Bike-Packing Scotland and Breaking Free of Cultural Expectations with C.D. Seventeen

Zero To Travel Podcast

Jason Moore

Society & Culture, Business, Entrepreneurship, Places & Travel

4.6 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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How can travel serve as a path to healing and self-discovery? Today, I’m joined by C.D. Seventeen, a techno music artist, DJ, painter, and poet, to talk about what it was like growing up in the Yunnan Province of China and how a bike-packing trip through the Scottish Highlands and the Orkney Islands helped her reclaim her power. In this episode, Seventeen opens up about her challenges coming out of that environment to pursue an unconventional path and what she had to overcome to follow her dreams. We also explore her book The Weight We Carry, which contains poems from her solo bike-packing journey. She shares how this transformative trip contributed to her healing, what the adventure was like, and how it continues to impact her to this day. This story just might inspire you to, as Seventeen wrote on the back of her book, “jump on a bike, go on a journey, dive deep into the self, and let the weight of your human identity dissolve into the wind.” Trigger Warning: This episode discusses suicide and suicidal ideation. How has travel brought about a transformation in you? I'd love to hear your story and hope you’ll share it by sending me an audio message. Premium Passport: Want access to the private Zero To Travel podcast feed, a monthly bonus episode (decided on by YOU), exclusive content, direct access to me to answer your questions, and more? Click here to try Premium Passport for only $1. Tune In To Learn: How DJing helped Seventeen overcome her social anxiety Why she chose to move to the UK and study psychology instead of following her passions Why speaking out about the Chinese education system and cultural expectations is important to her The beauty of Seventeen’s culture and village life in the Yunnan Province How writing in a foreign language taught her to embrace flaws and new possibilities The pivotal moment that led her to take a solo bike-packing trip around Scotland Seventeen’s quest for individuation and how her book reflects her transformation during the journey What she’s learned from breaking free of the rules Her advice for bike-packing Scotland and meeting others on the road And so much more Resources: Join Zero To Travel Premium Passport Subscribe to our FREE newsletter Today's Sponsor - US Bank Check out Seventeen’s website Stay at the Orkney Island BNB and Rua Reidh Lighthouse Milk & Honey by Rupi Kaur Want More? Hiking The West Highland Way In Scotland w/ Lynne Nieman Lessons From Caring for the Dying and Bike Packing 18 Countries With Jerry Kopack How to Design Your Bike Trip & The Future of Adventure Cycle Touring: Epic Bike Rides w/ Casey Greene Thanks To Our Sponsors This episode is sponsored by US Bank's Altitude Connect Visa Signature Card, with the ability to earn up to 5x the points on travel-related expenses like hotels, and rental cars, this card will get you the most return on your next trip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I always love doing something to do with art, but the environment growing up in China is like if you do something to do with art, you're a loser.
0:09.6	You know, like only the people who don't behave at school will choose doing art.
0:15.8	I believe any people need to speak up about it.
0:19.0	That's why, because we all live in fear.
0:21.4	That's why it's no good.
0:23.0	We're not doing well.
0:25.4	That's part of the reason I want to write.
0:27.8	I want to be artists is because if no one's going to say, nothing's going to change.
0:32.9	There's no change.
0:34.7	That was CD17, who is today's guest discussing the importance of the arts.
0:39.5	And part of this conversation serves as an important reminder of the power we all hold as individuals to speak up.
0:46.3	17 is a techno music artist, DJ, painter, and poet who grew up in the Yunnan province of China.
0:53.3	I had never spoken in depth with somebody who grew up
0:56.9	in China and what that experience was like. And she shares that and how tough it was coming out
1:02.5	of that environment to pursue an unconventional path and what she had to overcome to follow
1:08.2	her dreams. We discuss her book, The Wait Carry, is the title, which contains poems from a solo
1:15.6	bikepacking journey around the Scottish Highlands and the Orkney Islands.
1:19.9	She shares how this trip helped her heal and rediscover her own power, what the adventure
1:24.4	was like and how it impacts her to this day.
1:27.3	And this story just might
1:29.2	inspire you to, as 17 wrote on the back of her book, quote, jump on a bike, go on a journey,
1:35.6	dive deep into the self, and let the weight of my human identity dissolve into the wind,
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