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Adventure Storytellers: Paul Mags, JT Lehman, Johan Griesshammer
From: Moab, UT, Portland, OR, & Truckee, CA

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This week's featured adventure stories

Paul Mag's Adventure Story:
This is the Real World

Paul Mags is an avid outdoors person who calls Moab, UT home.
He enjoys walking.
A lot.

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Twitter: @pmagsco​​
Instagram: @pmagsco 
Facebook: @pmagsblog
Website: pmags.com/gear-considerations-for-utah-hiking

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JT Lehman's Adventure Story:
Vanlife with Vanessa

JT Lehman

• A seeker and dabbler
• ​Based in Portland, Oregon
• Can often be found traversing big mountain environments in search of personal growth and great skinny dipping

Vanessa the Van

It was a hell of a trip, an amazing adventure shared by man and van.  33 states,  two countries, and 30,000 miles had rolled under Vanessa’s Michelins by the time we returned to the Rose City in September 2014.  ~Read more about JT & Vanessa's adventures on his intermittently updated blog called Vansition. 

Adventure Quote from JT Lehman

I think all the bright sides of #vanlife get blown up on Instagram and the often grimy reality gets neglected. Even more disappointing than that, for me, is the values represented. What was so beautiful to me about living in a van was carefully selecting the few most important material things I needed and leaving the rest behind. I loved being able to forget about material things and focus on experience instead, and I think this gets lost in all the van porn that's out there. It's ironic to me to lust over a material object, the purpose of which (to me) is to help you live more simply. Anyway. Vanlife for me was a lot of things. Super stressful, grimy, lonely, but incredibly liberating and invigorating as well. ~ JT Lehman, vanlifer, explorer

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JT’s an introspective guy and an excellent writer and photographer. You should definitely be reading more by him and following him. To link to JT's brand new website, go to alpenflo.com. 
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You’ll want to start following him there and on Instagram at @Alpenflo just for pure inspiration as you start planning your future adventures or anytime you need an armchair adventure.

To hear another story by JT in the Boldly Went Podcast, visit Field Notes 66: Type 2 Fun: Hiking the Kalalau Trail NaPali Coast and High Sierra Backcountry Camping. 

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Johan Griesshammer's Adventure Story:
Ode to the American West

Johan Griesshammer pictured here skiing with an American Flag. Reminder, adventure is right in our backyards.

Johan Griesshammer from Truckee Boldly Went paid a touching tribute to Paul Lange, one of the silent adventurers of the American West. His story is a good reminder that adventure is right in the backyard.

In 2018, Johan set out to climb 100 thousand vertical feet, all human powered, from May 1, to Aug 30 of 2018. He smashed that goal, gaining 124,973 feet! He’s currently working to climb 365,00 total feet within the year!

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Instagram: @Jgreissh

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Music

Maricz. Ukelele Jam
Dan Lebowitz. Glen Canyon
Chris Haugen. Campfire Song
Josh Woodward. Don’t Close your Eyes

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