Who are you?

My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. Andrew Badenoch.

What’s your deal?

• Harness the power of the sun, earth’s surface forces, and humans. Okay, harnessing the power of humans sounds bad. Let’s say… Converting my own human power into electricity. Better?
• Demonstrate applied zero emission energy, ocean preservation, sustainable living
• Explore as much of the surface of the earth possible
• Leverage global communications for geographic independence
• Share knowledge to encourage and enable other to do the same
• More adventures
• Wearing kilts (but if anyone plays “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes at my funeral, I’ll come back to haunt them)

When do you start?

I started years ago. When do you start?

Where are you now and where are you headed?

On the move, unless I’m not. And… As much as planet earth as possible.

Why?

I reject the pervasive prodding of industrial age civilization, and its prescriptions. Homo economicus is a nefarious myth. Celebrate Homo ludens (ludens = play).

How do you get around without fuel?

• Sail: Inter-continental distance travel with a net energy expenditure of zero. As such, sailing is the pinnacle of optimization between high distance, and low energy consumption.
• Bike: Intra-continental short-long distance travel and terra-local detail exploration in developed areas. Only input is human power.
• Paddle: Aqua-local detail exploration and transition across changing geographies.
• Hike: Intra-continental short-medium distance travel and terra-local detail exploration in undeveloped areas.

Yeah, I get the logistics of how you physically move around, but how do you manage to sustain the lifestyle? How do you DO it?

A combination of efficiency, simplicity, and entrepreneurialism.

A few hacks:

• Geographic independence via advanced communications networks. This lifestyle still requires addition of value to others in exchange for remuneration.
• Most peoples’ biggest expense is for occupying physical space in which to live. If you live on a boat and use it as the base of all your operations, this expense potentially plummets to zero. As a structural dwelling, boats are still an expense, but they can avoid the cost of occupying physical space. This is a hugely important distinction.

Yeah, I get that some drastic deviations from standard society driven lifestyles are concerned, but you have no trust fund, and have never been told you should be a model. How do YOU do it?

Ha! Good question.

• Question everything. Assume nothing. Break things down to learn the important parts of the foundation. Ignore the irreducibly complex, unstable or impossible. Reverse engineer yourself, your life, and your tools accordingly.
• Be an information sponge. Be curious. Nearly all of humanity’s information is available for free on the internet. Libraries are great.