Chris Roams
Travel, Adventures, and Photography
Departure
December 26, 2008

About Me

I am a former information security consultant and that role involved almost constant travel within the US and internationally. I usually managed to squeeze in some personal time if I was on the road for work so I've been fortunate to explore many cities around the world and some of the areas outside those cities. These days I still work in information security but my consulting days are over so I spend more time traveling purely for recreation rather than work.
My current main adventure rig for long-term expeditions out west is a Chevy Colorado ZR2 pulling a 19' Airstream. I also have a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle set up in Class 11 style (oversized off-road tires but otherwise mostly stock) stashed in San Diego. Many of my previous adventures were on the back of a BMW G650GS motorcycle that met a sad end passing through a deer on Interstate 90 in Montana.
For seaborne adventures I have 41' sailboat, currently moored in Boston Harbor. I lived aboard her for about 3 years when I wasn't traveling on my motorcycle.
These days, when I'm not traveling, I live in a cabin in the White Mountains of New Hampshire where hiking, climbing, skiing, and canoeing are all just a few minutes away.
My inner 13 year old is very disappointed in that I no longer spend sufficient time playing video games due to these other activities.
Affiliations and Certifications

I am a former information security consultant and that role involved almost constant travel within the US and internationally. I usually managed to squeeze in some personal time if I was on the road for work so I've been fortunate to explore many cities around the world and some of the areas outside those cities. These days I still work in information security but my consulting days are over so I spend more time traveling purely for recreation rather than work.
My current main adventure rig for long-term expeditions out west is a Chevy Colorado ZR2 pulling a 19' Airstream. I also have a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle set up in Class 11 style (oversized off-road tires but otherwise mostly stock) stashed in San Diego. Many of my previous adventures were on the back of a BMW G650GS motorcycle that met a sad end passing through a deer on Interstate 90 in Montana.
For seaborne adventures I have 41' sailboat, currently moored in Boston Harbor. I lived aboard her for about 3 years when I wasn't traveling on my motorcycle.
These days, when I'm not traveling, I live in a cabin in the White Mountains of New Hampshire where hiking, climbing, skiing, and canoeing are all just a few minutes away.
My inner 13 year old is very disappointed in that I no longer spend sufficient time playing video games due to these other activities.
Affiliations and Certifications
- Pemigewasset Valley Search and Rescue Team - Lieutenant
- AMC Boston Rock Program - Program Co-Director and Instructor
- Harvard Mountaineering Club - Cabin Board Member
- Plymouth Flying Club - President
- Campton-Thornton Fire-Rescue - EMT
- American Alpine Club - Member
- Access Fund - Member
- Rumney Climbers Association - Member
- Private Pilot, FAA Part 61 (Airplane Single-Engine Land)
- Remote Pilot, FAA Part 107 (Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems)
- SSI Advanced Open Water Diver
- Eagle Scout
- Acadia National Park
- Adirondacks
- Aerial
- Airstream
- Ancient Bristlecone Pines
- Anza-Borrego
- Appalachian Trail
- Arches National Park
- Backpacking
- Bad Larry
- Bears Ears National Monument
- Boatpacking
- Boston
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Canoeing
- Canyon de Chelly National Park
- Canyoneering
- Canyonlands National Park
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Caribbean
- Catskills
- Cities
- Climbing
- Colorado National Monument
- Colorado Plateau
- Death Valley National Park
- Europe
- Fisher Towers
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
- Grand Teton National Park
- Gunks
- Hiking
- Iceland
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
- Manzanar National Historic Site
- Mojave Desert
- Mojave National Preserve
- Mountaineering
- Mt Washington
- Mt Whitney
- Natural Bridges National Monument
- New York CIty
- Pacific Northwest
- Petrified Forest National Park
- Pinnacles National Monument
- Red Roamer
- Road Trips
- Rocky Mountains
- Ruins
- Sailing
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Sequoia National Park
- Sierra Nevada
- Skiing
- Sonora Desert
- Spelunking
- Superbloom
- Superstition Mountains
- White Mountains
- Yellowstone National Park
- Yosemite National Park
- Zion National Park
- Acadia National Park
- Adirondacks
- Aerial
- Airstream
- Ancient Bristlecone Pines
- Anza-Borrego
- Appalachian Trail
- Arches National Park
- Backpacking
- Bad Larry
- Bears Ears National Monument
- Boatpacking
- Boston
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Canoeing
- Canyon de Chelly National Park
- Canyoneering
- Canyonlands National Park
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Caribbean
- Catskills
- Cities
- Climbing
- Colorado National Monument
- Colorado Plateau
- Death Valley National Park
- Europe
- Fisher Towers
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
- Grand Teton National Park
- Gunks
- Hiking
- Iceland
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
- Manzanar National Historic Site
- Mojave Desert
- Mojave National Preserve
- Mountaineering
- Mt Washington
- Mt Whitney
- Natural Bridges National Monument
- New York CIty
- Pacific Northwest
- Petrified Forest National Park
- Pinnacles National Monument
- Red Roamer
- Road Trips
- Rocky Mountains
- Ruins
- Sailing
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Sequoia National Park
- Sierra Nevada
- Skiing
- Sonora Desert
- Spelunking
- Superbloom
- Superstition Mountains
- White Mountains
- Yellowstone National Park
- Yosemite National Park
- Zion National Park