An airplane pilot and an avid hiker.
Together, we’ve turned our passion for exploration into this website to share our journeys with you.
🥂 Happy 25-Year Anniversary of gainous.com! 🥂
On April 19, 1999, I registered the gainous.com domain and started my very first personal web site. It looked a lot different then and has gone through many iterations over the past 2-1/2 decades. It started out as just a collection of text-based hyperlinks linking to geeky websites. 🤓 Today, it is a place where my wife and I share our adventures with you.
Some state-of-the-internet trivia from 1999:
Traditional dial-up modems were the primary means of accessing the internet, but cable and DSL were beginning to emerge. Cable was said to reach speeds of 10Mbps, while ADSL could hit 6Mbps.
41% of adults are using the internet and the weather is the most popular online news attraction.
AOL launches AOL 4.0 and inundates American homes with CD-ROM mailers. AOL membership jumps from 8 million to 16 million members.
Yahoo! acquires GeoCities for $3.6 billion
Even more adventures ...
As a private pilot, I enjoy flying Lili (family & friends, too) on short trips for brunch, lunch, hiking, and sightseeing.
The both of us enjoy hiking. We've hiked locations such as the beautiful coastlines of Southern California as well as the majestic Rila Mountains of Eastern Europe.
