Aug 23, 2023 | Front, News
In an awe-inspiring account of exploration and boundary-pushing, Kitchen takes us through his remarkable journey from being an avid traveler and entrepreneur to becoming one of the few people to have ventured into both the far reaches of space and the deepest abysses...
Apr 11, 2023 | Front, News
Will Fickling never imagined himself at any other place than the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Both his parents are alumni, and he wanted to follow that family tradition and become a Tar Heel. He wanted to cheer on the football team at Kenan Stadium,...
Jun 15, 2022 | Front, News
On March 31, Jim Kitchen ’87, a professor of the practice of strategy and entrepreneurship at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, was part of the six-person crew of Blue Origin’s latest flight to space. The journey lasted just 15 minutes, but it was a trip...
Feb 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Have been to Canada many times as a child and young adult traveling with my family during the summer, during running events, visiting work colleagues and vacationing in Vancouver. Traveled to Toronto while in college, and in 2006 ran marathons in Toronto and Quebec....
Feb 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
One of my most memorable snorkeling or diving trips has been in La Paz, Mexico spending time with the ginormous WHALE SHARKS there. You look eye to eye with these spectacular creatures and they actually recognize you in the water and will (at times) interact with you....
Feb 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
I have been to Jamaica many times over the years, the first time in 1985 as a college student. I organized the air, hotel and transfers to the Blue Harbor hotel and this was the beginning of my travel business. Below is a photo of my friends and me on the beach in...
Feb 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
My children and I volunteered for 6 years in the northern part of the Dominican Republic. And while we had crossed the border and traveled into Haiti, we wanted to see more of the country. In 2014, we flew into Port Au Prince and then traveled overland from there to...
Feb 22, 2022 | Travels, Uncategorized
If you ask me what’s my favorite place on planet Earth, one of the two countries / places that would likely come out of my mouth would be Australia … Lizard Island in Australia specifically. I was there in 1992, and haven’t forgotten about it since. photo credit...
