Summary's a bit misleading, as they're walking, biking, and kiting the way there. Doesn't explicitly say if it's an unsupported run, but it's kind of implied especially for a one-way trip with a plane back.

Different beast entirely from what Scott did.

I own a desktop that I purchased in 2001, and have yet to replace it since it handles my needs (browsing at home, coding homework). Being old and prebuilt, motherboard ports started to die, eventually culminating in me losing both my USB ones. I now plug the mouse through a usb/ps2 adaptor, and don't really miss them.

So yea, no USB devices in this (small) household, tyvm. I'm too poor of a student to spend money on gadgets like thumb drives!