Getting back down somewhere near the trailhead jumping in for my daily bath in a creaker stream, usually before I got back to my van, just so I could be, I always told myself, you know, one or two minutes of pain and cold water is worth it for 24 hours of cleanliness. So.

Hey, folks, welcome to the adventure sports podcast.

I'm your host, Mason Gravely.

Today's episode, we're actually talking to a veteran of the show, Brian Asher. He was on the episode 634 talking about how he has traveled to every country in the

world. I definitely encourage you to check that out, and that's in the show notes if you want a quick link to

that, because he works as a teacher throughout the year. So he teaches at the high school he actually graduated from,

goes out in the summers and on breaks or takes a year off of teaching and travels the world

and comes back and brings all that knowledge, all that experience to the classroom.

I absolutely love that.

And another cool thing is during the pandemic, he decided to go to Mexico,

where he had a little bit more wiggle room with budget and had some time, of course, like we all

did. And he traveled to all 32 states within Mexico, including a couple countries in Central

America. And of course he did it safely. Of course, he did it in a very interesting way, a very cool way. But Brian is one of those people who's making it happen. And by the way, he was teaching the whole time too. He would teach during the day and explore when he got off working on the weekends, just making it happen. So if you're out there and you're saying, you know, I don't think I can make my adventures happen. Well, you know, I guarantee there's a way that you could if you start saying instead of, I can't do this, how can I make this happen? How can I fit this into my life? How can I make this work for my budget? I would say reach out to Brian. He's been able to figure it out. I'm always inspired when we talk to him, so I'm

excited to get into this episode. But before we jump in, I did want to take a minute to draw your

attention to a podcast that I think you might enjoy. When it comes to traveling, one thing you

have to do is get places, and a great resource for that is Expedia. The show Out Travel,

the System, is brought to us by Expedia,

and it's a show that's all about inspiring you and to inform you about how to travel smarter,

stories of travel. It could be in anything from building a bucket list out to how to take

concrete steps to make your next trip reality. And it does a great job of finding people who are incredibly passionate about travel,

including folks like Brian who want to travel to every country in the world,

or giving voices to people who are in the destinations that we often go,

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