WanderLearn Podcast
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Take a profound and distant journey. Call it:
- Deep Travel
- Immersive Travel
- Slow Travel
- Vagabonding
I will guide you to the intersection of travel, technology, and transformation.
The WanderLearn podcast will compel you to go beyond your comfort zone.
I wander all over the world and I share what I learn with you! In so doing, I hope you'll be inspired to do the same. Travel is the best university.
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Traveling locally is an outstanding way to scratch your travel itch even when you lack the money.
Many who dream of traveling the world haven't even traveled around their neighborhood.
The San Francisco Bay Area has 7 million people. Most haven't been on top of San Bruno Mountain (pictured). Still, many Bay Area residents dream of going to the Himalayas or the Swiss Alps. There are wonders all around us.
Never say that you can't afford to travel.
If you don't travel, it's just not a priority.
In this episode, I explain how to travel when you're broke or short on time.
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Gary Arndt has been a travel blogger for a dozen years. Along the way, he's figured out what works and what doesn't.
Gary Arndt never minces words. He doesn't care if he offends someone. Internet trolls have hardened his skin.
If you're curious what it's really like to be a top travel blogger, you must listen to this show.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- What most starting travel bloggers get wrong.
- What are Gary Arndt's favorite travel apps?
- Where does he get Gary Arndt's best travel deals?
- How Gary morphed into a travel photographer.
- What's the stupid advice that photographers often give.
- What's the difference between Pinterest and Instagram.
- What about AR and VR? Does it have a future?
- How to do a travel podcast (he's involved in 3 travel podcasts!)?
- Will he ever write a book?
You can find Gary Arndt at Everything-Everywhere.com.
When you're traveling, it's easy to forget to exercise. In fact, even when you're not traveling, it's hard to have the daily discipline.
Some people get more exercise when they're traveling than when they're at home because when they're traveling, they're walking far more.
For others, it's the opposite. When they travel, they're lost without their local gym.
What I forgot to mention in this podcast
One of the best ways to exercise every day is to make exercise part of your commute (or at least part of your work).
For instance, take the bike to work. I took the bike to Microsoft, even when it was raining. (It helps that I didn't have a car.)
With more and more businesses allowing their workers to dress casually, you no longer have the excuse that your expensive suit will get sullied.
Many companies have showers at the office making it easier than ever to run or bike to work.
Another way to integrate exercise in your day is to run errands on a bike or on foot. When I lived at the top of Potrero Hill, I still did my grocery shopping with my bike. I lugged the bike with a backpack full of groceries up that steep hill.
Instead of meeting someone for coffee or lunch, meet them for a hike or a walk. That's exactly what I did with my friend Jeremiah Owang.
I usually take the stairs, even when I have to go to the 11th floor.
Make exercise a priority in your schedule. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama demanded that their daily schedules have one hour for exercise. If they can make time for exercise, so can you.
I encourage you to post comments and ask questions for a future Q&A episode.
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Although it's sad to read about your fellow alums dying, it's also motivating. It's especially motivating when a dead alum is younger than you.
Listen and/or watch episode 5 of the WanderLearn podcast!
The Internet was supposed to disrupt the middlemen. Yes, it created some peer-to-peer technology and services.
However, middlemen are doing better than ever. Uber and Airbnb, with their lack of hard assets, are quintessential middlemen.
In the travel world, Expedia, Priceline, Kayak, and Booking.com are also middlemen par excellence.
Episode 6 of the WanderLearn Podcast
Joe 'Stringbean' McConaughy is a young legend in the thru-hiking community. He set the fastest known time (FKT) on the Pacific Crest Trail and the Appalachian Trail.
His Appalachian Trail record was truly astounding because (at the time he finished the trail) his unsupported record was faster than any supported record! That's insane!
What's the difference between a supported and unsupported thru-hike?
Supported thru-hikes have one or more people lending you a hand. These lovely people will typically:
- Meet you at junctions where the trail meets a road.
- Give you a food, water, and medical supplies.
- Set up and break down your tent.
As a result, you don't have to make any detours to go to the post office or to a store to resupply.
More importantly, you can carry little or no food. You may be able to leave your shelter and sleeping bag behind too. You can get by with less water because you know your crew will have plenty at the next road crossing.
On the Appalachian Trail, these trail junctions happen far more often than on the Pacific Crest Trail and Continental Divide Trail.
This results in considerably less weight than an unsupported thru-hike (which is what 99% of thru-hikers do).
If you do an unsupported thru-hike, you're on your own for everything.
Listen to my interview with Joe McConaughy
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