Have you ever wanted to visit Machu Picchu, or witness the Northern Lights? To explore remote landscapes where no boot has tread, no shutter ever snapped? You can...Before he became Green Giant on the Appalachian Trail, Gary Sizer was a Marine, a computer nerd, and a guy with a problem. No matter how much time he spends outside, it's never enough. Whether being thrashed by drill instructors at Parris Island or drenched by a squall in a high tundra, the same calming thought always prevailed: It's good to be outside."Home is Forward" is much more than a collection of travel stories. It answers the question of how someone can go from having a (somewhat) normal life to casting it all aside and wanting to go live in the woods. Hilarious, poetic and often thoughtful, "Home is Forward" is also a story about people. From ancient ruins to frozen volcanos, lessons are learned, friendships are forged, and on top of it all, love blooms. So if you yearn to visit far off lands, or simply love a well spun tale, you're in the right place. Award Finalist in both the "Autobiography/Memoir" and the "Travel Guides & Essays" categories of the 2017 Best Book Awards -- American Book Fest - "If Where's the Next Shelter? is a magnet for the reader's wonder and attention, Home is Forward isa black hole. Sizer has a story worth sharing and does so with his signature humor and elegant prose. Do yourself a favor- stop reading the outside of this book, pay for entry inside, and clear the next few hours of your day because you're about to take an entertaining journey across the globe with a world-class story teller. " - ZachDavis: Owner at TheTrek.co and author of "Appalachian Trials" and"Pacific Crest Trials" "Life is absurd, and trail life is doubly so. Gary Sizer has an incredible knack for making you feel that something is completely normal, but at the end of each chapter, you realize absurdity has snuck up behind you... While you'd think that your initial reaction would be to recoil in horror, laughter is by far the more common response. That my friends, is the mark of genius ." - RaptJournal.com Gary Sizer was born in New Castle, PA. Years of military service and software consulting fed his passion for travel, which he chronicles in his latest book, Home is Forward, available now. After walking the Appalachian Trail in 2014, his before and after pictures went viral, and since then millions of people have seen him in his underpants. Now Gary hikes and lives in the hills near Asheville, NC, where he occasionally records stories for NPR's The Moth.