Follow the 1177 Journey
Project 1177 is the long-term mission behind The Wander Crew: to visit all 7 continents and all 7 Modern Wonders of the World before my youngest son becomes an adult.
What started as a travel goal has become something much bigger. It’s our way of proving that ordinary families can dream bigger, plan bigger, and experience more of the world together than they might have thought possible.
Every trip, whether it reaches a Wonder or not, is part of that bigger journey.
How the 1177 journey works
Every destination on the map is part of the bigger story. Some trips move us toward a continent or Wonder. Others help us build confidence, create memories, and keep the mission alive between major milestones.
7 Continents
The mission reaches across the world, one family trip at a time.
7 Modern Wonders
Each Wonder becomes a milestone, but not every meaningful trip needs to be a Wonder.
Family First
The pace adapts around school, work, budgets, co-parenting, and real life.
Project Milestones
Project 1177 Is Born In the early hours of February 11, an idea takes shape: what if a father could take his kids to see all seven continents and all seven Modern Wonders of the World before the youngest becomes an adult? That question becomes the foundation of Project…Read More
The Wander Crew announces its first official sponsor for Project 1177, marking the beginning of external partnerships supporting the mission. The Charela Inn in Negril, Jamaica becomes the first official sponsor of Project 1177, providing accommodations for the project’s first expedition trip. The partnership marks an important early step in…Read More
1177 Mission: Chapter 1: The Prequel The first Project 1177 expedition takes place in Jamaica. While not home to a Wonder of the World, the trip serves as a proving ground for the mission: testing logistics, filming workflows, and proving that a single parent traveling internationally with three kids can…Read More
Planning begins for the first Wonder of the World in Project 1177: the Great Wall of China. A partnership with Wild Great Wall Adventure Tours helps make a remote two-day hike along historic sections of the wall possible.
Project 1177 reaches its first major milestone as the family travels to Japan and China. The journey marks the project’s first visit to Asia and culminates in a two-day hike along remote sections of the Great Wall of China — the first Wonder of the World in the mission.