Making a fuss about nothing does seem to be a viable career path these days - ask any newspaper columist or YouTube 'influencer'. Years ago everybody wanted to be a rock star but as there's no money in it since Spotify there's a lot of people looking for alternatives. 'Adventure Travel' does have some of the same 'sex and drugs and rock and roll' glamour to it (to an outsider anyway) and as getting people to pay to live a kind of second hand danger free travel life has become much more achievable there's a lot of people jumping on the bandwagon. It's all just a branch of showbiz these days - even down at grass roots level (HUBB meetings for example) Anyone who's sat through a talk by Simon Gandolfi (or even Austin Vince) will know what I mean.
Meanwhile, down at the other end of the spectrum, there must be plenty of people who are out there traveling for their own personal reasons but you ever get to hear about them. I've met lots of people like that when I've been on the road, people who do it because they enjoy it (or whatever) and that's enough for them.
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