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Podcast: Zero To Travel Podcast
Episode: From Death’s Door to Solo Kayaking 1,000 Miles Through the Canadian Arctic with Stephan Kesting
Description: Why does it take a brush with death for some of us to finally do the things we’ve dreamed of?Â
Stephan Kesting is an accomplished martial artist, firefighter, wilderness explorer, and the author of Perseverance: Life and Death in the Subarctic. You might know him from his popular jiu-jitsu videos and teachings at Grapplearts, but Stephan’s story goes far beyond the mat. After surviving a life-threatening kidney disease and receiving a transplant from his brother, Stephan set out on a 1,000-mile solo canoe expedition through Canada’s remote Subarctic - a journey that became both an epic...