People who are cooler than me

The picture is me epically failing to wake board. Just another reminder to myself that I am not really that hard core. I can only imagine that National Geographic’s adventures of the year would get up on that wake board and show me what’s what. Of course none of them are on the list for anything as simple as wake boarding. They’re all getting lost in the arctic, surfing 45 foot waves waves, fixing telescopes in zero gravity, and facing down the Taliban to teach kids in Afghanistan. They are, in a word, awesome.

So check out the top ten and vote for who you think really is the adventurer of the year.