"With day-to-day lives, there's a lot of repetition and there's a lot of routine. When we travel, we often are in the midst of scenes or situations that will never repeat themselves."
-- Author and photographer Jeff Greenwald, talking about why he travels, in the premiere issue of Young Pioneers. 
"I was kind of moving into total hobo phase. I had sold my car, I was living in a teepee."
-- Dan Price, talking about his life as a wandering hobo-artist, in the premiere issue of Young Pioneers. 
"I had lots of self-doubt, and I still do. But whatever! What's the alternative? Not doing it? That doesn't seem like an option."
-- Holly Morris, the Emmy-winning host of the PBS travel series Adventure Divas, talking about the making of her career in the premiere issue of Young Pioneers
OUR MISSION
"Welcome to Young Pioneers, a unique documentation of people whose lives revolve around the art of travel."
Young Pioneers is a documentation of uncommon travelers who are living extraordinary lives and accomplishing incredible things. We're especially interested in those people who've managed to discover clever ways to make travel a part of their everyday lives.
What exactly do we mean? Here are a few of the unusual people you'll meet in our premiere issue, as well as in upcoming issues:
- Florida police office Jeff Morris, who made $100,000 a year as a United Nations Peacekeeper in Kosovo.
- Former photojournalist Dan Price, who now lives in an underground hut and self-publishes an inspirational travel journal.
- Holly Morris, a former book editor who was bored to death by her day job. She now hosts the Emmy-winning PBS travel program Adventure Divas.
- A handful of students, teachers, and other normal people who decided to change their lives forever by living and working in a foreign country.
- and much, much more, including instructional information that will explain how you too can easily live and work abroad.
The truth is that Young Pioneers isn't really a travel magazine - it's a blueprint for living. It's a guidebook to making your dreams come true. It's a how-to book for creating a life worth living. True, we mostly feature folks who've done incredible things in foreign places, but that's only because we believe that planning and executing an amazing travel experience takes more guts, effort and energy than just about any other goal-oriented activity out there. Because of the challenges and stresses inherent in world travel, people who backpack successfully on the cheap usually go on to lead very successful lives, no matter what their chosen path or occupation.
Like Kurt Vonnegut once said,
"Strange travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God."
At Young Pioneers, we believe in working hard to get what you want. We hope that by visiting our website and exploring our magazine, you'll be able to find at least one or two tips on doing just that. Good luck, and thanks for visiting.
We're an independently owned and operated company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and we plan to expand our brand within two years to include books, working traveler guides, documentary films, and more.
Who reads Young Pioneers? Smart, brave, creative, positive people with big dreams.
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