Okay, you go on a wrong with the day of the day of the agency.

Okay, you go on a trip and things happen.

Maybe you packed the wrong stuff, your luggage gets lost, or you can't find your passport

and have to spend most of the day at the American embassy.

These things range from mildly irritating to totally sucky, but you get through them.

But what if the stuff that happens is a little more epic?

Like traveling in war zones, dealing with poisonous snakes, engines falling out of your plane, kind of epic.

Could you roll with that?

On today's episode of Fiber Nation, we talk to the Indiana Jones of the fiber world.

And while her job might seem exciting, jetting all over the world, to write about sarah culture and seal wool, doing these deep dives into indigenous fiber traditions, when things go wrong, things go really wrong.

Sometimes to the point where she might be in mortal danger.

Mostly, though, they're just kind of a colossal pain in the ass,

except for the poisonous snakes.

Those are totally real.

I'm Alison Kourleski and you're listening to Fiber Nation,

tales of textiles, craft, and culture.

Now, if you listen to the show, you know I love long expositions and lots of context for whatever the story is going to be, but not today.

Because we are taking a whirlwind tour of the globe, from one of the most dangerous countries on

earth to a tiny kingdom in Africa to almost the bottom of the world.

I'm Linda Cortright.

I'm the editor and publisher of Wild Fibers Magazine.

And I'm also the author of two books, Twisted Tales and The Eye of Fiber.

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