Ep. 547: Guiding Adventures in Hostile Places - Oli France

Ep. 547: Guiding Adventures in Hostile Places - Oli France

Despite studying outdoor leadership at university and filling his summers with adventure travel, Oli found himself falling into an incredibly boring job as a kitchen salesman. After getting to the point where he couldn’t take it anymore, in the middle of a major house remodel, and months away from getting married, Olie decided to undertake a solo winter journey from Hong Kong to Istanbul along the mountainous spine of Asia. During that adventure, he climbed 14 mountains in the 11 countries he visited and the journey became the basis of his first book, ‘The Trail of the Mountain Folk’.

Since then, he has lead groups on overseas adventures to destinations including Iraq, Somalia, DRC, Sudan, and Turkmenistan. Overall, he’s taken clients to 13 countries in total and 60 countries he’s traveled to personally.

With a keen sense of balance, he has become a specialist in taking in doing personal trips and taking paying clients to hostile environments and situations, like being detained for five days in Uzbekistan, navigating through minefields in Iraq and Laos, avoiding car-bombings in Beirut, being caught in a 6.9 magnitude earthquake, dodging avalanches and frostbite, getting stuck in a militia-run town in the DRC, facing down the barrel of a gun, and being stranded alone without water in a remote desert valley.

There have been so many occasions where he has had to find the resilience to continue, and more latterly, to have good leadership to keep his groups safe.

Could you do this for a living?

Instagram: @oli_france

Website: www.oliverfrance.com

His book: The Trail of the Mountain Folk

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Giveaway Alert with Ombraz Sunglasses!

Giveaway Alert with Ombraz Sunglasses!

Our partners at Ombraz Sunglasses will be giving away 3 pairs of their rad armless sunglasses to 3 lucky winners.All you have to do is enter below and you'll be entered to win!https://mailchi.mp/f583f4693d39/ombrazThe giveaway ends November 10th!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/adventure-sports-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

9 Marras 202255s

Ep. 878: Helping Others Find Careers in Adventure - Revisited - Courtney Condy

Ep. 878: Helping Others Find Careers in Adventure - Revisited - Courtney Condy

Originally aired - December 21, 2018Courtney Condy graduated college in 2013 and jumped right into the corporate sector thinking she would have time later to travel and pursue her adventures. She was wrong.After finding inspiration from a friend and none from her job, she finally booked an Everest Base Camp Trek in 2015. On that journey, she ended up almost dying in the April 25 Nepal earthquake. It was an adventure, to say the least. It changed her whole life to the point she opted out of her desk job and started working as an adventure travel guide all over the world.Earlier this year after seeing a gap in the adventure career market she decided to break away from her job, once again, to launch her own company, Occupation Wild, where he hopes of helping others find their dream job and live life beyond 9 to 5.www.occupationwild.comhttps://www.instagram.com/occupation_wild/?hl=enhttps://www.instagram.com/courtneymcondy/?hl=enSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/adventure-sports-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

8 Marras 202249min

Ep. 877: Stories From 34 Years as a National Park Ranger - Revisited - Dallas Koeh

Ep. 877: Stories From 34 Years as a National Park Ranger - Revisited - Dallas Koeh

Originally aired April 6, 2020Dallas Koehn is a retired US Park Ranger having worked for the National Park Service from 1964 to 1998. His duties consisted of visitor and resource protection, structural and wildland fire protection, law enforcement, emergency medical services, search and rescue, and supervision. During his career he worked at Yosemite, Death Valley, Grand Canyon, Grand Tetons, Shenandoah, Yellowstone, Lassen Volcanic, and Glacier National Parks.Since he retired in 1998 he has been doing volunteer backcountry hiking patrols at Glacier NP every September. For the last four years, after moving to Breckenridge, he has also been doing volunteer backcountry patrols in Summit County for the USFS (through Friends of the Dillon Ranger District) during the summer months, and cross-country skiing during the winter months.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/adventure-sports-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

3 Marras 202251min

Ep. 876: Born to Surf - Malia Manuel

Ep. 876: Born to Surf - Malia Manuel

This interview originally aired on Without Compromise. Growing up on the island of Kuai, Malia was introduced to surfing at a very young age by her parents. In fact, they would often take turns watching baby Malia while the other surfed. She was on a board herself not long after. However, Malia’s parents were laid back and never wanted to pursue competitive surfing. That was not the case with Malia…Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/adventure-sports-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

31 Loka 202245min

Ep. 875: TRIPLE Triple Crowner - Heather "Anish" Anderson

Ep. 875: TRIPLE Triple Crowner - Heather "Anish" Anderson

Originally aired March 22, 2019.In 2018, Heather Anderson became the first woman to hike all three of the "Triple Crown" thru-hikes; Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide Trails in a single calendar year and to finish all three trails three times! The 7,900-mile triple crown journey took 251 days to complete and led her to become a 2019 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. She also holds the overall record for self-supported fastest known time on the Pacific Crest Trail (60 days) and the women's self-supported FKT on the Appalachian Trail (54 days).Her book, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home came out earlier this month, which recounts her story of leaving her unsatisfying job, marriage, and life after her first thru-hike in order to return back to the trail and begin hiking again. You can find out more about Thirst here: Amazon: Thirst: 2600 Miles to HomeInstagram: @anishhikesSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/adventure-sports-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

27 Loka 202249min

Ep. 874: Well Worn Life - Dani Reyes-Acosta

Ep. 874: Well Worn Life - Dani Reyes-Acosta

This interview originally aired on Without Compromise. Dani is a snowboarder, cultivator, and storyteller. Her passion for discovering new things has led her all over the world meeting incredible people and doing amazing adventures in some of the most beautiful places on our planet. Today we’re hearing from Dani on the importance of following your curiosity and having the courage to go down the road less traveled and what might be waiting for you on the other side. Learn more about her latest project, Outlier, a snowboard and ski film series exploring identity, community, belonging—and what they mean to our survival as a species, here. Follow Dani here: @notlostjustdiscoveringTo learn more about Athletic Brewing’s award-winning non-alcoholic craft beer, and where to buy it either on our website or in stores, go to AthleticBrewing.com. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/adventure-sports-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

24 Loka 202245min

Ep. 873: Thru-Hiking the Florida Trail on a Skateboard - Revisited - Alex Fogt

Ep. 873: Thru-Hiking the Florida Trail on a Skateboard - Revisited - Alex Fogt

Check out our Giveaway with EXPED! Our partners at EXPED will be giving away an Ultra 3R sleeping pad to 3 lucky winners. All you have to do is enter here to be entered to win!Originally aired June 10, 2019Need something wild to do in the winter? You can hike (and skateboard some of) the entire 1,300 miles of endless pine forests, sandy beaches, and gator-infested swamps of the Florida Trail. An adventure that doesn't see very many participants compared to some of the other big trails in the US. Today we talk to Alex Fogt who took it on last winter and says it's up there with anything else he's ever done! It's a unique experience, to say the least, and will show you the real Florida far from Disney World and condo-covered beaches. Instagram: @alexfogtfreefreakshike.com/author/alex-fogtwww.floridatrail.orgFlorida Trail Instagram: @floridatrailSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/adventure-sports-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

20 Loka 202251min

Giveaway Alert!

Giveaway Alert!

Hey folks! Our friends over at EXPED will be giving away an Ultra 3R sleeping pad to 3 lucky Adventure Sports Podcast listeners!All you have to do is enter some information at the link below and you'll be entered to win.https://mailchi.mp/bb5f7f95ebc6/exped-giveawayThe giveaway ends October 23rd, so don’t wait!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/adventure-sports-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

18 Loka 20221min

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