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Stories about fear

Sometimes travel is a test – of our wits, our nerve, our endurance, or all of the above – and it can take us far beyond our comfort zone. Read stories of nomads confronting their fears, testing their survival skills, and discovering just what they’re capable of.

Discovery Connection Transformation Fear Love Story Roulette
A Close Call
Indonesia

A Close Call

Alex Hatton finds himself caught between warring tribes in remote West Papua.

Redemption in La Paz
Bolivia

Redemption in La Paz

How a single, traumatic event can destroy – or restore – our faith in humanity.

The Mt. Kenya Vendetta
Kenya

The Mt. Kenya Vendetta

Jase Wilson shares the most frightening thing he’s ever faced – and why it brought him back to Kenya.

Beware of Bears
Japan

Beware of Bears

Scholarship winner Allison Bradley discovers what happens when you come face to face with a legend.

Naked As I Was Born
Japan

Naked As I Was Born

Scholarship winner Alexander McCoy sheds his misgivings and finds acceptance in a Japanese onsen.

Video: Searching for the Kallawaya
Bolivia

Video: Searching for the Kallawaya

Andrés Brenner heads to the Bolivian Andes to find the medicine men behind the remedies at the La Paz Witches’ Market.

No Turning Back
India

No Turning Back

Traveling solo through India, Leah Tioxon finds herself the only female on an overnight train to Varanasi.

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