{"id":4528,"date":"2015-06-05T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T06:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/?p=4528"},"modified":"2017-10-22T11:54:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T09:54:56","slug":"ambitionoutdoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/en\/ambitionoutdoor\/","title":{"rendered":"AmbitionOutdoor: An adventure to the next level"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00ab\u00a0Traveling without learning from the unknown is not traveling, it is moving\u00a0\u00bb<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/AG-sportbags_Only-One_New-Zealand.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3535 size-large\" style=\"margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" src=\"http:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/AG-sportbags_Only-One_New-Zealand-1024x355.jpg\" alt=\"AG-sportbags_Only-One_New-Zealand\" width=\"1024\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/AG-sportbags_Only-One_New-Zealand-1024x355.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/AG-sportbags_Only-One_New-Zealand-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/AG-sportbags_Only-One_New-Zealand.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As you may know I came back to France Mars 7 2015 after almost a two and a half years round trip.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During this journey:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>76 local people hosted me to hear my stories and life experiences<a href=\"http:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Locals-hosts_NZ_January-March-2014_worldtour-outdoorexperience.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3609 size-medium\" style=\"margin-left: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Locals-hosts_NZ_January-March-2014_worldtour-outdoorexperience-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"Locals-hosts_NZ_January-March-2014_worldtour-outdoorexperience\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Locals-hosts_NZ_January-March-2014_worldtour-outdoorexperience-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Locals-hosts_NZ_January-March-2014_worldtour-outdoorexperience-1024x749.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Locals-hosts_NZ_January-March-2014_worldtour-outdoorexperience.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>83 people took me hitch-hiking<\/li>\n<li>12 different jobs<\/li>\n<li>350,000 views on Google+<\/li>\n<li>4170 photos organized by albums with a short article to put them in the right context (the greatest ones are tagged on the FlickR Map and Yahoo Weather)<\/li>\n<li>40 video on YouTube<\/li>\n<li>80 GPS tracks you can download and then look at them in 3D on Google Earth<\/li>\n<li>125 articles French\/English on my Blog<\/li>\n<li>Five Sponsors<\/li>\n<li>3 awards at the contest \u201cTell your Outdoor Experience\u201d 2013-2014<\/li>\n<li>382 pages on a Word document tracking every details and every person I shared this journey with<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For all of you it was a real surprise, not to say a devastating choc, when I announced I was returning to France. A few people were already saying, \u201cthat\u2019s the end of a dream\u201d about the solo traveler and his small 12kg backpack. Let me tell you what are the reasons of this strategic choice that will lead my future for the next years.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMovement is the ultimate life principle\u201d Leonardo da Vinci<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After 25 months abroad, I flew back to France December 19<sup>th<\/sup> 2014. At this moment, I realized what I had left behind me. During these two weeks in France my relatives and friends were happy and curious to see me again in order to listen what I had to answer to their questions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leaving them again to pursue my traveling quest in Peru was harder this time than the day I announced my parents I wanted to go to Australia without any return plane ticket.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fortunately this sensation is familiar to me since I\u2019m 20 by the time I was studying in Bayonne. Hug, backslapping, kiss and I\u2019m gone. After that I looked inwards what dreams I was going to transform to reality in Peru.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However it seems that the burning passion I have towards the mountains isn\u2019t something usual here. In fact, living in the middle of the Peruvians peaks has a cost that a few travelers can allow themselves: we need to acclimatize ourselves to the altitude if we expect going over 4000m. During my trip in Peru I didn\u2019t meet anyone who would like to join for an auto-organized &#8220;extreme&#8221; adventures. Therefore I lead my expeditions in solo. Even though local people provide me an authentic and memorable inner richness, this isn\u2019t enough to balance with the difficulty felt during a solo adventure in the mountains. Happiness is only real when shared in present.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Cordillera-huayhuash_cerro-paria_wtoe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4292 size-large\" style=\"margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" src=\"http:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Cordillera-huayhuash_cerro-paria_wtoe-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Cordillera-huayhuash_cerro-paria_wtoe\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Cordillera-huayhuash_cerro-paria_wtoe-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Cordillera-huayhuash_cerro-paria_wtoe-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Cordillera-huayhuash_cerro-paria_wtoe.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>This emptiness limits how much risk I can take and makes the effort harder since I can\u2019t share the pain I&#8217;m feeling with somebody else. Having no partner also reduces the number of activities I can do by myself. Peru is the second poorest country in South America. That means it would be insane going down a river or riding a mountain bike alone because nobody will be able to rescue you for lack of means (and a poor mobile network outside cities). Those activities are only possible if you take part in a group with a guide but you don\u2019t feel as much freedom as when you do it on your own. Therefore I only do some of the nicest trekking routes available in the world (the last one was very dangerous) and after 2 months I got bored doing the same thing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I don\u2019t appreciate my journey anymore, I need a new goal that provides me inner richness and makes me feel alive. Already in New Zealand I had a strange feeling about the kind of legacy I would like to transmit: developing ergonomic products that allow outdoor sport enthusiasts to access Nature more easily and stay connected to it without parasite gestures that cost time and energy. For several months between June and December I had lost this sight. This one came back while I was walking from Huarin to Ba\u00f1os in Peru when I got into the Cordillera Huayhuash area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I was thinking about this legacy thing when I felt a strong and warm energy taking birth in my belly before it got released giving me a thrill. It was the first time a was saying loudly and clearly \u201cWell Julien, you must start your own business. There is no other way and you know it\u201d. My ultimate experience in Peru next to the crater of El Misti struck a decisive blow. I realized that traveling this way won\u2019t teach me anything more and I have to move on quickly to use my skills and know-how and financial resources to launch my own business in the Outdoor Sport Industry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Surprisingly I meet my host\u2019s son when I came back to Arequipa where I left some of my stuff I wouldn\u2019t carry to El Misti. It appears Roy is a international travel agent and this one has plane tickets from Lima to Paris at bargain rates. I have the choice between a one-way flight between Lima and Paris for 1450 Soles or a Return Ticket valid a year for 1600 Soles (about \u20ac453 in March). I don\u2019t hesitate one second and got the return flight ticket. Ten days later (including 3 days in The Colca Canyon), I\u2019m back to France.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">AmbitionOutdoor: The ultimate Outdoor Sport trademark<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ambitionoutdoor_transparent_logo_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4532 size-medium\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ambitionoutdoor_transparent_logo_-300x300.png\" alt=\"ambitionoutdoor_transparent_logo_\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ambitionoutdoor_transparent_logo_-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ambitionoutdoor_transparent_logo_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/worldtour-outdoorexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ambitionoutdoor_transparent_logo_.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Quickly I register my trademark \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>AMBITIONOUTDOOR<\/strong><\/span>\u201d as well as the domain names \u201cambitionoutdoor.fr\u201d and \u201cambitionoutdoor.com\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ambition is a burning desire to achieve something. This word symbolizes who I am as well as what animates every outdoor Sport enthusiasts: the search for a project, visualizing it and using your resources and means\u00a0all together to connect yourself to your natural element, gateway to this fleeting Nirvana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meaning of this word is so strong that most people assign it a negative connotation. Nonetheless Outdoor sport enthusiasts are deep and complex people, very sensitive towards environment and life itself. Behind the word AMBITION I see an ephemeral conquest that must be earned, origin of an inner fight that requires all my physical and mental resources during which I suffer, I shake and I scream (yummy!).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reaching this summit, going over this obstacle, taking a tube, defying gravity, being amazed by this landscape only known by a very few mortals, \u2026this one-second break liberates our soul from our body and its pain. We are disconnected from the world but connected to the whole Universe. Never before we felt so alive. So much suffer to reach this one-second break that releases this indefinable amount of positive energy. This moment is so worth the effort that we are ready to go back in Hell, hoping we will feel this second again and again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is how I consider Outdoor Sports. My goal isn\u2019t to make those ones more popular but rather removing the parasite gestures while we\u2019re doing them with the right equipment to keep our mind focused and open new possibilities.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">I hope you will enjoy this adventure as much as the ones that pushed you to follow me.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">After sharing my dreams with you, I want to provide you my equipment to realize yours.<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab\u00a0Traveling without learning from the unknown is not traveling, it is moving\u00a0\u00bb . As you may know I came back to France Mars 7 2015 after almost a two and a half years round trip. 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