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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Ep. 002: Steve Piragis - Boundary Waters Canoeing

Ep. 002: Steve Piragis - Boundary Waters Canoeing

Steve Piragis is a wilderness canoeing enthusiast and owner of Piragis Northwoods, an outfitter for the Boundary Waters Wilderness area.  Hear about the joys of canoe camping in the Boundary Waters Wilderness, fun wildlife encounters, protecting the wilderness and more!   www.piragis.com   Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/adventure-sports-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

28 Feb 201550min

Ep. 001: Peter Sustr - Through Hiking the Continental Divide Trail

Ep. 001: Peter Sustr - Through Hiking the Continental Divide Trail

Travis interviews Peter Sustr about his 3000 mile through hike along the Continental Divide Trail from the Mexican border to the Canadian border. Peter describes the ups-n-downs of this exciting journey which took more than 5 months!   Use promo code: podcast to get 10% off at www.geargazm.net Twitter: @realgeargazm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GearGazm.net       Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/adventure-sports-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

28 Feb 201543min

Ep. 000: Introducing the Podcast - Meet the hosts and discover the Adventure Sports Podcast

Ep. 000: Introducing the Podcast - Meet the hosts and discover the Adventure Sports Podcast

In this inaugural episode of the Adventure Sports Podcast, we describe the show format and introduce ourselves to the listeners. We look forward to bringing you exciting new episodes 3 days a week on all types of adventure sports including Bungee Jumping, BASE Jumping, Wingsuit Flying, Proximity Flying, Sky Surfing, Skydiving, Indoor Skydiving, Hot Air Ballooning, Paramotoring, Paragliding, Hang Gliding, Microlight, Jet-Powered Flight, Skiing, Snowboarding, Ski Jumping, Snowmobiling, Speed Flying, Speed Riding, Windsurfing, Kitesurfing, Kiteboarding, Skimboarding, Jet Skiing, Big Wave Bodyboarding, Surfing, Big Wave Surfing, Waterskiing, Wakeboarding, Kneeboarding, Stand Up Paddle Boarding, Whitewater Rafting, Whitewater Kayaking, Scuba Diving, Cave Diving, Freediving, Free-Diving, Adventure Racing, Endurance Racing, Trail Running, Triathlon, Obstacle Racing, Mountaineering, Rock Climbing, Ice Climbing, Mixed Climbing, Abseiling, Rappelling, Free Climbing, Bouldering, Slacklining, Mountain Biking, Adventure Motorcycle Travel, Enduro Riding, Cycling, Motocross, Rally Racing, Motorcycle Racing, Freestyle Motocross, BMX, Skateboarding, Longboarding, Mountainboarding, All-Terrain Boarding, Rallying, Inline Skating, Street Luging, Paintball, Parkour, Sandboarding   www.adventuresportspodcast.com - Podcast Page www.180tack.com - 180 Tack Products Facebook Twitter Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/adventure-sports-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

28 Feb 201519min

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