{"id":3656,"date":"2009-07-29T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T05:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2009-07-28T23:03:18","modified_gmt":"2009-07-29T04:03:18","slug":"nels-craig-before-after-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/2009\/07\/29\/nels-craig-before-after-photos","title":{"rendered":"Nels &amp; Craig, Before &amp; After Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The road&#8221; takes it&#8217;s toll on everyone and in a lot of different ways.\u00c2\u00a0 For us boys hygiene is often an afterthought, due to the extra effort required in grooming.\u00c2\u00a0 So, we embrace our unshaven faces and unkept hair and try to look the part of the rugged wanderer.\u00c2\u00a0 The following photographs reveal the physical results of the last 6-7 months of constant movement.\u00c2\u00a0 Proceed with caution.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/247.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/247_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"247\" width=\"432\" height=\"570\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Nels, in El Salvador, about 1 month after joining.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/P7070020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/P7070020_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P7070020\" width=\"570\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Nels, after 6 months on the road, and on his birthday, in Bozeman and on the home stretch.\u00c2\u00a0 A lot more hair and a hell of an attempt to grow a beard.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s a pretty good resemblance, no?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Nikon-037.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Nikon-037_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Nikon 037\" width=\"570\" height=\"389\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Me, about 1 month in, leaving Colombia for Panama on a sailboat.\u00c2\u00a0 Clean shaven and a one month old haircut.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/P6270155.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/P6270155_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P6270155\" width=\"570\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Me, almost 7 months in, no haircut, and rarely shaven, rafting in Alaska.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/P7080092.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/P7080092_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P7080092\" width=\"570\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Kristen can&#8217;t believe she&#8217;s hanging out with these two bums in Yellowstone N.P., just days before arriving in Denver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The road&#8221; takes it&#8217;s toll on everyone and in a lot of different ways.  For us boys hygiene is often an afterthought, due to the extra effort required in grooming.  So, we embrace our unshaven faces and unkept hair and try to look the part of the rugged wanderer.  The following photographs reveal the physical results of the last 6-7 months of constant movement.  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