These guys really amaze me: Steve Fossett, Thor Heyerdahl, Chuck Yeager, Joseph Kessel, Henri de Montfreid, Rudyard Kipling, Bertrand Picard, etc. I could say a lot, but will refrain: I get very emotional just by watching or reading about these guys. Ground breakers, science POWER advancers, super-mega guts blokes...
Check their progress live (they're over Honolulu right now). You can download the Real PLayer 10 for Linux in order to watch live footage.
In another life, I really wish I could have been an explorer or Great Traveler.
