LUKAS CECH / FIELD NOTES FROM A LIFE IN PROGRESS VOL. 01

A life with a few detours.

Hi, I'm Lukas. Traveller, free thinker, maker of things. Sometimes up a mountain. Sometimes walking a puma. Mostly, figuring things out along the way.

Natura non facit saltumThere's no rush.

Sailing to Komodo Island.

Less of a straight line.
More of a good story.

In May 2012, I left a good career at Amazon in London to see what a different kind of life might look like.

Since then, I've travelled, hiked, hitchhiked, volunteered, climbed and lived in different corners of the world, worked for myself, and kept asking questions. I care about a balanced life, staying strong, and making things better for the people and animals around me.

I'm a go-getter, a free thinker, and a stoic-skeptic. I learn by trying things. Some work. Some become stories.

If you're here for my work, it's over this way ↗

SOUVENIRS YOU CAN'T PACK

Things I'm proud of.

Some of my best memories. Helped shape who I am.
They don't decide who I'll be tomorrow.

Ecuador / volcano climb

6,263 metres.
One step at a time.

Climbing Chimborazo. And remembering how small everything else feels from up there.

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Lukas sharing a quiet moment with Sonko the puma — Sonko. A rather unusual walking companion.

Bolivia / walking a puma

A walk.
With a puma.

A rather different kind of jungle companion. Helping rehabilitate animals in South America.

Meet Sonko

Lukas and his motorbike on a road through the snowy Himalayas — The long road north.

India / on two wheels

6,600 kilometres.
Solo. Slowly.

An epic bike ride on a Royal Enfield, from Tiruvannamalai to Leh. Across India and riding up to 5,500 metres in the Himalayas.

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More things I'm proud of:

Diving 40 metres below the sea at Galapagos. Helping monkeys return to the jungle. Reaching Senior Product Manager at Amazon by 28. Building a life and a livelihood on my own terms.

THE LONG WAY ROUND - MY WAY