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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stephen b" data-source="post: 3362575" data-attributes="member: 80110">Noah is a nice story. Local kid who is following his dreams. Has been a number of local newspaper stories about him. He is not rich, he is just following his dreams and able to pay a few bills doing so.He gets to pay for his trips from some sponsors and book advances. Also maybe family help in someways. I believe he got a small book contract advance for the world bird tour. He has to fulfill the book deal in certain amount of time.He also did the thru hike of the PCT ( Pacific Crest Trail- 2600+ miles) a couple of years ago. He got some sponsor money I think from that as well, along with doing a blog along the way. Took about 4-5 months straight of steady hiking to do it. So obviously this kid is a real slacker. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> He apparently learned a lot of info on the thru hike to help him plan out and carry through with the logistics of the year bird trip. Started getting interested in birding when he was young because of one of his elementary teachers. The world could use a few more like Noah. So do not skewer him by conjectures that are unfounded. Easy to make stuff up here on a computer while this fella is out there doing it- chasing his dreams. 8-P</blockquote>