Spirit of Inquiry - Outlook on Travel: Bill Whitacre

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Bill Whitacre retired a few years ago from his job as CEO of a large agricultural company to allow more time for motorcycle travel. He seems to have an insatiable thirst for learning, and at 67 years old he is fired up about discovering more about the world and the people that inhabit it. On this episode, a conversation about travel and one man’s unique perspective on discovery. More motorcycle travel episodes available on Adventure Rider Radio at adventureriderradio.com. Want to help out? Rate and review us on iTunes or on your favourite podcast app, tell your family, friends, riding buddies or club about ARR. Check out our other show ARR RAW, round table talks about motorcycles and travel.Subscribe to both shows to listen to inspiring and interesting guests, learn from professional riding instructors and industry experts about all things motorcycle. Get an ARR sticker(postage included) with a $10 donation. Link on our website. Have a comment? Go to the episode show notes on our website and have your say at the bottom of the page. Adventure Rider Radio is now the most listened to motorcycle podcast in the world, and we thank you for your support!

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0:00.0	Bill Whitaker retired a few years ago from his job as a CEO at a large agricultural company to allow more time for motorcycle traveling.
0:09.0	He seems to have an insatiable thirst for learning and at 67 years old he's fired up about discovering more
0:15.6	more about the world and the people that inhabit it. Today a conversation
0:20.0	about motorcycle travel and one man's unique perspective on discovery.
0:24.2	I'm Jim Martin, this is Adventure Rider and Simon, Z, Simon, Mr. B
0:33.8	Pavy, has compared us. Jocelyn Snow, Charlie Bowman,
0:39.7	Carl Park, Lisa Thomas, Grand Johnson, Jimmy Lewis,
0:43.0	Liz Janssen, and you're listening to Adventure Rider Radio.
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1:16.0	Tough, reliable gear, Green Chilly ADV.com. A few years back Bill Whitaker turned 65 years old. Now at the time he was working for a large
1:37.8	agricultural company called Simplot. Simplot was, and still is, doing business around the world.
1:43.0	Bill was their CEO, chief executive officer,
1:47.0	and everything was working just fine.
1:49.0	But in Bill's mind, he needed to retire.
1:52.0	The need for retirement wasn't the traditional one, the one you usually associate with age and retirement, you know, the slowing down for the golden years in life, maybe doing some gardening around the house, vacations to beachside
2:04.4	resorts and warmer climates. Now, for Bill Whitaker, it was more a desire to be exposed to the weather,
2:11.9	the heat, the cold, the dust, the mud, rough roads, remote
2:15.5	locations, adversity, foreign languages, tough border crossings. You see, Bill
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