Host of JUMP with Traveling Jackie - awarded Best Travel Podcast of 2025 by iHeartRadio - and founder of JUMP Adventures - inviting you on epic adventures to Patagonia and beyond. Join Jackie behind the scenes for podcast news, adventure opportunities, and personal journey updates.
Two Outdoor Communities For You
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Hello and happy May from Montana! (Scroll for a photo of me in my new HOUSE!) I'm here with two resources for you today: There is a happy coincidence in the last two podcast episodes we've published (aside from my opinion that they are both super inspirational...) - both are centered around community AND getting your body moving in the outdoors, IRL. What's not to love?! 52 Hike Challenge - Meet Karla, Founder of 52 Hike Challenge - summarizing this one with this - if you need motivation, accountability or encouragement to move your body and get hiking (or if you are down to hear a deeply personal and super inspiring story), THIS one is for you! Karla is even leading a group trip to Nepal this October and still has spots left. Girl Get After It - Meet Cass, Founder of Girl Get After It (and fellow Montanan) - summarizing this one with this - if you are drawn to female-centric spaces, want to meet new friends and get outside and sweat it out together, THIS one is for you! There are chapters all over the country, and Cass leads retreats too! It snowed in Montana last week (truth), but summer is nearly here! So this is my encouragement to you to get outside and get after it, in community, and in gratitude for being able to move our amazing bodies in this beautiful place we get to call home. 💛 Jackie Okay two photos. One from my MTB ride this weekend, and one from right now at my desk in my new home office! ✌️ |
JUMP with Traveling Jackie
Host of JUMP with Traveling Jackie - awarded Best Travel Podcast of 2025 by iHeartRadio - and founder of JUMP Adventures - inviting you on epic adventures to Patagonia and beyond. Join Jackie behind the scenes for podcast news, adventure opportunities, and personal journey updates.
This is a good one. I've known Kristen since we were roommates together during our study abroad in Turin, Italy back in 2005 (we were just wee babes of 20 years old!). Scott, her boyfriend at the time and now husband, came to visit, and we've all been in each other's lives these past 20+ years. (Scroll on for photos!) I recently had the honor of hosting each of them, separately, on the podcast, because Kristen's life changed in one magical sip of wine while we were living in Italy, and she...
I just returned from two weeks in Quebec for the Adventure Travel World Summit, my favorite global travel conference. Part of the reason this conference is my favorite is because it always includes an adventure for me during the week ahead of the conference. This year I did a multi-day cycling trip around Lake Saint-Jean in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. It was beautiful and so fun and I'll tell you more about it in a podcast later because the point today is... I crashed my gravel bike....
I hope you (fellow northern hemisphere-ers) had a lovely summer! And if you're a southern hemisphere-er, a lovely winter! Before it all gets too far in the rearview mirror, here's a quick recap of the happenings around here these past few months that you might have missed while you were having fun under the sun (I hope)! And if you're only here for the tutu, scroll down... I met Alex Honnold & Jim Morrison and had them BOTH on my podcast, from a stage at a conference in Utah! I recorded a...