Ep. 513: Chasing Danger for a Living Revisited - George Kourounis
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2019
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Originally published September 18, 2015
George Kourounis has always been intrigued with Earth's forces of nature and the amazing weather patterns it unceasingly throws at us. His adventurous life has landed him in the middle of tornadoes, deep inside 1,000 ft caves, dangerously close to raging forest fires, and violently erupting volcanoes. George shares his passion for this way of life as the host of Angry Planet and has filmed various documentaries including projects for National Geographic Channel, CNN, and the BBC.
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| 0:00.0 | The one time that I was the most filled with awe, and it was only recently discovered there's a silver mine in north central Mexico. |
| 0:07.8 | There were miners that were 900 feet underground, and they accidentally broke into a chamber. |
| 0:13.0 | This chamber was about the size of a basketball court, and it was filled with the largest crystals that anyone has ever seen. |
| 0:20.7 | These white, some of them were 30 feet long and weighed 55 tons. |
| 0:29.4 | This is the Adventure Sports podcast where we talk to athletes, adventurers, and business owners |
| 0:35.3 | from around the world of Adventure Sports. |
| 0:37.8 | Whether you're climbing Mount Everest, starting a bike shop, or getting up off your |
| 0:42.0 | couch to take your kids hiking for the first time, we want you to have the motivation |
| 0:46.2 | and inspiration you need to chase that next adventure. |
| 0:49.9 | The Adventure Sports podcast is brought to you by Camp Crate, the leaders in fully planned self-guided backpacking adventures, as well as backpacking gear rental. |
| 0:59.8 | You can check them out at campcrate.net. Hey folks. |
| 1:15.6 | Today's episode was originally, let me check. |
| 1:18.9 | Episode 89 from September 18th, 2015, and it's featured in George Carunis. |
| 1:25.5 | He is a storm chaser. |
| 1:27.1 | He's an explorer. I mean, he follows stories. |
| 1:29.8 | He's worked on for National Geographic, hosted the Angry Planet TV show. His work for CNN, BBC. |
| 1:38.3 | He's a great storyteller, great speaker, and he's been on the show a couple times before, so you'll |
| 1:43.7 | probably recognize him |
| 1:45.0 | if you've been a long time listener but this one this one deserved another listen and uh you know |
| 1:50.3 | we we do these throwback Thursday episodes because so many of you are so new to the show and |
| 1:55.8 | we have had some incredible guests over the last four years that, you know, we know we release a lot of |
| 2:02.8 | episodes compared to most shows, so it's hard to keep up. So we want to make sure you listen to |
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