The World Wanderers Podcast

Overcoming Adversity, Climbing Kilimanjaro, and Living Abroad with Eddie Young


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This week we are joined by Eddie Young from rebornstronger.com Eddie has an incredible story of overcoming adversity, choosing adventure, and living a self-directed life.  He certainly is a candidate for the most interesting man in the world. He speaks Korean, played semi-professional baseball in Japan, overcame a broken neck and fully recovered, and recently climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro as the first summit on a quest to become the first African-American man to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents.  You can follow along with Eddie's adventures at rebornstronger.com Topics discussed in this episode:  First travel experiences Playing baseball in Japan Overcoming a broken neck How adversity makes us stronger Day to day life in Japan and Korea Life in the middle east Learning Korean What destinations should be on your travel radar in your middle east Links to places mentioned as well as photo's from our trip can be found in the show notes at theworldwanderers.com This episode is brought to you by Praxis. Praxis is the future of education, a 9-month program with a 6-month apprenticeship at a startup. It is education, without schooling. If you are 17 to 25 and ready to break free of the conventional path, go to discoverpraxis.com The World Wanderers Podcast is also sponsored by italki.com. If you are interested in learning a language and want more than the boring app on your phone go to theworldwanderers.com/italki. You'll get a two for one lesson with a native speaker at amazingly affordable rates. Music Credits: - bensound.com
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