A 90 pound man all but confined to an all-terrain monster truck of a wheelchair quits his job and leaves everything behind by backpacking across the world.
At the age of 29, the idea of being stuck in the same predictable 9 to 5 job was only the start of what terrified Andrew Shelley. Looking back on his life, he realized that over the years he had been constantly watching the man he wanted to be drift away. Everything started at birth; the diagnosis of muscular degenerative disease predetermined a larger portion of his life, this included needing a wheelchair before the age of 25. His career was also inherited. Coming from a family of engineers (both grandfathers, all uncles, his father, and brother) he naturally fell into the trade with no consideration of personal happiness. Life in a cubicle meant exchanging the extreme adventurous life he had pictured as a child, for settling with fleeting weekend getaways. And while most guys can't stand commitment, Andrew doesn't find any joy in being a bachelor. It appeared that his life was whittling away day by day, along with his 90 lb body, to become nothing of what he wanted. Every person reaches a crossroad of whether to continue down the path that they unwillingly finding themselves on or discovering the courage to start down a new path that leads to somewhere better. For Andrew that time is now as he sets out on a backpacking journey around the world to find himself, who ever that may be.—Anonymous
In order to find answers to where he belongs, a man gives up the American Dream to backpack around the world, a task seemingly impossible for his frail 90 pound body, which is the result of a disease that eats away at his muscles. His only aid and odd companion will be an off-road capable wheelchair. All that remains are two very real questions: How will he survive this trip? Will he find what he is searching for before it's too late?—Anonymous