Hey folks, welcome to the Adventure Sports Podcast.

I'm your host, Mason.

Today's episode, which is a throwback to 2020, is with Jude Neller.

And, yeah, this was, I just remember this being one of the most interesting conversations,

or one that really stands

out from the past, because Jude just was so young, 19 years old, did this amazing trip, and did

it so economically. He had a bike from like Goodwill that was $75 and biked across the U.S.

And, you know, I'm not saying you need to do something like this at that age,

but I've talked to so many people in life over the years,

over the, since I did something like this,

who have gone on to achieve really incredible things,

who had some sort of story like this early on. Maybe they, you know, run a company now or are known

for doing something really unique or have a real career in something. So many of them have some

sort of really outlying experience like this where they just decided to ride a bike across the

country at 19, 20, 21 years old, or through hike to trail, or, you know, left for a gap year and did something.

And so if you know anybody around this age, or maybe you yourself are, I encourage you do something that really stands out that really allows you to see the world from a new perspective before diving into

what might be your career or what might be something with, you know, more traditional

responsibilities. Or if you're going through some sort of transition in life, take some time

and do something really unique like this. I can't tell you how many adventures we've talked

about on the show that were a gap year between high

school and college or a gap year between college and career, a divorce, an economic downturn.

So many of the things that we talk about is life-changing moments for people were from some sort

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