The Divergent Path with Rollie Peterkin

Jennifer Tye had a steady job as a marketing executive, but that wasn't what she wanted out of life. So one day she decided to leave it all behind and go to culinary school. She next worked for two years at Michel Richard Citronelle, one of the best restaurants in the country. And she eventually started her own catering business. Jennifer talks about the scrappy early days as she grew her business and how it compares to the current environment after going through months of quarantine. Jennifer's story is an inspiration to anyone looking to change careers and follow a dream.

Her catering company: http://dctaste.com/

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/dctaste

Read more about Jennifer here: https://www.rolliepeterkin.com/jennifer-tye-chef

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A few years ago I lived in Croatia for a summer and wound up traveling around the Balkans after. And I had some crazy stories from hitchhiking through Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia. Including run-ins with the Croatian police, a crazy random music festival in with a stranger who picked me up on the side of the highway, and jumping off an 80-foot bridge in Bosnia.

Read more about the story here: https://rolliepeterkin.com/croatian-police-hitchhiking-serbia-bridge-jumping-bosnia/

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Carlos Venzano has spent four years traveling the world by bicycle. He's been to 90 countries. In total he's biked over 40,000 kilometres, greater than the circumference of the earth. But he wasn't always a super adventurer. Before 2016 he led a "super average life" with a steady job and an apartment in Santiago, Chile. He decided to leave it all behind to travel the world and experience different cultures.

He started riding from his home in Chile and rode his bicycle all the way to Canada! In this episode he shares the obstacles he encountered along the way and what it was like getting used to the routine.

But he didn't stop there. Next, he rode from Iceland, crossing the whole European continent to Turkey. But that wasn't enough either. So he crossed Africa from Mombasa, Kenya to Namibia. Then deciding to cross Europe again, he started again in Portugal and crossed Europe and into Asia. He was crossing Kazakhstan when he encountered some problems.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carlos.jeldres/

Website: https://www.cleteando.com

Read more about Carlos here: https://rolliepeterkin.com/carlos-venzano-around-the-world-by-bike/

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Alexander Pekoff just finished running 560 miles across New York State from Niagara Falls to Montauk Point in 14 days. He ran an average of 39 miles a day, including running 102 miles consecutively on the last day to make it on schedule.

Alexander also biked from Key West, Florida to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska in 89 days. The stories he tells of bear encounters and rugged days in the Alaskan wilderness are absolutely insane.

This episode is perhaps the most inspirational I've recorded. It makes me so happy to share it with you.

Read more about Alexander Pekoff here: https://www.rolliepeterkin.com/alexander-pekoff-extreme-endurance-athlete

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alexanderpekoff

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGlv13ichSsWIZl5Zu1aaTA

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Gregor "The Gift" Gillespie was a four time Division I All-American wrestler and a national champion. He currently fights in the UFC and has a professional record of 13-1. In this episode we discuss Gregor's obsessive personality and how it led him down the destructive path of drugs and alcohol. It's crazy that he was able to be such a top wrestler while abusing his body. But he has been clean for over ten years now and is a dominant UFC fighter.

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/gregorthegift

Read more about Gregor here: https://rolliepeterkin.com/gregor-gillespie-addiction-wrestling-mma/

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Gregor "The Gift" Gillespie was a four time Division I All-American wrestler and a national champion. He currently fights in the UFC and has a professional record of 13-1. In this episode we discuss Gregor's obsessive personality and how it led him down the destructive path of drugs and alcohol. It's crazy that he was able to be such a top wrestler while abusing his body. But he has been clean for over ten years now and is a dominant UFC fighter.

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/gregorthegift

Read more about Gregor here: https://rolliepeterkin.com/gregor-gillespie-addiction-wrestling-mma/

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Paul Rosolie is an author, conservationist, and adventurer. He's written two books. His first book, Mother of God, is about the years he spent in the Peruvian Amazon. He recounts stories of wrestling down giant anacondas, plunging in the river after caiman, coming face-to-face with jaguars, and solo journeys deep into uncharted parts of the jungle.

Paul's second book The Girl and the Tiger is a beautiful story about a girl in India who finds a tiger cub. The book addresses many of the important issues with tiger and elephant conservation in India.

Paul was the star of a 2014 nature documentary special on the Discovery Channel called Eaten Alive. In the show, he was going to be eaten by an anaconda in the Amazon. The show drew a lot of criticism from many groups, and even Paul himself who wasn't happy with the way it turned out. But he explains that it was a massive learning experience and he remains dedicated to his conservation efforts.

Paul is a very passionate conservationist, but he has a different perspective than many others. He is the co-founder of Tamandua Expeditions, which takes visitors of tours into the Amazon. He also founded JungleKeepers, which hires locals as rangers to help protect the Amazon and stop illegal activities like logging or poaching.

Read more about Paul here: www.rolliepeterkin.com/paul-rosolie-anacondas-amazon-conservation-ecotourism

Website: http://paulrosolie.com/

Instagram: http://instagram.com/paulrosolie

Tamandua Expeditions: https://tamanduajungle.com/

JungleKeepers: https://junglekeepers.com/

Mother of God: https://amzn.to/2XVBLI8

The Girl and the Tiger: https://amzn.to/2PMSI2X

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Cristian Velez has a job that every child dreams of. He works for the Amazon Rescue Center (Centro De Rescate Amazónico) in Iquitos, Peru. The center was built 11 years ago in order to rehabilitate baby manatees which were illegally kept as pets by private citizens.

Amazon Rescue Center: https://www.centroderescateamazonico.com/

Fundraising campaign: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2980742958671786

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/centroderescateamazonico

Cristian: http://www.instagram.com/cristianovelez

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Ty Dalitz is an Australian who has spent the last six years traveling the world. And he hasn't taken a single flight. It started off when he sailed to Asia and planned on making it to London by an overland route. But it has morphed into a six year journey filled with some of the most incredible adventures under the sun.

Here are some things Ty had done:

• Rode a motorbike the length of Vietnam
• Crashed a wine convention in China by creating fake business cards
• Caught the Trans-Siberian railway from Mongolia through Russia to Europe
• Hitch-hiked around Europe
• Caught a ride on a sailboat across the Atlantic
• Sailed through the Panama Canal
• Crossed the Pacific in a sailboat twice
• Assisted in an attempt to SWIM ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN
• Rode alongside the swimmer in a dingy
• Saw sharks in the great blue ocean
• Visited the Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch

And that's just scratching the surface. I could sit and listen to Ty tell stories all day.

Follow Ty's story on his website LostAussies.com.

https://www.instagram.com/tydalitz

https://www.facebook.com/thelostaussie

Read more about Ty's journey here: https://www.rolliepeterkin.com/ty-dalitz-six-years-traveling-the-world-without-flying

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Wayne Catan was a world class wrestler in his day. He was a three-time All-American and two-time NCAA finalist for the Syracuse University. After college, he wrestled internationally and even placed third at the legendary Tbilisi Tournament in Georgia.

Nowadays, Wayne is an Ernest Hemingway scholar and English teacher at Brophy College Prep. He has published 37 articles about Hemingway. He's reviewed just about every Hemingway biography out there. He lives and breathes Hemingway.

Wayne would read Hemingway's short stories on the bus when they were traveling to away meets for wrestling in college. Even though he rose to the top of the wrestling world, he got a bit of a slow start. He first trained in judo and when he transitioned to wrestling, he never even placed in New York states. But the summer after his senior year of high school, he wound up placing at nationals and getting recruited to wrestle in college.

Wayne and I first met in the Blair Academy wrestling room many years ago. And we always loved talking about books. We kept in touch and always bonded over our love for Hemingway. So it was so much fun sitting down and talking.

In this episode we discuss our favorite Hemingway works. We talk about how many times Hemingway rewrote the last paragraph of A Farewell to Arms. About how The Old Man and the Sea is a book without one misplaced word. About the Hemingway in the Spanish Civil War and Hemingway's experiences in Spain which led to For Whom the Bell Tolls. Did Hemingway really lead charges as a war journalist? Wayne suspects it might just be part of the Hemingway lore. The Iceberg Theory. The Sun Also Rises. The Nick Adams stories. And so much more.

Read more here: https://rolliepeterkin.com/wayne-catan-hemingway-wrestling-grace-under-pressure/

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