[Music] there wasn’t really a job description
there wasn’t really a job description
there wasn’t really a job description for what I wanted to do you know people
for what I wanted to do you know people
for what I wanted to do you know people don’t hire storytellers much less
don’t hire storytellers much less
don’t hire storytellers much less adventure storytellers that was my dream
adventure storytellers that was my dream
adventure storytellers that was my dream I mean I was that six year old kid you’d
I mean I was that six year old kid you’d
I mean I was that six year old kid you’d see with his face buried in national
see with his face buried in national
see with his face buried in national Geographics I knew there was magic in
Geographics I knew there was magic in
Geographics I knew there was magic in life on the road
life on the road
life on the road I loved climbing I loved being outside I
I loved climbing I loved being outside I
I loved climbing I loved being outside I would load all this stuff up into my car
would load all this stuff up into my car
would load all this stuff up into my car read the city and I’d spend a couple
read the city and I’d spend a couple
read the city and I’d spend a couple months out on the road and then I’d come
months out on the road and then I’d come
months out on the road and then I’d come back home and I’d write it all down but
back home and I’d write it all down but
back home and I’d write it all down but I wound up with all these stories I’d
I wound up with all these stories I’d
I wound up with all these stories I’d gathered from my time on the road and I
gathered from my time on the road and I
gathered from my time on the road and I just I couldn’t sell them anywhere I was
just I couldn’t sell them anywhere I was
just I couldn’t sell them anywhere I was about to give up when I had this
about to give up when I had this
about to give up when I had this realization that nobody was gonna give
realization that nobody was gonna give
realization that nobody was gonna give me this job I had to go create it once I
me this job I had to go create it once I
me this job I had to go create it once I realized that it was like the horizon
realized that it was like the horizon
realized that it was like the horizon opened up I started a radio show in my
opened up I started a radio show in my
opened up I started a radio show in my closet I went on to make films
closet I went on to make films
closet I went on to make films we found our community it’s seven years
we found our community it’s seven years
we found our community it’s seven years later and I’m still basically doing the
later and I’m still basically doing the
later and I’m still basically doing the same thing I’m loading up here putting
same thing I’m loading up here putting
same thing I’m loading up here putting it in the car and hitting the road to go
it in the car and hitting the road to go
it in the car and hitting the road to go spend time with the people that inspire
spend time with the people that inspire
spend time with the people that inspire me in places that inspire me that
me in places that inspire me that
me in places that inspire me that process has come full circle right back
process has come full circle right back
process has come full circle right back to where my dream started
when National Geographic asked me to
when National Geographic asked me to help with adventures of the year the
help with adventures of the year the
help with adventures of the year the six-year-old boy and me kind of chuckled
six-year-old boy and me kind of chuckled
six-year-old boy and me kind of chuckled we pulled together 10 incredible stories
we pulled together 10 incredible stories
we pulled together 10 incredible stories 10 incredible feats from people who live
10 incredible feats from people who live
10 incredible feats from people who live life on their own terms I think it can
life on their own terms I think it can
life on their own terms I think it can be easy to put these people up on a
be easy to put these people up on a
be easy to put these people up on a pedestal they think of them as heroes or
pedestal they think of them as heroes or
pedestal they think of them as heroes or almost superhuman and well talent plays
almost superhuman and well talent plays
almost superhuman and well talent plays a role and these people’s feats and
a role and these people’s feats and
a role and these people’s feats and their successes it’s not what makes
their successes it’s not what makes
their successes it’s not what makes their ideas of the allottee it’s grit
their ideas of the allottee it’s grit
their ideas of the allottee it’s grit creativity passion kindness and love
creativity passion kindness and love
creativity passion kindness and love that’s the human spirit
I know my heart I could be an adventurer
I know my heart I could be an adventurer of the year but that’s not what I want
of the year but that’s not what I want
of the year but that’s not what I want to do I want to tell stories spend as
to do I want to tell stories spend as
to do I want to tell stories spend as much time as I can outside and pass that
much time as I can outside and pass that
much time as I can outside and pass that love for it belong to my son
love for it belong to my son
love for it belong to my son my struggles to make my dreams a reality
my struggles to make my dreams a reality
my struggles to make my dreams a reality I’ve taken just as much commitment as
I’ve taken just as much commitment as
I’ve taken just as much commitment as paddling into a big wave or climbing a
paddling into a big wave or climbing a
paddling into a big wave or climbing a peak in the Karakoram there’s a lot of
peak in the Karakoram there’s a lot of
peak in the Karakoram there’s a lot of ways to take risks in life that’s that’s
ways to take risks in life that’s that’s
ways to take risks in life that’s that’s the magic
I know this you have to do the thing
I know this you have to do the thing that makes you tick you have to do it on
that makes you tick you have to do it on
that makes you tick you have to do it on a daily basis you have to do it
a daily basis you have to do it
a daily basis you have to do it unapologetically do it fluff
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