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Thanks for adventuring with us as we discover what incredible athletes and outdoor enthusiasts are doing all over the world.

Now here's your host, Kurt Linville.

Hello, friends.

Welcome to the Adventure Sports Podcast.

I am speaking to you from the past.

Again today.

Today is Wednesday, January the 14th.

And I'm not here.

I'm in Tanzania.

And today is the day when all of our crew is meeting somewhere near the steps of Kilimanjaro.

And tomorrow will be the first day that we actually begin ascending the tallest mountain in Africa.

So first of all, this episode is actually going to be guest hosted by the fine gentleman from Backpacking and Blisters.

That's Carl Mandrioli and Derek Somerville.

Now, what I like best about Derek thus far is that the last syllable of his last name and the last syllable of my last name match up. And I don't know what that means

if there's any significance at all. His name is Somerville, but they misspelled it. So I don't

even know what that means. My name is Linville, and I like to joke that the Lynn actually means

language. And that's just because I like to talk. I like to write, I like to do all those things,

but that's really a transliteration. So you've got me introducing the Otherville and Carl

Mandrioli. I met Carl years ago at outdoor retailer and we've kind of been acquaintances and

checked in with each other for a long, long time now. So I am very

thankful to Carl and Derek for stepping in while I am on the Kilimanjaro expedition and bringing

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