BEST OF: Chris Burkard in Iceland

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

Outdoors, Interviews, Society & Culture, Current Events, Culture, Photography, Adventure, Mountain Biking, Celebrities, Inspirational, Basketball, Health & Fitness, Entrepreneur, Cycling, Athletes, Sports

4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In preparation for our upcoming daily series following Payson’s bikepacking trip of Iceland with Chris Burkard, Nichole Baker, Rue Kaladite, and Lael Wilcox, we’re replaying some of our favorite moments from Payson’s previous conversations with Chris about the country. He’s been to Iceland 47 times and traversed it in just about every way possible by plane, car, and bike. This episode features stories from three interviews with Chris, one from 2019 where he talks about his love of being immer...

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0:00.0	Anytime, at any point where I was like, oh, this is so hard, I would literally be like, look around and see where you are.
0:06.6	And I would just like, I'd turn my head 15 degrees and there'd be a glacier.
0:10.5	Or there would be a mountain with like snow and ice crystals.
0:13.6	Or I was riding through the area they tested the lunar rovers because Iceland is the closest landscape to the moon.
0:20.2	I swear to you, this sounds like so
0:21.8	cheesy and stuff, but like I feel like I extracted inspiration from the landscape. Like,
0:28.3	it was giving me something. It's showtime, everybody. Showtime! You've been living in a dream
0:36.9	world, Neil.
0:41.8	This is the world as it exists today.
0:45.4	Life moves pretty fast.
0:48.0	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:49.4	You could miss it.
0:53.9	Listen, we're talk about practice.
0:56.0	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:57.9	Donnie, you're out of your element.
1:01.3	I see. You think this has nothing to do with you.
1:05.3	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:10.3	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McElvin.
1:13.3	Hello, everyone. Welcome back to the show.
1:20.3	Today we have a bit of an unusual episode in preparation for my trip to Iceland.
1:28.7	In fact, this intro is happening in the parking lot of a car dealership where I'm dropping off my car to get a little service while we're over in Iceland and we're about to catch an Uber to the Denver airport
1:32.9	and then fly across the Atlantic to the land of fire and ice. This trip has been a long time
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