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Has anyone here done a proper unique and serious adventure? Or are planning one?
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I mean the kind of epic adventure that people look at you and say you're crazy when you talk about it. The kind without guides. The kind you don't just pay your way through. The kind no one else is doing. The kind you might write a book about one day. A serious adventure where you didn't even know if it was possible until you decided to do it.
Anytime I meet someone who road their bike from Europe to Asia or bought a horse in Mongolia and hit the highlands, or read a book about crossing the Australian outback on foot, hitchhiked through Afghanistan, or canoeing the Mississippi, or amazon, or wherever, it really inspires me.
I've been traveling for a while now and I've just really felt the urge to challenge myself with a proper journey of a lifetime, instead of the usual tourist circuits. I motorcycled up Vietnam over two months, and that was just a taste of the kind of thing I want to do. I want to do something really adventurous.
Anything you've done? Or are planning? Or have heard of someone doing that really inspired you? Ideas?
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I quit my job, got a ferry to France, hopped on my bike and cycled to Athens. Does that count?
What are some seemingly 'crazy' adventures you are planning to travel for or would recommend?
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I really like trying really intense/novel activities when backpacking, things that are either outside the standard backpacker route or might be considered dangerous if not properly prepared for. So far, I've been fortunate enough to hike the Huemel loop solo in Argentina, do ayahuasca/huachuma retreats in Peru with a psychedelic trip in the desert alone, attend the nomadic games in Kyrgyzstan and I also want to do a survival expedition as well at some point. What are some examples of some intense activities you would recommend or want to do? Something in the sweet spot of not being super touristy but is either a very novel experience or is a real physical adventure (with a low chance of death, doesn't have to be 0% though). Thanks :)
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A few years ago, I loaded a bunch of camping gear onto my bicycle and spent the better part of the next seven months riding 5,300 miles (8,500 km) around the western US. It was an absolutely incredible experience, a highlight of my life so far.
This past summer, I started getting into kayaking. I also did a car camping trip around Alaska. I've absolutely fallen in love with both kayaking and Alaska. There's a guy I've been following over in r/kayaking who's posting photos and short videos from his recent two month kayak camping trip up The Inside Passage, and his story has definitely inspired me. It would be something I'd have to work towards over the next few years, but I am seriously looking into what my first steps should be to get into kayak camping, with the goal of eventually doing it in Alaska.
I want to learn how to live a life of adventure (within reason - I know, it's kind of unreasonable to expect a life like Earnest Hemmingway)
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I don't plan on having kids sooo I figure I might have time and energy to be more adventurous. To live a life worth telling stories about. I know it sounds strange, but I just don't know HOW.
Edit: sorry for the late replies people. Thank you for all the great answers!
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Ok, here's some advice from 50 y/o, no kids adventurer. You can either HAVE things or you can DO things. Only the 1% get both. Before you can live the lifestyle, you have to prepare the groundwork.
- Reduce you reliance on physical possessions (less stuff, learn to get by on what you can carry in a go-bag).
- Physical fitness (better shape = better adventures)
- Mental toughness (pain, danger, stupidity make the best adventure stories...if you survive.
- Train yourself to take "reasonable" chances outside your comfort zone to start training (learn to SCUBA, skydive and ride motorcycles was my first steps)
- Languages. Learn them. Then go there. Let the adventures begin
- Keep a journal. Always. Every day. Regardless. Teach yourself to become a storyteller.
- Develop practical skills that can be used good short term employment (carpentry, welding, cooking, the more the better).
- Learn to keep a positive attitude and smile even when things are going horribly...it will all be funny a few years from now.
Best of Luck
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