Attempt Adventure

In this episode of the Attempt Adventure Podcast, host James Barrett shares all about his big move to Boulder, Colorado, and discusses with cohost Michael Desrosiers about the meaning of "home" and the importance of finding one's place in the world.

What motivates us to move to a new place? What motivates us to take risks? How do we find "home" in this big, beautiful world of ours? Write in! We'd love to hear from you.

In this week's Adventures in the News segment, Michael has found two articles about rock climbing:

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2021/09/gary_gibson_climbs_his_5000th_first_ascent-72866 

https://mymodernmet.com/luke-rasmussen-long-exposure-climbing-photos/  

This month's challenge is to go camping. Feel free to interpret that however you want! You can pitch a tent in your living room or backyard, or even just toast a few marshmallows. Send a photo of your entry to the challenge to us at our email [email protected] with the subject line "challenge".

We are also looking for your spooky travel and adventure stories to use in our upcoming Halloween special! Send your entries to us via email with the subject line "Halloween"!

https://www.attemptadventure.com/blog-/halloween-stories-2021 

Find us on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or on our official website, AttemptAdventure.com, where you can also find links, pictures, and detailed show notes from this episode!

You can always email us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you! 

In this episode of the Attempt Adventure Podcast, hosts James Barrett and Michael Desrosiers continue their conversation about traveling in their home state of Texas, USA! This week is part II in our Texas series, covering the central Hill Country and the southern Gulf/Barrier Islands regions of Texas. We talk about the incredibly diverse nature and culture in the state, as well as about some of the amazing food that you can't miss when visiting Texas. Don't forget to listen to part I, where we talked about north, east, and west Texas.

In this week's Adventures in the News segment, Michael has found a list of the 12 greatest adventure travel experiences around the world, and the hosts discuss each and every one of them.

https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/12-best-adventure-travel-experiences?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=SocialFlow 

This month's challenge is to go camping. Feel free to interpret that however you want! You can pitch a tent in your living room or backyard, or even just toast a few marshmallows. Send a photo of your entry to the challenge to us at our email [email protected] with the subject line "challenge".

Find us on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or on our official website, AttemptAdventure.com, where you can also find links, pictures, and detailed show notes from this episode!

You can always email us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you! 

Hey everyone! This week, we've got a short special episode for you all! We took the month of August off for our various adventures, but we are coming back in September with tons of new content!

In this episode of the Attempt Adventure Podcast: James samples and reviews cheeseburger potato chips, Michael is weirded out by America's spooky new contactless immigration system, and both hosts catch up over a beer for the first time since July. James has been busy moving to Colorado, Michael has been busy getting married, and both hosts have been using the last few weeks of summer to catch up on some adventures before the Autumn arrives.

In upcoming episodes, James will be sharing his experiences moving across the country to Colorado, as well as some of his adventures in Boulder, Golden, and the Rocky Mountains. Michael will be sharing his outdoor adventures in the Texas Hill Country as well as his short, last-minute vacation to the surprisingly interesting Oklahoma City. Stay tuned!

We will be back in September with regular episodes. Until then, keep adventuring!

Find us on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or on our official website, AttemptAdventure.com, where you can also find links, pictures, and detailed show notes from this episode!

Have you got something you want to chat with us about? Have you been on a cool adventure? We’d love to hear from you! You can always email us at [email protected].

In this episode of the Attempt Adventure Podcast, hosts James Barrett and Michael Desrosiers talk about traveling in their home state of Texas, USA! This week is part I in our Texas series, covering East Texas, North Texas and the Panhandle Region, and West Texas. We talk about cowboy culture, national parks, deserts, forest, swamps, camping, hiking, steak, and more! Come back next week for part 2, when we will talk about the Central Texas Hill Country and the Southern Gulf / Barrier Islands Region!

We also chat about Thai potato chip flavors and how different snacks are abroad.

In this week's Adventures in the News segment, James shares an article about a guy going on pretend adventures from the comfort of his own home. Check it out! It's a super cool way to keep up with adventuring in spite of a lockdown.

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/ben-fogle-coronavirus-adventure-travel-home-quarantine-explorer-lockdown-a9437896.html 

This month's challenge is to share your favorite local food. We have listeners from all around the world, and we'd love to learn about the cuisine and dishes that you love! Send a photo and / or description of your favorite local dish to us at our email [email protected] with the subject line "challenge".

Find us on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or on our official website, AttemptAdventure.com, where you can also find links, pictures, and detailed show notes from this episode!

You can always email us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you! 

In this episode of the Attempt Adventure Podcast, hosts James Barrett and Michael Desrosiers talk about some of the challenges as well as rewards of traveling with a partner or significant other, and how it differs from travel solo or with a friend.

We also tell discuss an upsetting change to a classic Thai beer's branding and chat about birding in Colombia. Buckle up, y'all, because we get a bit off topic in this one!

In this week's Adventures in the News segment, Michael shares an article about a couple in Colombia undergoing a "Big Year" by seeking to identify and document as many birds as possible in one calendar year.

https://www.audubon.org/news/1158-bird-species-7500-miles-1000-cups-coffee-and-counting-meet-couple-doing 

This month's challenge is to share your favorite local food. We have listeners from all around the world, and we'd love to learn about the cuisine and dishes that you love! Send a photo and / or description of your favorite local dish to us at our email [email protected] with the subject line "challenge".

Find us on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or on our official website, AttemptAdventure.com, where you can also find links, pictures, and detailed show notes from this episode!

You can always email us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you! Have you been on an adventure with a significant other? What was the experience like? What are the unique challenges and rewards that came from the experience? What did you learn or how did your relationship grow from adventuring and traveling together. Write in and let us know!

In this episode of the Attempt Adventure Podcast, hosts James Barrett and Michael Desrosiers discuss their nine favorite Buddhist temples in Bangkok, Thailand. Having a cultural adventure can be difficult, and sometimes even scary. It can be even more challenging when the adventure involves visiting a place of worship for a religion other than your own.

In this episode, Michael, a long-term expat in Bangkok, Thailand lists his nine favorite Buddhist temples in the Thai capital. Nine is a lucky number in Thai culture, and visiting nine temples in one day is a sort of pilgrimage, or act of good karma. James, who has visited Michael in the city several times, adds his comments and commentary to Michael's list.

The hosts also discuss what to do and what not to do at a Thai temple, and chat about how generally to have a cultural adventure when traveling in a culture that is vastly different from your own.

In this week's Adventures in the News segment, James has an announcement about how the world-famous Inca Trail is opening for reservations for the very first time since the COVID-19 Pandemic began, and the hosts get off on a tangent about which vaccinations they have had in their lives. 

https://www.inca-trail.com.pe/covid

This month's challenge is to share your favorite local food. We have listeners from all around the world, and we'd love to learn about the cuisine and dishes that you love! Send a photo and / or description of your favorite local dish to us at our email [email protected] with the subject line "challenge".

Find us on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or on our official website, AttemptAdventure.com, where you can also find links, pictures, and detailed show notes from this episode!

You can always email us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!

In this episode of the Attempt Adventure Podcast, hosts James Barrett and Michael Desrosiers are joined by special guest, travel blogger Adam Ryan from asadamgoes.com to talk about road tripping in Ireland! We discuss how to explore and discover our home countries when international travel is difficult or impossible, as well as practicalities for road tripping in Ireland, tips, advice, and recommendations for planning the best Irish road trip!

Adam's blog, asadamgoes.com:

https://asadamgoes.com/

Connect with Adam on Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/asadamgoes/

https://www.facebook.com/asadamgoes

https://twitter.com/asadamgoes

In this week's Adventures in the News segment, Michael shares an announcement about the US Department of the Interior's ten brand-new National Recreation Trails!

https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/soi-designates-10-new-recreation-trails-2021.htm

This month's challenge is to share your favorite local food. We have listeners from all around the world, and we'd love to learn about the cuisine and dishes that you love! Send a photo and / or description of your favorite local dish to us at our email [email protected] with the subject line "challenge".

Find us on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or on our official website, AttemptAdventure.com, where you can also find links, pictures, and detailed show notes from this episode!

You can always email us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!

In this episode of the Attempt Adventure Podcast, hosts James Barrett and Michael Desrosiers discuss cooking outdoors while on an adventure. Each host shares their favorite campfire recipes as well as tips and practicalities for cooking while on a camping trip. Learn how to make "trail burgers", perfect campfire cobbler, the best camping breakfast burrito, and more!

We also received a wonderful email from a listener sharing her difficult yet inspiring COVID-19 travel and adventure experiences, and discuss "tourist Thailand" and some of the amazing must-see sights in Thailand.

In this week's Adventures in the News segment, James has discovered the world's most dangerous and remote tea house. Is it worth it?

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/china-mount-hua-huashan-most-dangerous-hike-in-the-world-2018-8

This month's challenge is to share your favorite local food. We have listeners from all around the world, and we'd love to learn about the cuisine and dishes that you love! Send a photo and / or description of your favorite local dish to us at our email [email protected] with the subject line "challenge".

Find us on Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, or on our official website, AttemptAdventure.com, where you can also find links, pictures, and detailed show notes from this episode!

You can always email us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!

In this episode of the Attempt Adventure Podcast, we are joined by returning guest Kyle Desrosiers, a Fulbright scholar, adventurer, and world traveler currently living and studying in Tel Aviv, Israel. Kyle joins us to talk about a disastrous trek and camping trip at the Sea of Galilee, spending Easter with some nuns at a French Benedictine abbey, and living in Israel during some of the country's most somber and important remembrance days.

In this week's Adventures in the News segment, Michael shares the big announcement that the ancient Thai capital has been announced as the newest city for the Thailand Michelin Guide!

https://guide.michelin.com/th/en/article/news-and-views/the-michelin-guide-thailand-is-coming-to-ayutthaya

This month's challenge is to practice your nature photography and take a picture of a bird - any bird, any place, any camera! Just get outside and explore. You can send your bird pictures to us at our email [email protected] with the subject line "challenge".

Find us on Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, or on our official website, AttemptAdventure.com, where you can also find links, pictures, and detailed show notes from this episode!

You can always email us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!

In this episode of the Attempt Adventure Podcast, hosts James Barrett and Michael Desrosiers discuss the realities of adventuring during the COVID-19 pandemic, the future of travel and adventure in the post-pandemic world, and how they have tried to recapture their adventure spirits during the pandemic and as it is slowly coming to an end.

How have your adventure plans changed due to the pandemic? Has your style of adventure changed? What do you think travel and adventure will look like in the next year or two as the world enters the new post-pandemic world? We would love to hear your thoughts! Send us an email at [email protected]!

Michael received a recommendation from a listener to check out the infrared photography of Sir Simon Marsden, and it's too cool not to share! Check it out here:

marsdenarchive.com/

In this week's Adventures in the News Segment, James found an article about the world's newest ocean, and the hosts discuss the history of the famed Seven Seas.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/theres-a-new-ocean-now-can-you-name-all-five-southern-ocean

This month's challenge is to practice your nature photography and take a picture of a bird - any bird, any place, any camera! Just get outside and explore. You can send your bird pictures to us at our email [email protected] with the subject line "challenge".

Find us on Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, or on our official website, AttemptAdventure.com!

You can always email us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!