Ep. 330: A 108 Day Journey Along the Spine of Asia - Oli France
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 580 Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2017
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Oli France graduated in Outdoor Leadership (BA) from the University of Central Lancashire. He is a professional British Mountain Leader and keen adventurer, who mainly earns a living leading trips and expeditions across the globe. To date, he has traveled to 50 countries, and has climbed mountains in half of those, including the likes of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Western Europe. In winter 2016, Oli traveled overland by any means from Hong Kong to Istanbul, along the mountainous spine of Asia, crossing eleven countries and climbing fourteen mountains, in a journey documented in his book: The Trail of the Mountain Folk. Oli occasionally speaks about his adventures at various events. Otherwise, he can be found traipsing through mountains, or browsing through maps and atlases in search of his next adventure.
The book: "The Trail of the Mountain Folk"
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| 0:00.0 | But the last thing they checked was a medical kit which I had in my pack, and they rooted |
| 0:06.3 | through the tablets one by one and found these painkillers, ordinary painkillers, which |
| 0:11.2 | you can get over the counter here in the UK, called Kokodomol. |
| 0:14.0 | And unbeknown to me, they were classed in Uzbekistan as an illegal narcotic. |
| 0:19.7 | And so from that moment on, I was in their |
| 0:23.6 | eyes an illegal drug smuggler. Episode 330, a 108-day journey across the Asian spine with Ali France. |
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| 0:56.7 | We talk with adventurers from around the globe to bring you the inspiration and motivation you need to get started in the outdoors or to keep you moving if you're already there. |
| 1:01.1 | Now here's your host, Kurt Lindville. |
| 1:05.1 | Hi, friends. Thank you again for listening to the Adventure Sports Podcast. |
| 1:09.2 | The guest that I have for you today is a traveler, an adventurer, a writer, a public speaker, |
| 1:17.1 | a photographer, a British adventurer. |
| 1:20.7 | We're glad to have Ali France with us. |
| 1:23.4 | Ali is here to talk about a lot of his adventures, but especially one where he traveled from Hong Kong to Istanbul solo. |
| 1:32.9 | It took him four months. |
| 1:34.3 | He went through 11 countries. |
| 1:36.5 | He traveled over the spine of Asia. |
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