Today I'm talking to Tim, who after working his way through different jobs in the travel industry, took a leap of faith 10 years ago to become a freelance mountain guide. 

Tim leads groups of either adults or school children in places as diverse as the Scottish Highlands, Nepal and East Africa. He not only guides people around the mountains, he also tries to teach his guests something about the area’s wildlife, history and culture. 

One of the places that Tim works for is Wilderness Scotland. In his bio on their website, Tim is asked what some of his biggest personal travel adventures have been. His answer includes trekking the 21-day Annapurna circuit in Nepal, ski touring inside the Arctic Circle in Norway, canoeing down the Zambezi River, and a 10-day sea kayak expedition in Greenland.

This is clearly someone who loves to explore the world and I started my chat with Tim by asking him how far back we would have to go to find when the travel bug began.