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The Call · Around the World

Getting in Touch WithMy Inner Tortoise

Most of me is pure hare. The journey taught me that speed matters—but so does knowing when to slow down, stick your neck out and keep moving.

Lead Story · Cricket at Sea

Baseball on Valium

Ed Reif at a cricket match getting the atmosphere caffeinated
Cricket is basically baseball on Valium, and I do not do Valium very well. Here I get things CaffeinatED.
Lobster served during the journey
But I do lobsters.

Headed back to the mainland soon—if this game will ever end. Forty-eight hours long! Joking.

“Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.” G. B. Shaw

Getting in touch with my inner tortoise—but most of me is pure hare.

The Asymmetric Equation Patience + Momentum + Courage = Forward Motion

Archive Images

Tortoise Wisdom. Hare Energy.

Ed Reif with Donatello and Raphael from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
With Donatello and Raphael. Sometimes you have to be willing to stick your neck out.
Houston, we have a bunny in Santa Monica
Houston, we have a bunny! June 27 in Santa Monica.

Audio Podcast

The World of Cruising

Listen to the companion podcast and continue the voyage beyond the page.

Companion Stories

The Wider African Route

Back in TimeReturn to a previous chapter of the journey. Alive on ArrivalCape Town, South Africa. ZambiaThe art of racing in the rain. QM2Cape Town welcomes Queen Mary 2. StellenboschAchieving grapeness. Fish Hoek Net WorthA different way to calculate wealth. Livingstone, I PresumeBeauty, distance and the African field.

The Elixir

Know When to Run. Know When to Endure.

The hare gets you moving. The tortoise keeps you moving. A life around the world requires both: urgency when the door opens, patience when the road becomes long, and enough courage to keep your neck exposed to possibility.

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