Sporting News in 2013, I couldn’t see a path between having been to 42 states and getting to 50. My co-pilot sneered at me: Other people—successful people, rich people—travel widely.
Not people like you. You’ll never finish that, why bother trying?I stopped listening to those lies after I checked off Alaska. * * *In 2016, I decided I wanted to go, both to make it my 44th state and just to go, because it’s Alaska.
The only way I could afford it was if I landed an assignment with a publication that covered expenses. I cooked up a pitch, sold it to ESPN.com and bought a ticket.
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