What the Mountains Teach Us About Patience

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

It sounds like a predictable journey for a brainy young person seeking happiness: a trek in the Swiss Alps to contemplate the works of a great philosopher who found purpose and meaning in the mountains. But as John Kaag discovered, following in the footsteps of a legend, especially in an Alpine environment, can get tricky fast. Kaag dodged a near disaster on his trek, but the adventure was the start of a relationship with the Alps that would bring both exhilaration and darkness into his life as he grew to become a well-known philosopher himself. In this episode, we learn about the experiences behind Kaag’s celebrated book Hiking with Nietzsche and the many challenges he’s overcome along his bumpy path to embracing patience and gratitude. This episode is brought to you by Toyota, a company that wants to help you find joy by exploring America’s scenic byways. No matter what kind of adventure you’re after, there’s a Toyota designed to get you there. Learn more at toyota.com.

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0:00.0	This episode of The Outside Podcast is brought to you by Toyota, a company that wants
0:06.0	to help you find joy by exploring America's scenic byways.
0:10.0	I'm Ariel Tweedow and I would say I'm a wanderer and I'm an adventurer enthusiast.
0:15.0	I don't like planning, I like hitting the road, I just like going for it and just learning.
0:20.0	Recently, Ariel and her good friend Shana took a road trip in a Toyota RAV4 XSE hybrid
0:27.0	on the legendary Blue Ridge Parkway.
0:29.0	The route runs 469 miles through North Carolina and Virginia and it connects
0:35.0	two spectacular national parks, Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains.
0:40.0	Exploring the Blue Ridge Parkway is so cool because it seems like it's a never-ending road of just,
0:48.0	whoa, what is that?
0:49.0	Oh my god, look at the river, I don't want to go on the river.
0:52.0	I'm happiest when I'm outside in nature and when I'm with my friends and my family
0:57.0	or when I see something new for the first time.
1:00.0	Oh my god, this is super cool.
1:02.0	I feel like I'm in another world again, every turn on the scenic byway.
1:07.0	Adventure brings you more excitement and stories in your life and I think the more stories
1:13.0	you have to share with other people, I think the more amusement and awe and joy
1:18.0	that you'll have in your life.
1:20.0	Whether you're rolling through the Blue Ridge Mountains and want to vehicle the
1:23.0	delivers better gas mileage or heading off road on a very different kind of adventure,
1:28.0	there's a Toyota designed to get you there.
1:31.0	Happiness to me is being with friends and family and being in nature and just exploring.
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