{"id":194702,"date":"2023-11-21T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=194702"},"modified":"2023-11-17T11:41:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T19:41:17","slug":"hiking-patagonia-in-a-wheelchair-with-alvaro-silberstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/hiking-patagonia-in-a-wheelchair-with-alvaro-silberstein","title":{"rendered":"Hiking Patagonia in a Wheelchair with Alvaro Silberstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/fbd4cfe2-0830-4eef-baf3-956a8ed5e34c?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/hiking-patagonia-in-a-wheelchair-with-alvaro-silberstein\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Alvarez Silberstein was 18 years old, he was in a car accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down. Before his accident, Alvaro had a dream to go Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia. Once he started using a wheelchair, he assumed it would be impossible for him to fulfill this dream. But in 2017, Alvaro and his incredible friends organized a trip to make his wild idea a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Alvaro:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alvasil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wheel the World&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wheeltheworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wheeltheworld\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Episode sponsor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shop&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/b\/teva\/c\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teva<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoyed this episode:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Check out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/learn\/expert-advice\/rei-editors-choice-awards.html?cm_mmc=vanity-_-editors-choice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REI\u2019s Fall\/Winter 2023 Editor\u2019s Choice Awards<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript When Alvarez Silberstein was 18 years old, he was in a car accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down. Before his accident, Alvaro had a dream to go Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia. Once he started using a wheelchair, he assumed it would be impossible for him to fulfill this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32542,"featured_media":194703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1726,1727],"tags":[],"internal-tag":[],"class_list":["post-194702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-wild-ideas-worth-living"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/hiking-patagonia-in-a-wheelchair-with-alvaro-silberstein","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Hiking Patagonia in a Wheelchair with Alvaro Silberstein","url":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/hiking-patagonia-in-a-wheelchair-with-alvaro-silberstein","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/hiking-patagonia-in-a-wheelchair-with-alvaro-silberstein"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/11\/Wheel-the-World-Cerro-Paine-1-e1700250030886.jpg?resize=150%2C150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/11\/Wheel-the-World-Cerro-Paine-1-e1700250030886.jpg?fit=5866%2C2942"},"articleSection":"Wild Ideas Worth Living","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jenny Barber"}],"creator":["Jenny Barber"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Uncommon Path \u2013 An REI Co-op Publication","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2023-11-21T11:00:00Z","datePublished":"2023-11-21T11:00:00Z","dateModified":"2023-11-21T11:00:00Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Hiking Patagonia in a Wheelchair with Alvaro Silberstein\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/hiking-patagonia-in-a-wheelchair-with-alvaro-silberstein\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/hiking-patagonia-in-a-wheelchair-with-alvaro-silberstein\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/Wheel-the-World-Cerro-Paine-1-e1700250030886.jpg?resize=150%2C150\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/Wheel-the-World-Cerro-Paine-1-e1700250030886.jpg?fit=5866%2C2942\"},\"articleSection\":\"Wild Ideas Worth Living\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Jenny Barber\"}],\"creator\":[\"Jenny Barber\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Uncommon Path \\u2013 An REI Co-op Publication\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2023-11-21T11:00:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-21T11:00:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-21T11:00:00Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/rei.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/11\/Wheel-the-World-Cerro-Paine-1-e1700250030886.jpg?fit=5866%2C2942","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194704,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194702\/revisions\/194704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194702"},{"taxonomy":"internal-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-tag?post=194702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}