Ryan was born in Boulder Colorado and grew up living an outdoors lifestyle. In his youth he volunteered for the Peace Corps and worked in Honduras helping disadvantaged children before deciding he was going to ride his bike back through South America instead of fly. Since then he has led a life dedicated to the outdoors and adventure which has taken him to Nepal, Europe, South America and all over the States...He lives in a solar powered apartment and has never owned a car.

You can keep up with Ryan on Instagram at Duzer and on Youtube where he has 60,000 followers by searching for Ryan Van Duzer.

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