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On this week's episode, Greg shares the story of how he and his wife Susan traveled together on their epic overland adventure from Kenya to Zaire through all kinds of hurdles and hoops to see the endangered mountain gorillas.  To get there and back they ride on trains, local buses, matatus, back of trucks and even motorcycles. Trekking up the sides of volcanoes in Virunga National Park, they encounter the gorillas and spend a story-filled magical hour with them. Finding their way back to civilization brings further adventure, exhaustion, and fun. 

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Sam Richardson wakes up excited about life everyday with a sense of adventure and wonder. Whether it's climbing Kilimanjaro or up the side of a volcano in search of Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda, studying in Ghana, or hiking or biking around his home in San Francisco, California and beyond, Sam believes in embracing life and living it to the fullest. After so many adventures around the world at such a young age, Sam has taken his love of life and adventure to start Sam's Adventure Snacks where he crafts PB & J's and inspires people to inspire one another by sharing their stories about Fitness, Adventure, and Nutrition. 

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In this episode, Bob Spoerl interviews his co-host Greg Traverso about Greg’s epic expedition across the continent of Africa. Hitchhiking, traveling by matatu, boat, foot, and canoe, Greg makes his way across the breath of Africa from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic. Sleeping in villages deep in the Congo rainforest, losing 50 pounds, and has all kinds of adventures and misadventures along the way. This and plenty more on Metamo!

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On this week's episode, Greg and Bob are joined by Abby Guthmann. Abby is a Ph D. student at the University of Minnesota and a member of the Lion Center Team under Dr. Craig Parker. Abby discusses the fascinating conservation work she does near the Maasai Mara in Kenya and the pivotal role the travel experience has played in her life studying ecosystems, behavior adaptation, and human-wildlife conflict mitigation. Abby hopes to contribute to the conservation of vulnerable populations in increasingly altered landscapes.

Her current research focuses on how cattle management strategies may affect ecosystem health and human-wildlife conflict mitigation in conservancies surrounding the Maasai Mara.

Learn more about Abby's work at https://lioncenter.umn.edu/

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On this week’s episode, Greg and Bob are joined by David and Ronah Saunders who lead the Red Rhino Outreach Project in Kenya. The two met in Kenya and have been a transformational travel duo ever since. They discuss the role travel plays in their life and how it’s help lead them to where they are.

Learn more about their Outreach Project at rrop.org

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Join us for the very first installment of Metamo, a podcast about adventure and transformational travel. Metamo provides modern explorers with a more fulfilling way to travel. In this episode, Greg Traverso, founder of Metamo, shares the story about how he first started traveling the world, starting in his own home state of California. That and plenty more on Metamo.

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Welcome to Metamo, a podcast where we explore with you and our guests travel topics that push the boundaries in celebration of the human experience. 

Co-hosts Greg Traverso -- who has spent more than 20 years organizing African adventures from Kilimanjaro to the Serengeti to The Congo and beyond -- and Bob Spoerl, an avid traveler who runs a communications firm covering 15 different time zones share travel stories that range from the sublime to the ridiculous, and everything in between. 

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New episodes airing weekly beginning in December.

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