It's tourist season here in the Yukon, and we often see those who are here on an adventure. From here, they can go west into Alaska, or they can go north past the Arctic Circle, where in the summer the sun never sets, it just circles.

How fortunate to live in a time when people can make such long trips, and have the reasonable expectation of safety.

Not so in Falling Up, which is post-apocalyptic. The world's governments have fallen, most of the world is in anarchy, except for places where often nefarious people have seized power for their own gain. The world is a dangerous place to travel in. Peter and Lucy talk about this in Chapter 20:

“Well, I can shape gravity, and that's how I can fly.”

“Just with your mind?”

“Yes, I just imagine in my mind what I want gravity to do, and it happens.”

“Amazing! How I wish I could do that! I could travel the world!”

Grinning again, Peter said, “I've been just about all over the world, and it's wonderful indeed!”

“A world traveller! And all I've done is sail down the coast of half a continent! Perhaps one day.”

“Don't minimize what you've done. While I've been zooming along high in the sky, safe even when on the ground, you've sailed alone and put yourself at risk every bit of the way! I'd say you're the one with the biggest adventure!”