Julian was born Reno, NV raised by a Colombian family who planted the seed of his love for travel, athletics, and culture. He currently lives in Miami, FL. where he studied sports medicine at FIU and is an athletic trainer. From this episode you will hear about his love to rock climb and travel and now married to Wilney Arias for 2 years. Julian is still in search of a life mission and has a passion for helping the environment in some way, to leave Earth better before he dies.
This is. PART ONE of a 3-hour recording going through his Epic Backpacking Adventure!
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How Julian and I were raised that got us into travel
Reminiscing on a fe of our favorite memories
Julians athleticism, career, and travels leading up to his epic backpacking adventure
How Julian got into rock climbing and reading that sparked his planning -The video he mentions of Alex Holland https://youtu.be/SR1jwwagtaQ
Vagabonding, the book Julian mentions his friend recommended https://g.co/kgs/xMyQb9
He begins planning his trip around his baseball off seasons
Packing and preparation tips from the pros
The next step: buying the ticket, getting over procrastinating because of the uncertainty
Exploring the deeper meaning of the trip he was planning and embarking
Beginning the first part of his backpacking trip and people he met from the start
His take on hostels on meeting new people
one of the website we mention WOOF
Part 2 will pickup from how he discovered how to get to Macchu Picchu and the beginning of his stories
IG: https://instagram.com/jvarela86
Vagabonding by Rolf Potts https://g.co/kgs/xMyQb9
Alex Honnold 60 minutes https://youtu.be/SR1jwwagtaQ
WOOF: https://wwoof.net/Part 2 and 3 are for Pink Premium Only So Click over to hear the rest.