reddit's Fantastic Voyage - reddit ambassadors Ahoy!

In the spirit of Lewis & Clark, Bilbo Baggins, and Ham the Astro Chimp, two redditors are set to embark on a great journey. redditors Draynen and 77or88 will be taking a month long jet-setting adventure across the United States dreamed, funded, organized, toasted, and FOR the vicarious enjoyment of redditors. This whole project started when hiS_oWn saw Jet Blue's announcement of a "All You Can Jet" tickets and planted the seed of reddit funding one of it's own to "To travel around and do stuff for us, like courier packages, or do requests for us as compensation?" Fast forward 72 hours, and not one but two unemployed redditors had tickets and a growing slate of missions.

As hiS_oWn said in the recap post, "Before I begin I just want to say how crazy it is to have brainstormed an idea, raised [over]$1600 in cash, screened countless candidates, got a travel plan, tickets, etc. all in less than 3 days." The two travelers will kick off their journey on September 8th in San Francisco, with a stop at reddit HQ. From there the duo will travel across this great land visiting redditors in a manic blaze of missions, bacon, and happy chemtrails.

Just to be absolutely clear, and to make sure credit is given where it is due, this expedition was funded entirely by the generous and private donations of individual redditors, as well as corporate donations by sponsors Foodproof and Associated Content. It was made possible by the impressive organizing skillz of Saydrah, hiS_oWn, and all of the other redditors who participated. reddit's "official" position on this is obviously "Awesome!", but we are merely eager (and slightly jealous) spectators.

It's not too late to get involved. Here are a few ways to take part in the adventure:

• Volunteer to host the redditors
• Suggest a Mission, or use your connections to make one happen
• Subscribe & Submit to [reddittraveljetblue]

You can also read quotes from interviews with all the principles in this feature article by redditor mikeymell.

As 77or88 sums up, "To be honest, it feels very strange to have a group of 500 people (and growing) working to plan out how I am going to have the best month ever. Really, the surreality of it all just makes it that much cooler. This whole thing is insane and amazing, and I hope that I get to meet and thank as many of you weirdos as possible in the coming month!"

If you didn't realize it yet, you "weirdos" are amazing.