The Pursuit Zone

Quick update. The podcast is going on hiatus again. I'm not sure when I'll be back as I have other things I need to focus on.

Hi. Check out this episode about a long cycle tour in Europe.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz214/

TPZ214: Cycling the Iron Curtain Trail aka Eurovelo 13 with Laura Scott - Podcast She set out to cycle the Iron Curtain Trail also known as Eurovelo 13. The route took her from Norway on the Barents Sea through 19 countries ending on the Black Sea at the Turkish-Bulgarian border. It was 5 months and 5,600 miles of cycling.

New episode with Olie Hunter Smart talking about the 4.5 month kayak expedition he did with Tarran Kent-Hume on the Amazon river back in 2015. I hope you enjoy this one.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz213/

TPZ213: Kayaking the Amazon River with Olie Hunter Smart - Podcast In 2015, with his friend Tarran, he completed a kayaking adventure along the Amazon River, traveling from the headwaters of the Rio Mantaro, high in the Peruvian Andes, to the Atlantic Ocean in Brazil. It was 400 miles of trekking followed by 3,600 miles of kayaking for 4.5 months.

New episode with Josiah Skeats talking about his 3 year cycling adventure starting in England and ending in Australia.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz212/

TPZ212: Cycling England to Australia with Josiah Skeats - Podcast His 40,000-kilometer cycling journey took him from England to Australia. It was 775 days on the road with a budget of $5.40 a day.

New episode with Anna Welch about her cycle tour across the USA on the Western Express and TransAm routes.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz211/

TPZ211: Cycle Touring Across the USA with Anna Welch - Podcast She wanted to see a cross-section of American culture and geography in a way that tested her mental and physical limits. She followed the Western Express and Trans Am routes, using maps from the Adventure Cycling Association completing her journey to Yorktown Virginia in 83 days.

I get a chance to talk to Eric and Maudi from Wheels to Wander about their cycle tour, how they met, their travels before cycle touring, and about the making of their YouTube videos. If you haven't seen their channel and you're a cycle touring fan you need to check it out. I hope you enjoy this one.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz210/

TPZ210: Cycle Touring with Eric and Maudi from Wheels to Wander - Podcast In 2018 they began a long cycling adventure, heading east from their home country the Netherlands. Some of the places they have cycled include Turkey, Iran, Oman, and Japan. They’ve experienced the extremes of the high mountain passes through central Asia and the heat and humidity of SE Asia.

New episode with Simon Parker about his career in journalism, his experience sailing a leg of the Clipper Round the World Race across the North Pacific, cycling across the USA, and his video series Earth Cycle about cycling 2000 miles in Norway and Sweden.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz209/

TPZ209: Sailing the Pacific and Cycling Across the USA with Simon Parker - Podcast In 2016 he sailed and cycled from China to London in 133 days. The main legs of this journey were a 28-day yacht race across the North Pacific then cycling across the USA in 49 days before getting back into the race on a different crew and sailing 11 days across the North Atlantic.

Graham Clarke who I interviewed in episode 120 is helping start the Virtual Adventure Film Festival. It starts March 10.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz120/

Virtual Adventure Film Festival 2021 - Official Trailer (Version4)

New episode with GRRRL TRAVELER about teaching English in South Korea, traveling in India, and about her YouTube channel.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz208/

TPZ208: Teaching in Korea, Traveling India and Making Travel Videos with Christine Ka'aloa - Podcast She worked in TV and video production including working with MTV. When the economy slowed in 2009, she took a gap year to travel abroad. She spent time living in South Korea teaching English before spending 7 months backpacking in India and SE Asia.

There's a new episode going live this weekend. I'm still on an every other week release schedule for now. For the cycle touring fans, hang in there! I'm working on some touring episodes and those will start in 2 weeks. Thanks for listening!

The Cycle Touring Festival goes virtual this Friday Feb 12. https://cycletouringfestival.co.uk/

This Friday: The Cycle Touring Festival Goes Online Starting this Friday, there are 10 days of free online events being held as part of the 2021 Virtual Cycling Touring Festival.Events include: Capturing the sound of the UK – Paul Cheese cycle…

New episode where I speak to Greg Gransden about making an adventure film about recreating a 1920s era mountaineering adventure in British Columbia inspired by Don and Phyllis Munday.
Photo credit to Susanna O Photography
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz207/

TPZ207: Adventure Filmmaking in the Waddington Range with Greg Gransden - Podcast A team of six set out to retrace the Munday’s expedition to Mystery Mountain using only 1920s era equipment. Greg Gransden directed the documentary film about the adventure titled The Mystery Mountain Project.

I'm working on making new episodes. I may release every other week in the beginning while I get a backlog of content created. There will be a new episode in a few days. It's about the recreation of a 1920s era mountaineering expedition using vintage gear.

The Pursuit Zone updated their website address.

New episode with Exploring Wild about solo travel in Africa, , and endurance cycle racing.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz206/

TPZ206: Traveling in Africa & Cycle Racing Across the USA with Alissa - Podcast Her travels have taken her all over the world. Her first big adventure was traveling solo through parts of East and West Africa using public transportation.

In this new episode with Uni Girls Kick Alps - Monocyclette I speak with Anne-Sophie about her adventure unicycling aka unipacking through Patagonia.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz205/

TPZ205: Unicycling Patagonia with Anne-Sophie Rodet - Podcast Her adventure began in Ushuaia Argentina in late January 2013. Nearly 7 months later she cycled into Santiago Chile after 4,600 km accomplishing her goal of unicycling through Patagonia. But the goal was more than just a cycling challenge.

New episode. I speak with Olie Hunter Smart about the making of his adventure film The Road to Independence that tells the story of his walk across India.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz204/

TPZ204: Walking India & Adventure Filmmaking with Olie Hunter Smart - Podcast At the end of 2016 he left his job to begin 2 months of planning for a walk across India from Turtuk in the north to Kanyakumari in the south. The walk would begin in 2017. The year marking 70 years of Indian independence. The goal of the expedition was to learn about how Independence and Partition....

New episode with Snežana Radojičić where she tells the story of her budget adventures around the world.

https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz203/

TPZ203: Cycling Around the World with Snežana Radojičić - Podcast When she was little, she dreamed of becoming a writer. But by her early forties, after dozens of jobs from teaching to real estate to selling insurance, she wondered why she had lost sight of that dream. So, in 2011 she set out from Belgrade Serbia on an old 8-speed mountain bike with a budget of 5....

No episode this week. New one next week.

I speak with Ann Johansson aka Mairawa about her big cycle touring adventure.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz202/

TPZ202: Cycling Sweden to New Zealand with Ann Johansson - Podcast She left her job as a graphic designer and traveled to New Zealand to start her first bicycle tour. But when it was over, she knew she wanted more. A few years later in 2015 she cycled away from her home in Sweden with the plan to ride back to New Zealand.

New episode with Scott and Karma from Reboot Life talking about their long distance hiking adventures. They are currently in New Zealand converting an old bus into a home.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz201/

TPZ201: Long-Distance Hiking in Europe with Karma & Scott - Podcast They sold everything but the packs on their backs and in 2019 began a multi-year trek from North Cape at the top of Norway toward Bluff at the bottom of New Zealand.

Enjoy this bonus episode.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz200bonus/

TPZ200 Bonus - Where are they now? - Podcast 24 previous guests sent in recordings of what they are doing now.

Another great new episode with Paul Everitt from Going Solo Adventures by Paul Everitt about the building of his bike-car and cycling it across Canada.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz200/

TPZ200: Building a Bike-Car and Cycling across Canada with Paul Everitt - Podcast He built a bike-car that seats two cyclists in the front and two in the back. Its maiden voyage was from the UK to Italy and after some modifications he cycled it across Canada and partway down the west coast of the US.

New episode with Radu Păltineanu about his cycling adventure in the Americas. Part of it included a journey up the Amazon by a series of boats.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz199/

TPZ199: Cycling Alaska to Argentina with Radu Păltineanu - Podcast He left on a 9-month adventure to cycle the Americas from the top of Alaska to the bottom of South America, a 34,000 km journey that ultimately lasted more than 3 years. For this he was awarded the European Adventurer of the year in 2018.

Chaz Powell is back. Chaz Powell - The Wildest Journey This time he tells the story of how his small team trekked their way across Madagascar along the Mangoky river.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz198/

TPZ198: Trekking across Madagascar with Chaz Powell - Podcast In August 2019, he began a 780 km trek across Madagascar. Joined by three team members, the goal was to walk east to west along Madagascar’s longest river, the Mangoky. The journey was 29 days through jungles and across mountain ranges while avoiding crocodiles and the threat of armed bandits.

No new episode this week. A new one will be out next week. Enjoy the Memorial Day weekend if you're in the US.

I got Jelle Veyt back on the show. He's got some great stories to tell about his row across Indonesia as part of his Carstensz Pyramid summit adventure.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz197/

TPZ197: Cycling and Rowing from Nepal to Indonesia to Summit Carstensz Pyramid with Jelle Veyt - Podcast He began on bicycle from Nepal, crossing India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and ending 9,000 km later in East Java Indonesia. From there he continued by rowboat another 4,000 km to Papua Province.

I just interviewed Olie Hunter Smart about his walk in India and the film he made. You can rent it for free on Vimeo using the code covid. Check it out! It's a great film.

Consumed everything on , and already?

My film 'The Road to Independence' about my walk the length of India is currently available for free on Vimeo on Demand. To watch it, simply:
1. Click on the link: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/roadtoindependence
2. Hit 'rent' the film on the Vimeo page
3. Add the code 'covid' to the 'Apply promo code' box before entering your card details
4. Enjoy the film

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New episode with Peregrination Travel about working at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, traveling in Thailand and Vietnam, and their YouTube channel.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz196/

TPZ196: Working at McMurdo Station in Antarctica with Zach and Leah - Podcast They saved their money and quit their jobs to begin travelling the world with the goal of reaching all seven continents. Their fourth continent, Antarctica, is an expensive place to get to so they applied for jobs at McMurdo station, a US Antarctic research base with a summer population of about 1,2...

New episode with Łukasz Supergan talking about long-distance hiking and his recent trek across Iceland in winter.
https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz195/

TPZ195: Trekking Across Iceland in Winter with Łukasz Supergan - Podcast His passion is undertaking expeditions through the mountains, thousands of kilometers long, on foot and usually alone. These journeys provide an opportunity to look within and ponder life’s most profound questions.