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The Active Travel Adventures podcast inspires and empowers you to lead a bigger life through adventure travel. We scour the planet for the most fun and beautiful active vacations, whether it’s climbing Machu Picchu, rafting the Colorado river through the Grand Canyon, walking the El Camino in Spain, or bicycling the stiletto heel of Italy. The common denominator is that you have to MOVE: either hike, bike, paddle and/or horseback ride for part of each day! The bar is set that my reasonably fit 58 year old body can do these adventures and so can YOU! These adventures aren’t crazy hard or dangerous like climbing Mount Everest… they are doable, epic fun vacations for those that are in decent physical shape. Most have a difficulty rating of 3 out of 5, so if you’re in reasonable shape, particularly if you are willing to train a bit, you can do these trips! All adventures offer a fascinating and unique way to immerse yourself in another culture or destination.

Episodes

Travel Tips : How to Learn a Foreign Language

Travel Tips on How to Learn a Foreign Language Before Your Vacation People tend to underestimate time and overestimate talent.  Learning a language takes time and work Learning another language of the company you are visiting is a token of respect and opens the door to a more authentic experience when you travel Bumbling and fumbling and actually TRYING OUT the new language is the most effective way to learn.  The more ‘input’ you get
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Altitude Training for Hikers and Adventure Travelers

The Benefits of Altitude Training You don’t have to be an athlete to benefit from altitude training.  If you plan an adventure up high, taking steps before and during your experience can make a huge difference in your enjoyment.   What is Altitude Sickness? What causes it? As you head further up from sea level, the air pressure decreases, which makes your body work harder to take in the more limited oxygen(O2).  Since there is less
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Wilderness First Aid

You and a hiking buddy are heading down the mountain, and you come across someone unconscious on the trail. Or your buddy sits down at the picnic table and accidentally tips over your pot of boiling water, right onto your lap and you get a nasty burn. What do you do? You are miles, if not hours, maybe even days from help. You’ve got to figure this out with limited first aid resources. Today we
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Boondocking : How to Camp for Free

Boondocking Equals FREE Camping! In today’s episode, we learn all about boondocking:  what is boondocking, who can boondock, where you can boondock and how to find boondocking sites.  You’ll also learn boondocking etiquette plus some helpful tips to make sure that you have a great FREE boondocking camping experience. What is Boondocking? Boondocking, often called dry camping or dispersed camping, means that you are generally camping off the grid.  Usually you won’t have any amenities
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Bike Packing and Bike Touring Adventure

Bikepacking 101 : Your Guide to Bikepacking Adventure What is Bikepacking? Think of bikepacking as backpacking on your bike! You will be carrying everything that you need, which often includes your ‘bed’, ‘house’ and ‘kitchen’ :  think air mattress and sleeping bag, tent and cookstove and pot, unless you plan to stay in paid accommodations each night. You can simply bikepack overnight on a local national forest or ‘rails to trail’ path, or head out
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