Adams Brewhouse while I was on a lay-over for a few hours in Boston. Cool guy. Knows his beer. Check out the story - photos are mine, words from Wake and Wander.

http://bit.ly/19gRHJw

09/03/2015

Sedona makes me feel small

02/03/2015

This is the flower village

20/02/2015

After two days of trekking, we crashed at a Buddhist Monastery in the hills