{"id":196836,"date":"2024-06-18T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=196836"},"modified":"2024-06-19T13:00:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T20:00:40","slug":"paragliding-through-the-skies-with-galen-kirkpatrick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcast\/paragliding-through-the-skies-with-galen-kirkpatrick","title":{"rendered":"Paragliding Through the Skies with Galen Kirkpatrick"},"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\/60686ec5-3f1d-4c9e-9ef9-7f84779488dd?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/paragliding-through-the-skies-with-galen-kirkpatrick\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Galen Kirkpatrick is a world class paraglider &#8211; in 2022 she was the FAI Women\u2019s Pan-American Paragliding Champion, and in 2023 she became the overall US National Champion. Paragliding has become a vehicle for Galen to get in touch with herself and see the world from a new perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Galen:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/readysetgalen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to our sponsors:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capital One:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/membership\/mastercard?trackingId=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check out the REI Co-op Mastercard program<\/a>\u00a0and learn about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reifund.org\/grantees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local REI Fund grantees<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/b\/allbirds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Allbirds<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Galen Kirkpatrick is a world class paraglider &#8211; in 2022 she was the FAI Women\u2019s Pan-American Paragliding Champion, and in 2023 she became the overall US National Champion. Paragliding has become a vehicle for Galen to get in touch with herself and see the world from a new perspective. 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