{"id":196250,"date":"2024-04-16T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=196250"},"modified":"2024-04-15T17:08:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:08:30","slug":"traveling-to-every-country-without-flying-with-thor-pedersen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/traveling-to-every-country-without-flying-with-thor-pedersen","title":{"rendered":"Traveling to Every Country Without Flying with Thor Pedersen"},"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\/a00f980a-53d0-4d42-aae1-2c608fcb475c?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/traveling-to-every-country-without-flying-with-thor-pedersen\">Transcrip<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/traveling-to-every-country-without-flying-with-thor-pedersen\/transcript\">t<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2013, Thor Pedersen left his home in Denmark for the trip of a lifetime. His goal was to travel to every country in the world. He had three rules for his journey. He had to spend at least 24 hours in each country. He couldn&#8217;t return to Denmark until he had crossed off every nation on the list. 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His goal was to travel to every country in the world. He had three rules for his journey. He had to spend at least 24 hours in each country. 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