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EP18: Benjamin Jordan—Paragliding with Monarch Butterflies
Manage episode 286442994 series 2500633
My guest today is Benjamin Jordan. Ben’s an adventure paraglider and filmmaker based in southeastern BC…
Among many trips, he recently completed a flight expedition from the Mexican border, across the continental US, right up to Canada…
Following the migration path of the monarch butterfly.
He filmed this adventure for an upcoming documentary…
Hoping to learn about monarchs—and flying—along the way.
At nearly 2,850 km—which included some 600 km of hiking—through regions he’d never flown or even been in…
As a pandemic broke out around him…
...It was a challenge.
But he learned a lot…
So stay tuned as we chat about how he started in the world of paragliding…
About long-distance expedition travel…
And the plights and flights of the monarch butterfly.
37 episodes
Manage episode 286442994 series 2500633
My guest today is Benjamin Jordan. Ben’s an adventure paraglider and filmmaker based in southeastern BC…
Among many trips, he recently completed a flight expedition from the Mexican border, across the continental US, right up to Canada…
Following the migration path of the monarch butterfly.
He filmed this adventure for an upcoming documentary…
Hoping to learn about monarchs—and flying—along the way.
At nearly 2,850 km—which included some 600 km of hiking—through regions he’d never flown or even been in…
As a pandemic broke out around him…
...It was a challenge.
But he learned a lot…
So stay tuned as we chat about how he started in the world of paragliding…
About long-distance expedition travel…
And the plights and flights of the monarch butterfly.
37 episodes
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