International adventurer Michelle puts her heart and soul into everything she does. Seeking her own call of the wild, Michelle dreams of spending as much time outdoors as possible and hopes to combine her interest in adventure sports with her international roots to become a global sports marketer.
Where I'm from, there's a lot of skyscrapers and pollution, so it's really hard to go out in the wilderness and interact with nature. So, I thought, when I go to America, I need to experience something that I would never be able to experience back home — which for me, was being in nature. Throughout my Wilderness Survival course, I've been able to do what I've always dreamed of — forage for edible plants, learn to fish, call for birds. Each day, I'm learning all these things that I never knew before about nature and can apply them on hikes and adventures outdoors. It's a totally new experience that I would have never been able to enjoy back home.
There is no one word to describe Explo. It provides you with such a diverse experience and helps you boost all your passions to new levels. There's really no other place where you can bring together people from all corners of the world who have so much passion for so many different interests. You're really able to talk to people and find out how there are different parts of this world that you're missing out on and start exploring.
If I could have any wish in the world, I think it'd be to stay here at Explo just a little bit longer. I'm going to miss the people so much and I know that I definitely want to come back next summer to do it all over again.
Jaryd Frankel