Summary
It's healthy to know who you are. But sometimes, defining yourself too rigidly can be problematic.
On this episode, Bo Jensen takes us from the Gulf of Mexico to the Camino de Santiago and explores what happens when you stop forcing yourself to choose a single identity.
SURVEY: What did you think of this season?
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| 0:00.0 | So to start off today, I'd like to share a recording that my colleague Jessica made while she was out on a road trip in the Blue Ridge Mountains. |
| 0:10.2 | To set the scene, she made this recording from her travel trailer, and she was looking out at the highest peak east of the Mississippi, Mount Mitchell. |
| 0:19.8 | I wanted to make this recording actually on the day I hiked Mount Mitchell, but it was 18 |
| 0:24.5 | degrees. And mind you, this is the end of April. It was 18 degrees. And the wind was so terrible. |
| 0:31.2 | There was no way I was going to be able to get a good recording. But I wanted to share with you |
| 0:37.0 | as I'm on this trip I have |
| 0:38.9 | really been loving using the app peak fizer which allows me to pull up my |
| 0:45.2 | phone use AR augmented reality to be able to see what the title is of all the |
| 0:52.2 | peaks what their height is there's's a free option. You can use |
| 0:56.4 | one location a day and it will show you things about mountains in the area you're in that you |
| 1:01.7 | never knew. PeakVisor is one of our sponsors. Their app is like your own personal mountain guide. |
| 1:08.8 | Check out PeakVisor in the app store. You just might love it. |
| 1:18.0 | Hi, I'm Willow Belden and you're listening to Out There, the podcast that explores big |
| 1:24.7 | questions through intimate stories outdoors. |
| 1:28.9 | It's hard to believe, but this is our last episode of the spring season. |
| 1:34.3 | So I want to do two things. |
| 1:36.6 | First, I'd love to know what you thought of the season. |
| 1:40.1 | So I put together a little survey. |
| 1:42.2 | It's very short, nothing like the big long survey we did last year. |
| 1:46.5 | So if you can, go ahead and pause the episode right now and fill it out. |
| 1:51.8 | Just click the link in the episode description. |
| 1:54.8 | Your feedback will help us make future seasons of Out There even better. |
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