ASP Stories Ep. 010: The Trail of the Mountain Folk Excerpt 1 - Oli France
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 580 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2018
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to another ASP Stories bonus episode. We will be having authors read from their books featuring each chapter as a new episode. Think of these bonus episodes as an ongoing audiobook for free. So sit back, relax and enjoy an excerpt from Oliver France's book The Trail of the Mountain Folk where Oli recounts his 108 day journey along the mountainous spine of Asia from Hong Kong to Istanbul. If you missed episode 330 where Curt interviewed Oli about this trip, be sure to go back and listen for more about this amazing adventure!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi friends. Thank you for joining us again for the ASP Stories weekend bonus episode. |
| 0:24.3 | Join us on Mondays and Thursdays where we interview amazing guests where they share with us about their adventure sports and the amazing feats that they have done. |
| 0:34.0 | But ASP Stories is where we get to listen in as authors read their adventure stories to us. |
| 0:40.6 | So sit back with your hot cup of tea or coffee and kick off your adventure-filled weekend by listening in while we hear more from ASP Stories. |
| 1:01.6 | Hi. Hi. Hi, this is Ollie France, British adventurer and mountain leader. |
| 1:07.0 | And today, for the Adventure Sports podcast, I'm going to read an extract from my recently released book, The Trail of the Mountain Folk, in which I detail my solo journey |
| 1:12.7 | along the mountainous spine of Asia from Hong Kong to Istanbul in 2016. This extract comes from |
| 1:20.1 | Chapter 7. I found the nomad by the stove the next morning, gazing into a blizzard. |
| 1:28.5 | I wore all the clothes I owned, for the Nomad though, his yak-wool tuba was enough. |
| 1:34.7 | We set out from the guesthouse and made the short walk towards the bus station. |
| 1:39.2 | This cold, in the dead of Tibetan winter, was more intense than any climate I have experienced before. |
| 1:46.0 | It, like a school of piranhas, gnawed into the flesh. |
| 1:50.0 | Wait here, the Nomad told me, pointing behind the ticket office. |
| 1:55.0 | I gave him some Chinese Yuan. He returned with a ticket in his hand and a smile at his face. |
| 2:01.8 | "'There is your bus,' he pointed to an old vehicle, whose engine was already chugging. |
| 2:07.6 | Several shrouded faces peered through the windows. |
| 2:11.0 | "'Good look, my friend,' said the nomad, extending his hand. |
| 2:15.2 | "'And remember, you are very welcome here in Tibet. We shook hands and I |
| 2:21.3 | thanked the nomad before slipping onto my bus. Shortly we ventured from the shelter of the town |
| 2:27.5 | and along an exposed plateau road. Wind and snow formed mesmerizing patterns on the deserted highway ahead. |
| 2:36.0 | Inside the bus, the faces of Tibetan locals betrayed intense introspection and moments of euphoric stupor. |
| 2:44.0 | Inertia overcame their bodies, except for the whirling prayer wheels in their hands and the devout hum of their rumbling lips. |
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