Ep. 598: World Adventurer & National Geographic Explorer - Mike Libecki
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2019
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Originally aired November 23, 2015
Mike, who was named the 2013 National Geographic Adventurer of the year, has been on 87 expeditions around the globe racking up over 200 first ascents. However, his foundational passion is adventure travel and adventures with his daughter. Mike shares not only stories about his exploration but also about what it takes behind the scenes to live an adventure-filled life.
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| 0:50.0 | you have no adventure and you can create that every day whether it's an hour or weeks on end on a |
| 0:56.3 | trip just get outside and enjoy it this is the adventure sports podcast trying to help you find |
| 1:05.3 | adventure every day in any stage of life you're going to hear from explorers, adventures, business owners, |
| 1:12.3 | and anyone living their life a little more out of the box than usual. |
| 1:26.5 | Hey, folks. |
| 1:29.5 | Hope you're having a pretty good week so far. |
| 1:35.5 | Today's episode is going back to 2015, episode 116, with Mike Lebeki. |
| 1:38.5 | And Kurt did this interview. |
| 1:40.5 | Yeah, I really hope you enjoy. |
| 1:43.2 | He's a National Geographic Explorer of the Year. |
| 1:45.2 | He's done a lot of first ascent and first visits to a lot of interesting places in the world. Share some great |
| 1:50.6 | advice and some great information. And I hope you enjoy this episode. And yeah, hope you |
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