He lives a life of adventure as a travel writer and broadcast journalist, reporting from over 100 countries in the past decade. Back in 2016 he sailed and cycled from China to London in 133 days. The main legs of this journey were

Creating Trails Magazine with Ryan Wichelns

Dec 31st, 2023 33m 18s

Ryan Wichelns is the founding editor of Trails Magazine. It is the only independent, quality-over-quantity, and print-only magazine for backpackers and those who love to sleep in the dirt. He is also an outdoor-adventure and environmental free

Cycling the Iron Curtain Trail aka Eurovelo 13 with Laura Scott

May 9th, 2021 50m 23s

At the age of 22 she had a spinal injury that ended her dreams of becoming an athlete. Through a lot of pain, disappointment and treatment she slowly got better. Two years later she wanted to prove to herself that she could still

Kayaking the Amazon River with Olie Hunter Smart

Apr 25th, 2021 58m 39s

In 2015, with his friend Tarran, he completed a kayaking adventure along the Amazon River, traveling from the headwaters of the Rio Mantaro, high in the Peruvian Andes, to the Atlantic Ocean in Brazil. It was 400 miles of trekking

Cycling England to Australia with Josiah Skeats

Apr 11th, 2021 1h 7m

The first part of his 40,000-kilometer cycling journey took him from England to Tbilisi Georgia. After a winter break in England earning money, he reunited with his bike and continued through central Asia along the Pamir highway and in

Cycle Touring Across the USA with Anna Welch

Mar 28th, 2021 43m 34s

In the summer of 2019, Anna Welch traveled from New Zealand to San Francisco to begin cycling across the United States. She was inspired by the Kate Harris book Lands of Lost Borders – A Journey on the Silk Road. She wanted to see a

Cycle Touring with Eric and Maudi from Wheels to Wander

Mar 14th, 2021 59m 29s

In 2018 they began a long cycling adventure, heading east from their home country the Netherlands. Some of the places they have cycled include Turkey, Iran, Oman, and Japan. They’ve experienced the extremes of the high mountain pass

Teaching in Korea, Traveling India and Making Travel Videos with Christine Ka'aloa

Feb 14th, 2021 45m 47s

Christine Ka’aloa runs the YouTube channel GrrrlTraveler. It’s a channel that takes you inside her solo travel adventures around the world. Before YouTube, she lived in New York City for over 8 years, working in tv and video productio

Adventure Filmmaking in the Waddington Range with Greg Gransden

1 Jan 31st, 2021 49m 40s

Photo credit: Susanna Oreskovic In the late 1920s, the husband-and-wife duo Don and Phyllis Munday believed there was an undiscovered peak in the Coast Range about 200 miles north of Vancouver which was an uncharted part of the provin

Traveling in Africa & Cycle Racing Across the USA with Alissa

Aug 2nd, 2020 1h 17m

Her travels have taken her all over the world. Her first big adventure was traveling solo through parts of East and West Africa using public transportation. She is also into cycle-touring and spent 2.5 months in SE Asia, 5 weeks in Patag

Unicycling Patagonia with Anne-Sophie Rodet

Jul 26th, 2020 42m 26s

Her adventure began in Ushuaia Argentina in late January 2013. Nearly 7 months later she cycled into Santiago Chile after 4,600 km accomplishing her goal of unicycling through Patagonia. But the goal was more than just a cycling chall

Walking India & Adventure Filmmaking with Olie Hunter Smart

Jul 19th, 2020 1h 7m

At the end of 2016 he left his job to begin 2 months of planning for a walk across India from Turtuk in the north to Kanyakumari in the south. The walk would begin in 2017. The year marking 70 years of Indian independence. The goal of the exp

Cycling Around the World with Snežana Radojičić

Jul 12th, 2020 1h 8m

When she was little, she dreamed of becoming a writer. But by her early forties, after dozens of jobs from teaching to real estate to selling insurance, she wondered why she had lost sight of that dream. So, in 2011 she set out from Belgr

Cycling Sweden to New Zealand with Ann Johansson

Jun 28th, 2020 1h 8m

She left her job as a graphic designer and traveled to New Zealand to start her first bicycle tour. But when it was over, she knew she wanted more. A few years later in 2015 she cycled away from her home in Sweden with the plan to ride

Long-Distance Hiking in Europe with Karma & Scott

Jun 21st, 2020 1h 8m

Karma is from Sweden and Scott from New Zealand. They have a passion for long-distance hiking and exploring the world. Not wanting to be owned by their stuff, they sold everything but the packs on their backs and in 2019 began a multi-ye

Bonus

Where are they now?

Jun 16th, 2020 53m 56s

Enjoy this bonus episode in celebration of reaching 200 episodes. 24 previous guests sent in recordings of what they are doing now.

Building a Bike-Car and Cycling across Canada with Paul Everitt

Jun 14th, 2020 53m 41s

Back in 2006 while snowboarding in the French Alps, he met some backpackers and became fascinated with their lifestyle and tales of travel and adventure. Soon after, he quit his job and spent a year working and traveling Australia

Cycling Alaska to Argentina with Radu Păltineanu

Jun 7th, 2020 1h 16m

At age 15 he emigrated with his parents from Romania to Montreal Canada. He studied software engineering at University, but after graduation he decided to take another path in life. He left on a 9-month adventure to cycle the Ame

Trekking across Madagascar with Chaz Powell

May 31st, 2020 50m 46s

In August 2019, he began a 780 km trek across Madagascar. Joined by three team members, the goal was to walk east to west along Madagascar’s longest river, the Mangoky. The journey was 29 days through jungles and across mountain ranges w

Cycling and Rowing from Nepal to Indonesia to Summit Carstensz Pyramid with Jelle Veyt

May 17th, 2020 1h 8m

He is on a mission to use human power to reach the peaks of the seven summits. After cycling to Nepal and summiting Mt. Everest in 2016, he set out on a new adventure to reach the top of Carstensz Pyramid, the highest peak of Mount Carstensz

Working at McMurdo Station in Antarctica with Zach and Leah

May 10th, 2020 54m 15s

They saved their money and quit their jobs to begin traveling the world with the goal of reaching all seven continents. Their fourth continent, Antarctica, is an expensive place to get to so they applied for jobs at McMurdo station, a US Ant

Trekking Across Iceland in Winter with Łukasz Supergan

May 3rd, 2020 54m 12s

His passion is undertaking expeditions through the mountains, thousands of kilometers long, on foot and usually alone. These journeys provide an opportunity to look within and ponder life’s most profound questions. For more than 2

Cycling the North Sea Cycle Route aka EuroVelo 12 with Laura Kennington

Apr 26th, 2020 33m 25s

The North Sea Cycle Route extends along the coastline of eight countries bordering the North Sea. It’s about 6,000 km long and is also known as EuroVelo 12. It’s a diverse route covering land below sea level in the Netherlands to cliffs o

From England to Norway in a Converted Lifeboat with Guylee Simmonds and David Schnabel

Apr 19th, 2020 1h 1m

In February 2018, architects Guylee Simmonds and David Schnabel bought a marine survival lifeboat and spent a year converting it for a four-month, 5000 km voyage to the Arctic. Along with a dog named Shackleton, they traveled from the UK to

Trekking the Kanuku Mountains in Guyana with Lucy Shepherd

Apr 12th, 2020 42m 43s

Over the past decade she has done many adventures which have taken her to the Arctic, the Haute route, Bolivian high peaks, Denali, and Iceland to name a few. Her first time in the Amazon jungle was a short trip to Guyana in 2014.