Originally published July 5, 2021

Oftentimes the best adventures are not in the most well-known places or in the most dramatic of sceneries. Hidden gems of adventure are all around us. In fact, as we say on this show, adventure is anywhere you are.

Alexandre had his sights set on Turkey, a country he had longed to visit. Little did he know, the adjacent and lesser-traveled country of Georgia would quickly become one of his favorite places in his more than seven-year full-time travel adventure.

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• Learn more about Greg Wingo’s Albanian Alps trail running adventures at roamprojects.com
• Ed Roberson’s Mountain & Prairie Podcast episode about landing a job in the conservation world: https://mountainandprairie.com/shed-sesh/
• Find Fitz Cahall’s new book, States of Adventure here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/074409271X?tag=randohouseinc7986-20
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Originally published July 25, 2022

Renata is a legendary Czech-born adventurer and mountaineer. She was the first Swedish and Czech woman to climb Mount Everest and was listed in Outside Magazine as one of the world’s “25 adventure goddesses."

In 2005, after the death of her partner, Göran Kropp (also a well-known adventurer), she embarked on what she calls the "Around America Adventure". She would circumnavigate the lower 48 US states by bike and kayak. When biking, she would pull her kayak behind her with a set of two wheels and while kayaking, she would ship her bike ahead of her at the next portion of the trip.

She started in Seattle and paddled to San Diego, bicycled San Diego to Brownsville, Texas, continued kayaking around Florida to Eastport, Maine, and then bicycled back to Seattle across the northern portion of the US. Through this experience she became the first person to circumnavigate the US this way. This is a wild, unique, and beautiful story of what a true adventure really means.

Through podcast and film, Fitz Cahall has helped tell stories that define the outdoor community. He founded the original outdoor podcast, the Dirtbag Diaries, back in 2007 and co-hosts Climbing Gold with Alex Honnold.

His new book, States of Adventure, pulls together 30 stories from past podcast episodes that will inspire you to pack a rucksack, head outside and push yourself to new heights. From completing the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route in a wheelchair bike to swapping the city for vanlife in Yosemite, States of Adventure promises a host of real-world adventures stronger than fiction.

Fitz serves as creative director at the branding and story studio Duct Tape Then Beer. When he's not working, you can find him exploring the Cascades.

Learn more about Fitz and where to buy States of Adventure below:

• https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746701/states-of-adventure-by-fitz-cahall/
• Instagram: @dirtbag_diaries
• https://dirtbagdiaries.com/
• https://www.ducttapethenbeer.com/