Ep. 006: Allan Karl - Adventure Motorcycling Around the World
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 580 Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2015
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Ep. 006: Allan Karl – Allan sold everything and spent 3 years travelling around the world on his BMW F650GS motorcycle.
Why would someone sell nearly everything he owns, then pack up and travel for three years around the world—alone—on a motorcycle? Find out now. Listen to Allan Karl “WorldRider” share discoveries, cultures and connections he made on his global adventure here on the Adventure Sports Podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm at this point. You can't imagine. I am shaking. I can't hardly breathe. I certainly can't swallow. My heart is beating so loud. I swear they can hear me. |
| 0:09.7 | I lift open the visor in my helmet so that they can, you know, look into my eyes, so I can look into theirs. And then I just say, |
| 0:16.9 | Mira, Mira, Mira, La Cascara. And I'm pointing to the waterfall. Mira, look. The other man kind of says to me, Mira, La Cascara, and I'm pointing to the waterfall, |
| 0:21.9 | Mira, look. |
| 0:23.2 | The other man kind of says to me, |
| 0:25.0 | he says, so you like waterfalls, do you? |
| 0:28.1 | He says, there's another one in the jungle a mile away, |
| 0:30.3 | and he lifts his gun, he says, follow us. This is the adventure sports podcast. |
| 0:38.3 | This is the Adventure Sports Podcast. |
| 0:55.8 | Brought to you by 180Tack. |
| 0:58.2 | Get out there and have some fun. |
| 1:19.2 | Alan Carl is a world traveler, adventurer, photographer, author, entrepreneur, and inspirational keynote speaker. |
| 1:25.1 | He has explored more than 60 countries, photographing, writing, and blogging about them along the way. |
| 1:28.4 | His quest for adventure and culture has led him to the most remote places on the planet and has afforded him the ability to meet people from all walks of life. |
| 1:33.4 | Alan is here today to speak about his most recent adventure, where he spent three years riding |
| 1:38.0 | his motorcycle 62,000 miles, visiting 35 countries and five continents. Alan, welcome to the Adventure Sports Podcast. |
| 1:46.0 | Hey, great to be here, Travis. |
| 1:47.6 | So, Alan, you have some amazing adventures under your belt at this point. |
| 1:53.4 | I've given the listeners a little bit of information on your bio. |
| 1:57.0 | Can you take a few minutes and go in a little bit deeper and tell our guests who you are? |
| 2:02.4 | Yeah, so I kind of give you a little genesis of how this three-year journey came about. |
| 2:07.6 | But I, well, I can tell you this, I grew up in Connecticut, and right now as people are battling |
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