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Just before her 40th birthday, Gail Francis quit her perfectly good job and set out to hike one of the great trails of the world. Carrying everything she needed on her back, Francis spent five months walking from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail. Along the way, she lost her pack scrambling over scree in the desert, struggled to navigate high mountain passes, and wore the soles off her boots trekking across lava fields - all within some of the most pristine wilderness in the nation. Though she set out alone, her story includes an eclectic cast of characters. 

What happens when a burnt-out tech professional ditches the comforts of modern life and hikes 2,650 miles across the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada? A head-on collision of midlife crisis and wilderness reality, where he’s never felt more alive. Somewhere between blisters, bear poop, and resupply, it clicks. Those cryptic ideas of Zen and Taoism he skimmed almost two decades ago—about ‘simplicity’ and ‘attachment, ’ the kind most of us flag as hippie nonsense, actually started making a whole lot of sense.

He had a physical condition he believed would disqualify him. He grew up amid what he calls “the family burning flames of alcohol.” And the airline cockpit he dreamed of seemed impossibly far away. None of it changed the one thing Russ Roberts knew from childhood: he would be a pilot. In this candid memoir, Roberts tells how a boy’s steadfast love of airplanes carried him through a turbulent childhood and eventually taught him to chart his own course.

Sports Bliss with Rob and Kris is a podcast about our comedic take on current sports and sports related events. We especially love college football and the NFL following the Florida Gators and UCF Knights. Living in Orlando we also love the Orlando Magic and Orlando City Soccer Club!! Follow us on Instagram @sportsblisswithrobkris and facebook or give us a call at (407) 494-6420. If you enjoy our episodes please subscribe and tell your friends or anyone you think would enjoy our podcast. Leave voice messages for us at (407)494-6420. We also now have merch so check it out today.

Our podcast is intended to inspire people to find their true purpose and follow their bliss. They say that 87% dislike what they do and 10% of people hate what they do. So, that means only 3% of people are actually doing what they love. Through our journey and the stories of others who had the courage to discover their purpose and follow their true passions in life, we hope to inspire others to do the same. They say when a person finds their purpose, they come alive. Join us in helping others to find their purpose, live fulfilled and come alive!

Put the bliss into your hiking and hiking into your next adventure and make your dream a reality. Lauralee Bliss, trail name Blissful, shares insights, wisdom, and the highs and lows of adventure from 10,000 miles of wanders, from high altitude to sea level and everything in-between.