<description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;!-- wp:image {"align":"center","id":2337,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"media"} --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wp-block-image"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.thepursuitzone.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TPZ-213be-Olie-hunter-Smart.jpg"&gt; &lt;img src= "https://www.thepursuitzone.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TPZ-213be-Olie-hunter-Smart.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-2337" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:image --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- wp:cgb/block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wp-block-cgb-block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg"&gt; &lt;div class="libsyn-shortcode"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:cgb/block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In 2015, with his friend &lt;a href= "https://www.facebook.com/Tarran008/" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener"&gt;Tarran&lt;/a&gt;, he completed a kayaking adventure along the Amazon River, traveling from the headwaters of the Rio Mantaro, high in the Peruvian Andes, to the Atlantic Ocean in Brazil.   It was 400 miles of trekking followed by 3,600 miles of kayaking for 4.5 months.  You can learn more about Olie and his adventures at &lt;a href= "https://www.oliehuntersmart.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener"&gt;oliehuntersmart.com&lt;/a&gt;.  Olie Hunter Smart, welcome back to the show.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Olie appeared first in &lt;a href= "https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz204/" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener"&gt;TPZ episode 204&lt;/a&gt; about his walk across India&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I interviewed &lt;a href="https://westhansen.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;West Hansen&lt;/a&gt; about his Amazon adventure in &lt;a href="https://www.thepursuitzone.com/tpz038/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;TPZ episode 038&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- /wp:paragraph --&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Pursuit Zone

Paul Schmid

TPZ213: Kayaking the Amazon River with Olie Hunter Smart

APR 25, 202158 MIN
The Pursuit Zone

TPZ213: Kayaking the Amazon River with Olie Hunter Smart

APR 25, 202158 MIN

Description

In 2015, with his friend Tarran, he completed a kayaking adventure along the Amazon River, traveling from the headwaters of the Rio Mantaro, high in the Peruvian Andes, to the Atlantic Ocean in Brazil.   It was 400 miles of trekking followed by 3,600 miles of kayaking for 4.5 months.  You can learn more about Olie and his adventures at oliehuntersmart.com.  Olie Hunter Smart, welcome back to the show.

Olie appeared first in TPZ episode 204 about his walk across India

I interviewed West Hansen about his Amazon adventure in TPZ episode 038