 | Gabriel Morris was born in Vancouver, Canada, raised in rural Northern
California, and has also lived in Alaska, Hawaii and Oregon. He is an admitted travel addict, as well as outdoors enthusiast, cultural explorer and spiritual seeker, with a BA in Religious Studies. He has adventure traveled sporadically since the age of eighteen, both within the U.S. and abroad, and will undoubtedly continue to do so. He is the author of three books: "Kundalini and the Art of Being", a spiritual adventure story (Station Hill Press, to be published 2008); as well as the unpublished works "Following My Thumb" (a collection of assorted travel stories) and "I Leapt Into the Night" (a collection of fiction short stories). He is also featured with 3 stories in the hitchhiking anthology "No Such Thing as a Free Ride?" (Cassell Illustrated, 2005); and 2 stories in the new book of all-new hitchhiking adventures, by the same editors, "No Such Thing as a Free Ride? North American Edition" (Goose Lane Editions, 2008). For his current whereabouts, check out his travel blog at: gabejedmo.blogspot.com; or send an email to: gabejedmo@hotmail.com.
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| Traveling Highlights
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- Started hitchhiking home from school at the age of 8
- Hitchhiked the length of the United Kingdom,
from Land's End, England to John'O'Groats, Scotland and across northern Ireland
- Hiked from the Aegean Sea to the peak of Mt. Olympus, Greece
- Survived (barely) sleeping out on the streets of Paris, France
- Hitchhiked Highway 50, the "Loneliest Highway in America", across Nevada, Utah and Colorado
- Hitchhiked naked with a friend (briefly) in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado
- Went skinny-dipping in the Arctic Ocean (even more briefly) at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
- Lived in the Hawaiian rainforest of Kauai's Kalalau Valley for three months (between 5 separate visits)
- Swam in the Ganges River at the base of the Himalaya near Rishikesh, India
- Was an extra in the Bollywood action/drama/comedy movie "Shikari" while traveling through Mumbai, India
- Rode camels through the Thar Desert of western Rajasthan, India
- Survived a rooftop bus ride, also in the Thar desert
- Trekked to Annapurna Base Camp, Nepal
- Swam, snorkelled and bodysurfed off the islands of Ko Mak, Ko Kood and Ko Phayam, Thailand
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