I have repeatedly fallen off the face of the earth.

7 days: The longest I have ever slept.

I was once in Ghana, where I was hit by a truck in the head, and temporarily blinded, until I found my glasses in an open sewer.

26 days: The longest I have ever been without electricty.

I did the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal before the introduction of Himalayan his and her toilets.

10 days: The longest I have ever been without speaking.

Sometimes I get restless and go for a quick three month bicycle trip.

I motorcycled over a pass in Himachal Pradesh in a blizzard, with no front brake, occasionally stopping to wring out my shoes in the local chai huts.