Ep. 1162: The Adventurous Attitude with Mel Peddle
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Diving, Snorkeling: Mel Peddle on Mini Adventures Like White Water Snorkeling, Dinosaur Digs, Glacier Cave Wedding, and Embracing Everyday Exploration with Spontaneity and Community. Join us today as Curt speaks with Mel Peddle, a passionate adventurer who embodies the spirit of exploration through a variety of mini adventures. From white water snorkeling to dinosaur digs, Mel shares her experiences and insights on how to embrace adventure in everyday life. The conversation highlights the importance of community, spontaneity, and the joy of discovering local treasures. Mel's unique approach to adventure, including her unconventional wedding in a glacier cave and her love for mini golf, inspires listeners to seek out their own adventures and make the most of their time. The episode concludes with a powerful reminder to take risks and enjoy life while you can.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Adventure Sports podcast. |
| 0:09.0 | We talk with adventurers from around the globe to bring you the inspiration and motivation |
| 0:13.0 | you need to get started in the outdoors or to keep you moving if you're already there. |
| 0:17.0 | Now here's your host, Kurt Linville. |
| 0:19.0 | Hi friends, adventure is an attitude. This episode has a lot to do with Now here's your host, Kurt Linville. Hi, friends. |
| 0:22.2 | Adventure is an attitude. |
| 0:25.5 | This episode has a lot to do with that. |
| 0:28.7 | But I want to tell you about my adventure. |
| 0:30.4 | I just got in. |
| 0:34.2 | It's dark outside, and I had a little afternoon adventure. |
| 0:37.8 | I'm going to just share a couple of highlights to illustrate the point that adventure is an attitude. Adventure comes in all shapes and sizes from the tiniest little thing that |
| 0:44.1 | takes someone to a new experience all the way to the massive adventures like walking around the |
| 0:50.4 | world or running ultramarathons, climbing the seven summits, you know, there's no |
| 0:56.9 | limit to how big adventure can be. But adventure can also be small. My adventure today, I think, |
| 1:04.9 | was probably smallish medium-sized. So as you know, I'm headed to Kilimanjaro very soon to try to climb |
| 1:12.1 | the tallest peak in Africa, which, by the way, a couple of fun facts. It is the third most |
| 1:18.3 | prominent peak on Earth. Prominence is measured from base to summit, right? It is the biggest |
| 1:26.0 | lone peak, meaning a peak that's not in a mountain range, and it is the |
| 1:31.3 | highest peak in Africa. So that's Kilimanjaro. I am super-duper excited, of course, to be heading |
| 1:38.4 | that direction. It's been a more than 30-year dream of mine to summit Kilimanjaro. I've never been above the highest peak |
| 1:46.2 | in Colorado, which is Mount Elbert at 14.4 some odd. I don't remember the exact measurement, |
| 1:51.8 | but to be able to go to 15, 16, 17, all the way up to 193 plus, I am really excited to see what that feels like. Anyway, I've been |
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