He Rode Around the World

Scott Stoll cycled around the world, spinning his pedals for four years and almost 26,000 miles.

"In retrospect, the first step I took was the unintentional sabotaging of my droll life. All in one week, my girlfriend dumped me, I was fired from my job as an art director and my best friend eloped, leaving me without rent money. After some self-pity, and self-medicating with cheap beer and bad sitcoms, I asked myself what I would do if I could do absolutely anything."

"...The most important lesson I learned was that people around the world — despite appearance, education, culture, language — are essentially the same. We have fears and joys and dreams."