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Imagine hiking a mountain with a backpack that doesn't really contain those usual items that you would take with you. You reach the summit and you open the backpack. What you take out is not a sandwich or an extra layer. It's a wing that will take you back down to the valley. Flying in the most natural way possible. Hearing only the noise of the wind and seeing the world from a com

»It's the purest and most vibrant form of freedom I've ever felt in my life. There's something special about being able to wake up every day and have absolute and utter autonomy over every decision you make.« was the answer when I asked what is walking and hiking giving him personally. In this episode, we try to inspire with the longest trails a man can hike on the planet. To onl

In this episode, we host Russell Grange, a leader, and videographer for Backroads where he also works as an assistant manager for social media and content. Russell is ''Mad To Live'' and you can almost feel all his passion for life, outdoors and traveling in his short movies – some of them personal but most of them he does for a living, showcasing the experience of traveling in s

In this episode, we're hosting Ingo Albrecht. He is an incredible source of wisdom, experience, and knowledge and today he shares all these amazing skills to those that want to become better. Better as a person, better in what she or he does and eventually better as a guide. BeABetterGuide is where Ingo Albrecht found his next mission after working in tourism and active holiday for

In this episode, we have a guest that actually rode the 26th switchback on Vršič pass on one of her first assignments after she joined the traveling industry. A very sensitive soul that can't accept ignorance and inequality in the world. The Lakota tribe among whom she spent part of her life would probably give her an Indian name Big Heart. She is a guest with incredible stories

In this episode, we're hosting McKynlee Westman. The description of the term ''wow effect'' sais: When you're surprised by something wonderful or really great, you get the "wow effect". She could be another definition of the ''wow effect''. Everything she does is wonderful and really great. It's an hour of listening but feels like a moment … or like having a nice cappuccino in a

This time Primož Šutak hosts Antonio Mota. A travel industry expert with a degree. A guy from Estoril, Portugal, with an outstanding passion for people, for knives, blades, and axes and for music. If you ever wondered why you have to put Lisbon on your bucket list, what is the difference between service industry and hospitality and how to treat anger with the snow then you'll get

In this episode, your host Primož Šutak talks with Phil Welch. A man with 121.000 kilometers recorded on his Strava account. If you ever wondered how is to race a World 24h series race or how to survive the famous Crocodile trophy race in Queensland Australia or if you're just dreaming about conquering Mont Ventoux from all the three sides, you might find all the answers in amazi

In this episode, your host Primož Šutak takes a flight with Borja Hernandez who spent almost 8 years as a Senior Flight Attendant before he joined one of the active travel companies and became a trip leader. If you ever wondered how it is like to be a senior flight attendant in the first class in one of the World's best airlines, how do they live, how much of the world they can s

In this episode of The 26th SwitchBack, Primož Šutak interviews Mimi, a lady with almost an overwhelming lifestyle. Her smile is like the morning sun, she dances like nobody else, she owns her business and runs her studio, has two kids and leads week-long trips with Backroads. She is opening her heart by telling her incredible story and experience of using a surrogate mother for