Joining me today is someone who once tried to sail from Norway to France and failed, who decided to ride a bike 5,000 miles from Alaska to Mexico but didn’t know how to change a tire, and who has gotten lost, stuck, and confused in more countries than he can count, Otto Ecroyd, author of Northbound and Down.
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In This Episode
- 03:00 Learning On The Go
- 04:05 Leveling Up & Where It All Started
- 09:45 Wanting To Do It To Actually Doing it
- 15:30 Alaska Adventure
- 19:30 Falling Forward & Planning At The Same Time
- 23:20 Am I Gonna Quit?
- 27:55 Being So Remote
- 30:35 Differences & Similarities Between All The Locations
- 35:55 Gear Used & Tossed Along The Way
- 40:40 Timeframe & End Date
- 44:25 The Longest Stretches
- 46:30 Biggest Lessons Learned
- 48:50 Post Trip Life
- 55:50 No Rules Needed
- 56:30 Learning About Writing & Publishing A Book
- 59:30 Unexpected Highlights & Biggest Mishap
Important Links
- Find Otto’s book Northbound & Down
- Today’s podcast is sponsored by Oregon State University ECampus.
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