meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Adventure Sports Podcast

Ep. 1206: Paragliding the Path of the Monarch Butterfly Revisited with Benjamin Jordan

Adventure Sports Podcast

Curt Linville

Sports, Science, Fitness, Nature, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.6579 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Paragliding: A nearly 3,000-kilometer journey retracing the iconic Monarch Butterfly migration route from the mountains of Northern Mexico all the way to Canada.

Benjamin Jordan is back on the Adventure Sports Podcast with another incredible journey to share. He recently retraced the iconic path that Monarch Butterflies take every year from a remote mountainous region of Northern Mexico all the way to Canada. It’s a phenomenon that science doesn’t quite understand and one that Benjamin was inspired to try himself. 

A documentary about the nearly 3,000 km experience, "Fly Monarca", drops Thursday, May 6th at Midnight EST at flymonarca.com

Listen to Benjamin’s previous episode on Adventure Sports Podcast here: Ep. 524: Vol-Bivouac Paragliding 1,200-Km of the Canadian Rockies - Benjamin Jordan

Expedition Website:  monarcaexpedition.com

Film Website: flymonarca.com

FB/IG: @benjaminjordanadventure

X: @ben_j_adventure

Lyndsay Nicole (FB/IG): @pilotlyndsaynicole (expedition photography/support credit)

Lyndsay Nicole (X): @lyndsaypilot (expedition photography/support credit)



Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

You're listening to the Adventure Sports Podcast.

0:10.7

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

0:19.0

Hello everyone and welcome to the Adventure Sports podcast.

0:22.7

This is Caleb.

0:23.7

I've got a really unique episode for you guys today.

0:27.9

Today's revisited episode is Mason interviewing Benjamin Jordan.

0:33.1

Benjamin has been on the podcast a few times, and this particular time was right after he had finished a

0:41.3

3,000 kilometer expedition tracing the migration path of monarch butterflies well paragliding.

0:51.3

In this episode, he talks about his adventures for that, as well as mentioning

0:56.4

the documentary, which he put together about that very expedition. It's a really cool episode.

1:02.6

I hope you enjoy it. Here's Mason. All right, folks, we're talking to pretty much a veteran of the show at this point.

1:12.5

One of the coolest stories I've ever heard.

1:15.3

And with the first episode being episode 524, now I'm expecting this one's going to be just as good if not better.

1:22.9

And that is Benjamin Jordan we're talking to.

1:25.2

Benjamin, welcome to the show.

1:27.1

Oh, thanks so much for having Mason. This is awesome.

1:29.4

Yeah. So you mentioned this right before I had record that you're in Mexico,

1:34.6

and I always ask first, where are you coming from? And wherever that is, if that's not home,

1:39.4

where's home? So what are you doing in Mexico?

1:42.8

Well, we're kind of stuck here because the expedition that we're going to talk about, when that ended in September, I crossed the border back into Canada.

1:57.3

Lindsay couldn't cross into Canada because of the border closure that's been in effect

2:02.8

for over a year now due to the pandemic. So we needed to work on editing a film and doing all

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Curt Linville, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Curt Linville and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.