I would so love to do this. Certainly have the time, but coming up with the most of the required moolah would be a challenge (tax letters for the pro bono nonprofit consulting I do sadly don't help with inflating the discretionary travel account ). Now, if there was real prize money available, I would be happy to return any contributions back if we were fortunate enough to win any (and then give the rest to the charities involved).

Now, if anyone needs a partner, keep me in mind, pretty please I am a pretty good photographer (if you ever wanted to travel with someone who knew how to take pictures of you) and though far from fluent, I speak/read the three most common languages in the world (and could probably ramp back up in basic Russian by October). And most importantly, if I managed to smooth talk our way into a seat/hotel upgrade but only one was available, I would let you have it Come to think of it, I would even give back the FF miles for an opportunity like this!


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