WanderLearn: Travel to Transform Your Mind & Life

Matt Favero is the Director of Marketing at Zpacks, one of my top two favorite backpacking gear companies (Gossamer Gear is the other). 

I ask him:

• How did he get involved in Zpacks?


• What backpacking opportunities exist in Florida?


• What’s the dumbest backpacking mistake he ever made?


• What Zpack product is he most proud of?


• What is his funkiest item?


• What makes Zpacks special?


• What will the 2020s bring to the backpacking world?

Or watch the unedited version on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi3jBqwodaU

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Do you want to take a life-changing travel adventure, but you either hate planning or you don't know where to start?

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Just type in a region you have always wanted to visit or your preferred travel style and TourRadar will do the rest.

And right now, WanderLearn listeners can visit TourRadar for a chance to an amazing travel contest! Every month, there's a new contest! Enter at https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn 

Rene Steelman leads the Steelman Family Foundation which helps families with non-ambulatory children to acquire wheelchair-accessible vehicles.

Their mission is to help families with children diagnosed with a permanent disability participate in the community. The Steelman Family Foundation also supports events to benefit cerebral palsy education and activities. They work exclusively with United Access and serve families nationally.

Learn more and donate at https://steelmanfamilyfoundation.org

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit.

In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

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After graduating from Harvard Business School and working a bit, DJ Didonna embarked on an improbable quest: helping people take months or even years off work.

There's nothing wrong with working nonstop for 40 years. 

However, paradoxically, taking a sabbatical may be the best thing for your career.

DJ wants to help you do what most Harvard Business School graduates don’t know how to do: get off the treadmill.

We chat face-to-face for 80 minutes, discussing:

• His first sabbatical was in 2017. He walked all around Japan – going from temple to temple, hardly speaking to anyone for 6 weeks. How was that like?


• What percentage of companies have sabbatical programs?


• How does a company gain from letting their employees go on sabbaticals?


• What surprised him in his research?


• How can you take a sabbatical when you don’t have a guaranteed job?


• What is the future of sabbaticals?

DJ Didonna gave a TEDx Talk at the same venue that I gave one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRp7_mXYIH4

Learn more about DJ's research at The Sabbatical Project.

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Do you want to take a life-changing travel adventure, but you either hate planning or you don't know where to start?

TourRadar is a trusted online marketplace that helps you find, compare, and book multi-day tours that will expand your horizons through life-enriching travel experiences.

Just type in a region you have always wanted to visit or your preferred travel style and TourRadar will do the rest.

And right now, WanderLearn listeners can visit TourRadar for a chance to an amazing travel contest! Every month, there's a new contest! Enter at https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn 

Rene Steelman leads the Steelman Family Foundation which helps families with non-ambulatory children to acquire wheelchair-accessible vehicles.

Their mission is to help families with children diagnosed with a permanent disability participate in the community. The Steelman Family Foundation also supports events to benefit cerebral palsy education and activities. They work exclusively with United Access and serve families nationally.

Learn more and donate at https://steelmanfamilyfoundation.org

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit.

In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

If you like this podcast, subscribe and share! 

On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on:

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Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon

Rewards start at just $2/month!

If you prefer to do a one-time contribution, you can send it to my PayPal at [email protected]

If you prefer giving me Bitcoin, then please send BTC to my tip jar: 3EiSBC2bv2bYtYEXAKTkgqZohjF27DGjnV

This is one of my favorite podcasts this year. I admire Mike Spencer Bown. He's been traveling for the last 25 years. He's been to every country. He's the author of The World's Most Travelled Man.

Does he deserve that title?

He didn't even pick that title. His publisher did.

We discuss whether that topic as well as these topics:

• How many Canadian provinces are there? He didn't know, even though he's Canadian! Sacrilege! Answer: 10. Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan.


• What does he have to do to claim that he's been to a country?


• How's Saudi Arabia now?


• We discuss Travel's Century Club. 


• How was it like to be in the first tourist in Somalia?


• Would he go to the moon or Mars?


• How's Antarctica?


• What about Kazakstan? 


• How are his language skills?


• How does he finance his travels?


• Why did he spend $50,000 in chickens?


• How much would it cost to reverse engineer the brain?


• Could the USA and Canada unite?


• How do you get a gun in Canada?


• In 300 years, is it better to live in Canada or the Sahara?


• What does he think about Bitcoin?


• What does he think of the future of Africa?


• If he were a time traveler going into the future, what would he expect to see?


• How was it like to go for months without speaking?

You can follow Mike Spencer Bown on Facebook.

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Do you want to take a life-changing travel adventure, but you either hate planning or you don't know where to start?

TourRadar is a trusted online marketplace that helps you find, compare, and book multi-day tours that will expand your horizons through life-enriching travel experiences.

Just type in a region you have always wanted to visit or your preferred travel style and TourRadar will do the rest.

And right now, WanderLearn listeners can visit TourRadar for a chance to an amazing travel contest! Every month, there's a new contest! Enter at https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn 

Rene Steelman leads the Steelman Family Foundation which helps families with non-ambulatory children to acquire wheelchair-accessible vehicles.

Their mission is to help families with children diagnosed with a permanent disability participate in the community. The Steelman Family Foundation also supports events to benefit cerebral palsy education and activities. They work exclusively with United Access and serve families nationally.

Learn more and donate at https://steelmanfamilyfoundation.org

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit.

In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

If you like this podcast, subscribe and share! 

On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on:

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Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon

Rewards start at just $2/month!

If you prefer to do a one-time contribution, you can send it to my PayPal at [email protected]

If you prefer giving me Bitcoin, then please send BTC to my tip jar: 3EiSBC2bv2bYtYEXAKTkgqZohjF27DGjnV

Lauren Kahn has done 72 home exchanges!

One way to immerse yourself in a foreign environment is to do a home exchange. 

Lauren's blog offers plenty of advice on how to do a home exchange.

This podcast comes in two parts.

Due to a technical snafu, Lauren thought she lost our first interview. So I interviewed her twice, thinking that we lost the original recording.

We managed to recover it. I took some of the highlights of the original interview and appended it at the end of this podcast. Therefore, if you're seriously interested in home exchanges, make sure you listen to the bonus interview in the second half.

Homelink and Intervac are her two favorite sites, even though HomeExchange.com is the most popular. 

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Do you want to take a life-changing travel adventure, but you either hate planning or you don't know where to start?

TourRadar is a trusted online marketplace that helps you find, compare, and book multi-day tours that will expand your horizons through life-enriching travel experiences.

Just type in a region you have always wanted to visit or your preferred travel style and TourRadar will do the rest.

And right now, WanderLearn listeners can visit TourRadar for a chance to an amazing travel contest! Every month, there's a new contest! Enter at https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn 

Rene Steelman leads the Steelman Family Foundation which helps families with non-ambulatory children to acquire wheelchair-accessible vehicles.

Their mission is to help families with children diagnosed with a permanent disability participate in the community. The Steelman Family Foundation also supports events to benefit cerebral palsy education and activities. They work exclusively with United Access and serve families nationally.

Learn more and donate at https://steelmanfamilyfoundation.org

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit.

In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

If you like this podcast, subscribe and share! 

On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on:

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Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon

Rewards start at just $2/month!

If you prefer to do a one-time contribution, you can send it to my PayPal at [email protected]

If you prefer giving me Bitcoin, then please send BTC to my tip jar: 3EiSBC2bv2bYtYEXAKTkgqZohjF27DGjnV

Over 2.5 million people have read my article, "10 Reasons Why El Camino de Santiago Sucks." One of those people is Susan Alcorn, who has hiked to Santiago, Spain 16 different times over 9 different routes.

Instead of taking offense to the article, she took it as constructive criticism of the article. We've had a civil discussion about El Camino ever since. 

One of my central points is that the most popular Camino trail (El Camino Frances) is crowded and has few wilderness experiences. I encouraged people to explore other Camino trails. 

That's exactly what Susan has done.

Susan Alcorn has even written a couple of books about El Camino. Her first book was Camino Chronicle: Walking to Santiago.

She also wrote We're in the Mountains, Not over the Hill: Tales and Tips from Seasoned Women Backpackers.

Her newest book is called Healing Miles: Gifts from the Caminos Norte and Primitivo.  

Most pilgrims hike El Camino Frances.

About 5% backpack El Camino Primitivo and another 5% hike El Camino del Norte. 

In this conversation, we focus on these two lesser-known trails. I ask her:

• What was one of the most unusual paths she has taken?


• What percentage of pilgrims are hiking purely for religious reasons? (The answer is surprising!)


• How many pilgrims get to Santiago every year? (You won't believe it!)


• Has she camped on the trail? 


• What advice would she give to first-time pilgrims of El Camino de Santiago?

 You should learn more about Susan Alcorn. 

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Do you want to take a life-changing travel adventure, but you either hate planning or you don't know where to start?

TourRadar is a trusted online marketplace that helps you find, compare, and book multi-day tours that will expand your horizons through life-enriching travel experiences.

Just type in a region you have always wanted to visit or your preferred travel style and TourRadar will do the rest.

And right now, WanderLearn listeners can visit TourRadar for a chance to an amazing travel contest! Every month, there's a new contest! Enter at https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn 

Rene Steelman leads the Steelman Family Foundation which helps families with non-ambulatory children to acquire wheelchair-accessible vehicles.

Their mission is to help families with children diagnosed with a permanent disability participate in the community. The Steelman Family Foundation also supports events to benefit cerebral palsy education and activities. They work exclusively with United Access and serve families nationally.

Learn more and donate at https://steelmanfamilyfoundation.org

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit.

In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

If you like this podcast, subscribe and share! 

On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on:

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Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon

Rewards start at just $2/month!

If you prefer to do a one-time contribution, you can send it to my PayPal at [email protected]

If you prefer giving me Bitcoin, then please send BTC to my tip jar: 3EiSBC2bv2bYtYEXAKTkgqZohjF27DGjnV

Boyd Varty's TED talk about "What I Learned From Nelson Mandela" made Varty famous. His talk has nearly two million views.

His newest book came out this week. It's called The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life.

Varty is a fourth-generation custodian of the Londolozi Game Reserve. Unlike his ancestors, he's never hunted a lion. Now he just tracks them for eco-tourism. I ask him:

• What would his lion-hunting ancestors say about his conservation efforts?  


• Does he think that hunting helps or hurts animal conservation?


• What does having a "sit spot" mean and how can it help you?


• How exactly does a male lion's mane protect the lion?


• What's the first story that we told ourselves?


• What can we learn from tracking a lion?

This episode is also important because it marks the one-year anniversary of the WanderLearn podcast, which has gotten 20,000 downloads since we started!

That makes me happy because few podcasts achieve that audience in one year.

So THANK YOU to you, my wandering listeners and to my sponsors! 

TourRadar is running a special promotion for WanderLearn listeners at tourradar.com/wanderlearn. Each month, listeners can sign up for the chance to win amazing travel prizes. Prizes include everything from $1,000 in travel credits to a trip for two to Europe to a free river cruise in Asia! Visit tourradar.com/wanderlearn to sign up for your chance to win today!

Share, rate, and review the WanderLearn podcast!

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Do you want to take a life-changing travel adventure, but you either hate planning or you don't know where to start?

TourRadar is a trusted online marketplace that helps you find, compare, and book multi-day tours that will expand your horizons through life-enriching travel experiences.

Just type in a region you have always wanted to visit or your preferred travel style and TourRadar will do the rest.

And right now, WanderLearn listeners can visit TourRadar for a chance to an amazing travel contest! Every month, there's a new contest! Enter at https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn 

Rene Steelman leads the Steelman Family Foundation which helps families with non-ambulatory children to acquire wheelchair-accessible vehicles.

Their mission is to help families with children diagnosed with a permanent disability participate in the community. The Steelman Family Foundation also supports events to benefit cerebral palsy education and activities. They work exclusively with United Access and serve families nationally.

Learn more and donate at https://steelmanfamilyfoundation.org

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit.

In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

If you like this podcast, subscribe and share! 

On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on:

• http://facebook.com/ftapon


• http://twitter.com/ftapon


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• http://tumblr.com/ftapon

Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon

Rewards start at just $2/month!

If you prefer to do a one-time contribution, you can send it to my PayPal at [email protected]

If you prefer giving me Bitcoin, then please send BTC to my tip jar: 3EiSBC2bv2bYtYEXAKTkgqZohjF27DGjnV

Few people expect to get kidnapped, but it's good to have some education on how to avoid kidnapping and what to do if you are kidnapped.

In this episode 59 of the WanderLearn podcast, I interview Olav Ostad, who wrote Surviving Kidnappers: Precautions, Influence, Strategic Tools, which I reviewed on my website.

You can buy it on Amazon.

I ask Olav to share:

• A kidnapping story with a happy ending.


• A kidnapping story with a tragic ending.


• What can we learn from these two stories?


• Why did he write this book given that he's never been kidnapped?


• Should you cry when you're captured? Beg for mercy?


• What can we do to avoid getting kidnapped in the first place?


• Is kidnapping and ransom insurance worth it?


• What should they do during the moment of the assault?


• What should they during the transportation phase?


• What should they do during the captivity phase?


• How do you get over PTSD that may arise from surviving a kidnapping?

 Visit Kidnapping Survival to learn more.

TourRadar is running a special promotion for WanderLearn listeners at tourradar.com/wanderlearn. Each month, listeners can sign up for the chance to win amazing travel prizes. Prizes include everything from $1,000 in travel credits to a trip for two to Europe to a free river cruise in Asia! Visit tourradar.com/wanderlearn to sign up for your chance to win today!

Share, rate, and review the WanderLearn podcast!

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Do you want to take a life-changing travel adventure, but you either hate planning or you don't know where to start?

TourRadar is a trusted online marketplace that helps you find, compare, and book multi-day tours that will expand your horizons through life-enriching travel experiences.

Just type in a region you have always wanted to visit or your preferred travel style and TourRadar will do the rest.

And right now, WanderLearn listeners can visit TourRadar for a chance to an amazing travel contest! Every month, there's a new contest! Enter at https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn 

Rene Steelman leads the Steelman Family Foundation which helps families with non-ambulatory children to acquire wheelchair-accessible vehicles.

Their mission is to help families with children diagnosed with a permanent disability participate in the community. The Steelman Family Foundation also supports events to benefit cerebral palsy education and activities. They work exclusively with United Access and serve families nationally.

Learn more and donate at https://steelmanfamilyfoundation.org

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit.

In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

If you like this podcast, subscribe and share! 

On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on:

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• http://twitter.com/ftapon


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• http://tumblr.com/ftapon

Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon

Rewards start at just $2/month!

If you prefer to do a one-time contribution, you can send it to my PayPal at [email protected]

If you prefer giving me Bitcoin, then please send BTC to my tip jar: 3EiSBC2bv2bYtYEXAKTkgqZohjF27DGjnV

Donna Colson is one of the five City Council members in Burlingame, California. Currently, she's serving as Burlingame's Mayor. Burlingame is an affluent city with 30,000 residents near the San Francisco Airport. I grew up next to Burlingame.

Mayor Colson is running for re-election to the City Council on November 5, 2019. We chatted for 30 minutes about a variety of topics, including:

• What does a mayor do every day?


• How much does she get paid?


• Why do such a job?


• What surprised her once she became the mayor?


• How much time does she spend fund-raising?


• Will we ever go beyond the two-party system?


• What political party is she in? (The answer will surprise you.)


• Why can't national politics be less tribal and more like local politics?


• Besides voting, what should citizens do?

Three candidates are running for the two council seats in Burlingame.

It looks like a slam dunk for Donna, but she thinks of Hillary Clinton's surprising loss often to keep her humble.

This interview is also available on YouTube if you want to see Donna's expressions. 

Right now, TourRadar is running a special promotion for WanderLearn listeners at tourradar.com/wanderlearn. Each month, listeners can sign up for the chance to win amazing travel prizes. Prizes include everything from $1,000 in travel credits to a trip for two to Europe to a free river cruise in Asia! Visit tourradar.com/wanderlearn to sign up for your chance to win today!

Share, rate, and review the WanderLearn podcast!

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Do you want to take a life-changing travel adventure but you either hate planning or you don't know where to start?

TourRadar is a trusted online marketplace that helps you find, compare and book multi-day tours that will expand your horizons through life-enriching travel experiences.

Just type in a region you have always wanted to visit or your preferred travel style and TourRadar will do the rest.

And right now, WanderLearn listeners can visit TourRadar for a chance to an amazing travel contest! Every month, there's a new contest! Enter at https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn 

Rene Steelman leads the Steelman Family Foundation which helps families with non-ambulatory children to acquire wheelchair-accessible vehicles.

Their mission is to help families with children diagnosed with a permanent disability participate in the community. The Steelman Family Foundation also supports events to benefit cerebral palsy education and activities. They work exclusively with United Access and serve families nationally.

Learn more and donate at https://steelmanfamilyfoundation.org

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit.

In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

If you like this podcast, subscribe and share! 

On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on:

• http://facebook.com/ftapon


• http://twitter.com/ftapon


• http://youtube.com/user/ftapon


• http://pinterest.com/ftapon


• http://tumblr.com/ftapon

Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon

Rewards start at just $2/month!

If you prefer to do a one-time contribution, you can send it to my PayPal at [email protected]

If you prefer giving me Bitcoin, then please send BTC to my tip jar: 3EiSBC2bv2bYtYEXAKTkgqZohjF27DGjnV

Jack Kennedy got malaria in Sumbawa, Indonesia. 

After that tough experience, a lightbulb went off in his head.

He wondered if, at the cost of a few thousand dollars, he could eliminate malaria in Sumbawa.

He founded Health Access Sumbawa to eradicate malaria in Sumbawa and far beyond.

• Can we eliminate malaria plasmodium?


• What's the best bang for the buck? Bed nets? Spraying? 


• Is there a malaria vaccine on the horizon?


• What tips does he have for someone thinking about starting a nonprofit?

Every month, TourRadar is offering a new special contest to WanderLearn fans! Sometimes the TourRadar contest offers free trips, other times $1,000 in travel credits. Check out their latest promotion here:

https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn 

Share, rate, and review the WanderLearn podcast!

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Do you want to take a life-changing travel adventure but you either hate planning or you don't know where to start?

TourRadar is a trusted online marketplace that helps you find, compare and book multi-day tours that will expand your horizons through life-enriching travel experiences.

Just type in a region you have always wanted to visit or your preferred travel style and TourRadar will do the rest.

And right now, WanderLearn listeners can visit TourRadar for a chance to win an amazing travel contest! Every month, there's a new contest with new prizes! Enter at https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn 

Rene Steelman leads the Steelman Family Foundation which helps families with non-ambulatory children to acquire wheelchair-accessible vehicles.

Their mission is to help families with children diagnosed with a permanent disability participate in the community. The Steelman Family Foundation also supports events to benefit cerebral palsy education and activities. They work exclusively with United Access and serve families nationally.

Learn more and donate at https://steelmanfamilyfoundation.org

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit.

In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

If you like this podcast, subscribe and share! 

On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on:

• http://facebook.com/ftapon


• http://twitter.com/ftapon


• http://youtube.com/user/ftapon


• http://pinterest.com/ftapon


• http://tumblr.com/ftapon

Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon

Rewards start at just $2/month!

If you prefer to do a one-time contribution, you can send it to my PayPal at [email protected]

If you prefer giving me Bitcoin, then please send BTC to my tip jar: 3EiSBC2bv2bYtYEXAKTkgqZohjF27DGjnV

What would you do if you were caught in an avalanche? How do you minimize your risk when you're traveling in the snowy mountains?

Robert Hahn has studied avalanches and still managed to get caught in one. 

He works for the Northwest Avalanche Center. 

He shares his personal avalanche survival story.

He also shares tips on how you can avoid repeating his fate.

After 50 mins, we shift away from talking about avalanches and we talk about his harrowing experiences in the Himalayas.

After 70 minutes, we talk about his fascinating time in Africa, which includes two years in the Peace Corps in Uganda, climbing the 3rd tallest peak in Africa, and several cultural insights, including the importance (or lack thereof) of honesty.

I briefly mention my podcast with Sym Blanchard, who talks about how to live a meaningful life.

Robert Hahn is an Avalanche Forecasting Meteorologist who has worked at NWAC since 2017. Robert is responsible for twice-daily mountain weather forecasts for all zones and daily avalanche forecasts for the Olympics, Mt. Hood, Washington Cascades East South, and other zones as needed, while helping to coordinate the avalanche products throughout the region.

Robert believes that quality mountain weather and avalanche products will help backcountry travelers inform their decisions in the mountains, ultimately saving lives. Robert holds a master’s degree in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington.

When Robert is not working, you’ll find him backcountry skiing in remote corners of the Cascades or Canada and exploring tropical jungles when the snow melts.

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Rene Steelman leads the Steelman Family Foundation which helps families with non-ambulatory children to acquire wheelchair-accessible vehicles.

Their mission is to help families with children diagnosed with a permanent disability participate in the community. The Steelman Family Foundation also supports events to benefit cerebral palsy education and activities. They work exclusively with United Access and serve families nationally.

Learn more and donate at https://steelmanfamilyfoundation.org

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit.

In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

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