Becoming Human
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<p>A Collection Of Conversations On Being Human</p>
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2/5/2016
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March 24, 2023
#176 | Finding Purpose and Balance: The Journey of World Traveler and Board Sport Enthusiast, JP
In this episode of the Becoming Human podcast, I’m excited to introduce you to JP, a world traveler hailing from Switzerland and an avid skateboarder, surfer, and snowboarder. JP fell in love with surfing as a young adult and has been chasing waves ever since. After studying to become an Environmental Engineer, he found office life unsatisfying and began traveling the world in search of a state of mind. Despite struggling with excess free time, JP eventually found a balance between work and play, ebbing and flowing between working and traveling. Along the way, he stumbled upon a DIY skateboarding community in France, where he met the people of wondersaroundtheworld.org. JP would later volunteer with Wonders Around The World as a project manager, culminating in his last project: building a skate park in Engabao, Ecuador. Tune in to hear JP's inspiring journey of finding purpose and balance in life. In sports where tricks are a large part of the focus, I’m driven to learn why people are so motivated to learn challenging maneuvers. There are stages of learning in trick-based sports. There’s being able to efficiently navigate an obstacle, then there is being able to do more challenging maneuvers on an obstacle. This creates an endless cycle on the same obstacles, It makes obstacles infinitely challenging. There are more people learning tricks for self-satisfaction than there are for competition. You can look at the numbers of competitors and skaters as an example. Why are some people so obsessed with learning tricks? Talking with JP was a look into a person who loves learning tricks on surfboards, skateboards, and snowboards. It’s deep in his marrow, he lives for it. I’ve come to realize that I love it too. This conversation was fun, informative, and made me long for travel. Checkout @wondersaroundtheworldorg on social media and on their website: wondersaroundtheworld.org Here’s a documentary about JP’s last project with Wonder’s Around The World in Engabao, Ecuador: WAW Ecuador Puerto Engabao This episode features the song, “Seperation of Church and Skate” but NOFX
July 6, 2022
#175 | Fletcher Jordan - A Peakbagger of the North Cascades
Fletcher Jordan is an adventurer who is passionate about Peakbagging. Peakbagging is where you set out to reach the summit of mountains and there are a ton of lists that people have made that call people to accomplish them. Beyond lists, people are captivated by the challenge and exposure of aiming for a peak. Years ago Fletcher had caught the bug and he was chomping at the bit by spending an increasing amount of time out in the wilderness gaining lofty heights on varied terrain. On his third year of cataloged peakbagging, he had a 288% increase in peaks attained which sustained for the next 7 years before jumping again another 256%! When peakbagging, a lot of the time the route to the summit has no direct or defined trail. Along the way you have several obstacles that you have to figure out how to get around. To name a few you’ll have to navigate: raging or wimpy creeks, cliff bands, thick brush(slide alder is the prison bars of nature), glaciers, scree slopes(steep kitty-litter), ridgelines, gulleys, and snow fields. There are often GPS tracks from previous parties that can help navigate the terrain but that isn’t always reliable. It appears that a unique kind of fun and learning can be had when you try to navigate using your own judgment and while in the environment rather than relying on a predefined track to get you to your goal. There is a visual element to peak bagging precipitous peaks. When you’re ascending and descending your view of the ground and sky is dramatic. On the ascent all you see is ground, there is no horizon line. When descending you see almost entirely air. I believe that this is a profound yet subtle effect on our state of mind. Fletcher has walked the path to specializing in a niche that he obviously loves dearly. In this episode, we dive into what that life is like and what draws him so intensely into these wild perches; atop the mountains. Fletcher has a youtube channel where he records his peakbagging adventures. I love that he uses subtle music, his transitions, and the fact that it’s mostly video. Featured Song: INZO - Overthinker Peakbagger: Fletcher Jordan Climbing Videos: Fletcher Jordan - YouTube Spider Mountain: Spider Mountain ~ June 25, 2022 Instagram: www.instagram.com/fletcher79/
April 13, 2022
#174 | Karl Hyder - Getting Stronger to Lighten Life
Karl Hyder is a loving father who had struggled to make healthy choices for himself and his family. When Karl had found weight lifting, he found a pathway to self-improvement, discipline, and a love for the experience of physical exercise over consumption and entertainment. Karl and I attended the same high school. We were all looking for our own way in life. We were working with challenging adversity and our personal flavor of self-defeat. We both didn’t thrive in the traditional school system. Since I last saw Karl in school, years ago, he’s become a father and stoked a passion for weight lifting that has enriched his ability and desire to bear responsibility, manage his feelings, and connect with his family; his community. Weightlifting has shaped Karl as incidentally as the waves polish a rock. An experience forces you in a certain way. Every time the wave thrashes the rock, the rock can only do certain things. Every time you lift weights, there are constant and variable experiences that you encounter. Over time it might guide you somewhere else for better and for worse. It isn’t inevitable that these things will improve you, but it is possible; maybe even likely… You can find Karl on Facebook and Instagram @drbigdee
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