Adventure Travel Show

Bikepacking and Bike Touring Adventures

Today we discuss bike packing and bike touring (and the difference between the two).

We'll cover:

• The difference between bike packing and bike touring
• Panniers versus bike bags for carrying your gear
• What kind of bags you'll need
• The six main cross country USA bike trails
• Rails to Trails - over 25,000 miles of bike paths
• Europe and Asia long distance bike holiday resources

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Today we explore the wonderful world of boondocking, aka dry camping or dispersed camping.  While mostly on the over 640 million UD federal lands, we also explore state public lands and even 'Wallydocking' in Walmart parking lots!

Learn how to find sites, how to evaluate if a site is suitable for you and your rig, and assorted tips and the etiquette of boon docking.

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES  See importan...

Kit speaks with certified Wilderness EMT expert Casey Marcum about things we need to think about BEFORE we head into the wild, and then what to do if something goes wrong and you or someone else gets sick or injured.  You'll learn key things to make sure you put in your pack and some clever hacks when you have to make do when you don't have the ideal resources.

Be sure to check out the SHOW NOTES for more detailed information, and ...

Kit interviews Certified Personal Trainer and Coach, Becki Rupp of Trailblazer Wellness about what we need to know, and how to prepare for our big mountain adventures.

We discuss:

• Altitude or Mountain Sickness, and when it is serious
• The importance of training for your adventure
• Who gets altitude sickness (hint: anyone and it doesn't matter if you are fit)
• Symptoms of mountain sickness and when to turn back
• Tips to minimize di...

The 'Summer of Kit' road trip in 'Sophie', Kit's new-to-her converted Sprinter camper van concludes, but she forgot about lack of internet access to produce new episodes while she traveled.  Today we discuss the new schedule.

Be sure to check in with Kit to let her know how YOUR summer went during this crazy time!

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20 Strategies to Build Resilience and Grit

Learn how to improve your resilience and grit to better handle all the setbacks life throws at you. 

Find out the eleven traits of resilient people, why resilience is important and learn twenty workable strategies you can work on to bounce back quicker when faced with tough times.

Get complete details and download the 20...

A Camper’s Guide on How to Choose a Sleeping Bag, a Sleeping Pad and a Sleeping bag Liner! Learn how to maintain your gear to extend its life. Tips on buying camping gear for both car campers, backpackers, bike packers and those going on kayak or canoe tours. We cover: • How to choose a sleeping bag • Camping versus Backpacking sleeping bags • Sleeping bag Thermal Ratings • How to choose the right shaped sleeping bag • Female and c...

How to Learn a Foreign Language

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In today’s show I interview Kerstin Cable of the Fluent Company about ways we can improve our language learning skills.  We learn what works and what doesn’t in our quest of how to learn a new language.

We cover:

• Why it’s smart to learn at least a few phrases of a foreign language before you visit a country t...

Learn what to do when you are threatened by lightning, especially if you are caught exposed outdoors including the proper safety position and what to do if someone gets hit by lightning.  You’ll also learn what constitutes a safe shelter during a thunderstorm.

We cover:

• What is lightning?
• The five types of lightning and typical strikes from them
• What position to take when lightning is striking nearby
• How to determine a safe sh...

Today we learn how why you often have to choose between comfort at night or comfort during the day when it comes to backpacking. 

Discover the four main ways to go ultralight when backpacking plus learn tips to reduce your base pack weight so you can be as comfortable as possible during the day AND the night the next time you go backpacking.

We cover:

• What ultralight backpacking?
• What is the safe weight for YOU to carry on you...

Today we learn how to avoid the dreaded solo supplements that can add up to as much as 100% of the cost of your adventure!

Discover the 12 ways to waive or reduce the dreaded single supplement add on fees.

We cover:

• What is a solo supplement anyway and why do I have to pay them?
• How to find companies that waive single supplements and/or offer roommate matching services
• Why when you book matters when it comes to paying solo sup...

In Part II of our series on How To Save Money On Travel, we focus on ways you can save money on transportation, one of the biggest expenses of travel, ways flexibility can save you money and much more!  We also cover the Bonus Tip that will ensure you get the most satisfaction from your vacation dollars. 

Get complete details and download the FREE 69 Ways to Save Money on Travel Checklist on the Sho...

Save Money On Travel

Part One of How to Save Money On Travel covers general savings tips, plus how to save money on food and going out to eat, learn about the many ways to save AND stay for free or little cost, and how to communicate with work and home without driving up your cell bill.

Get complete details and download the FREE 69 Ways to Save Money on Travel Checklist on the Show Notes.

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Today's episode teaches you areas that you can tap into to build your travel savings account (or any saving account for that matter).  You'll learn ways to spend less, save more and earn more, and do so in way that work for YOU and your lifestyle and values.

Complete SHOW NOTES HERE.

In the SPEND LESS area, you'll learn easy ways to cut costs on:

• Food and Drug 
• Entertainment 
• Coffee Shop 
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Learn my 12 point system to make sure that you choose the right travel tour company for you and your expectations.

In today’s show we will learn how to:

• Find and evaluate the different tour companies
• What to look for in the itinerary so you don’t get any unpleasant or expensive surprises
• How to find ‘your people’ so that you are traveling with fun people you like
• What questions to ask potential travel companies before you buy
• ...

Kit interviews Marcus Shapiro from Fit For Trips on this important episode on how to train both your body and mind for your next big adventure.  

Proper training for your adventurecan determine whether you return home exhilarated and empowered, or miserable and in pain, or even injured. While it’s possible to speed up your training calendar, aim to ease in to building your body strength gradually so that you don’t inadvertently twe...

What is a Walking holiday?

A walking holiday is one where you walk, usually from one village to another via beautiful countryside, have lodging at the end of the day, often you have luggage transfer so you don't have to backpack and thus just carry a daypack.  In short, a walking holiday allows you to truly see the destination at a slow pace so that you can really understand the peo...

Learn the fifteen ways that adventure travel can improve your physical and mental well being - plus an anecdotal bonus sixteenth benefit.

In this episode, first broadcast on the companion podcast, Active Travel Adventures in December of 2017, the benefits of adventure travel are outlined.  

See the complete SHOW NOTES HERE.

You will also hear an interview with Kit's 90+ year old mom, who start...

On today's episode of the Adventure Travel Show podcast we learn how to build a campfire even in the rain.  Yes it's hard, time consuming and tedious, but it's doable.  You can learn how plus you'll learn how to make a fast fire when the weather cooperates!

 Here's what we cover today:

• Four ingredients to make a camp fire plus my favorite cheap fire starter that guarantees to light
• Tips for choosing WHERE to build your fire
• Th...