Ep. 1146: Sea Kayaking and Alpine Skiing with Chris Whittaker
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Join us as Chris Whitaker, founder of Global Shenanigans, shares his journey in the outdoor industry, the lifestyle of adventure sports, and the importance of building connections within the adventure community. Chris discusses the balance between passion and work, the challenges faced in the adventure sports career, and offers valuable advice for aspiring adventurers. He also shares memorable experiences from his adventures and emphasizes the significance of technical skills and certifications in the field.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Adventure Sports Podcast. |
| 0:09.1 | Thanks for adventuring with us as we discover what incredible athletes and outdoor enthusiasts are doing all over the world. |
| 0:16.8 | Now here's your host, Kurt Linville. |
| 0:19.8 | Hi, friends. Thank you for joining the Adventure Sports Podcast. |
| 0:22.6 | I have, as a guest today, someone that's been on the Adventure Sports Podcast a couple of times before, |
| 0:29.6 | 2020 and 2023, but it's been a couple of years since we have interviewed him. |
| 0:34.6 | Chris Whitaker is the founder and operator of an organization called Global Shenanigans, |
| 0:41.1 | where he guides people on adventurous trips around the planet. |
| 0:44.9 | He was on episode 902 back in 2023 for sea kayaking the Inside Passage, |
| 0:51.0 | and I believe we did a replay of that one, oh a couple of months ago. So that |
| 0:55.1 | might sound familiar to you. And then in 2020, his episode was on the life of full-time adventure. |
| 1:02.7 | And I think we're going to revisit some of those themes today along with maybe a how-to. |
| 1:08.3 | If you are interested in having a less conventional life path and experiencing life more |
| 1:15.9 | adventurously, maybe more richly and fully, then that's what we're going to dive into |
| 1:20.0 | today. |
| 1:20.6 | So Chris, welcome to the Adventure Sports podcast. |
| 1:23.9 | Thank you for having me on, Kurt. |
| 1:25.6 | A funny thing, as you were just mentioning that, I was thinking |
| 1:29.0 | that the times that I've been on before, actually what I'm doing right now didn't even exist |
| 1:34.2 | at that time. I didn't have global shenanigans the first time I came on. So it's quite an interesting |
| 1:39.2 | almost like history, I guess, sort of going back over those years and kind of hearing the |
| 1:44.5 | topics that we spoke about. I'm going to have to go back myself and listen to some of the |
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