trip and how it came together was pretty amazing. but my involvement in it was a phone call from dennis. it was a phone call from a friend that needed some assistance and he mentioned what he wanted to do and where he wanted to go, and i went to my advisors and my wife, lisa, is probably my biggest advisor. initially she said, no, i don't think that's a good idea. but i went through a lot of my advisors and we talked about it and we had some concerns, but when it came down to it, as i mentioned at the start of the show, we're cross-cultural ambassadors and this was going to be a great event from the beginning to the end -- and it was. i had no regrets in making the decision from the time i start