Mountain biking, peak bagging, sitting in the lobby waiting for the limo.
Meriwether Lewis
Dixie Dregs, Aquarium Rescue Unit (pre- and post- the Col), Miles, 'Trane, Jimmy Herring, Bill Evans, Breckers, Jaco/Weather Report, Herbie, David Sancious, Randy Waldman, Rare Earth, Derek Trucks, Zeppelin, Sly Stone, Tito Puente, Jeff Buckley, etc., etc...
Cool Hand Luke, The Life Aquatic
This Week: "Democracy in America" Alexis DeTocqueville
Ernest Shackleton, Bradford Washburn, John Adams, and the guy who invented the cheeseburger.