Biography

Nathan Borchelt has been writing about travel for the last ten years for such publications as The Washington Post, Outside, and Backpacker, splitting his obsessions between skiing, cycling, backpacking, hiking, scuba diving, and almost anything else. He's dived Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Roátan, Bonaire, Grenada, and Grand Cayman; skied in Japan; hiked the game trails of South Africa's Imfolozi National Park; biked through downtown Bangkok; and wandered the beaches of Sri Lanka. He's a contributor and editor at The Away Network, and recently co-authored a guidebook to Washington, D.C., Alexandria, and Arlington for Countryman Press. He has a Masters of Writing from American University, and currently resides in Washington, D.C.