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JUMP with Traveling Jackie

JUMP with Traveling Jackie

By: Traveling Jackie
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Welcome to JUMP Podcast, your invitation to adventure. Through a mix of guest stories, solo episodes, and often raw and personal accounts, host Jackie Nourse (Traveling Jackie) explores travel, adventure, and lifestyle in ways meant to motivate YOU to move and experience the world outside your comfort zone and to do big, courageous things with your one life. Let this show be a source of travel advice and inspiration, and remember that in the end, it’s YOU who takes the leap.

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Episodes
  • Inside Osprey: How to Pack, Travel, and Get Outside with Vince Mazzuca (JUMP 199)

    Inside Osprey: How to Pack, Travel, and Get Outside with Vince Mazzuca (JUMP 199)
    Dec 10 2025
    What does it really take to build great adventure gear, and what does packing look like for the people designing it? In this energizing conversation, Jackie sits down with longtime friend and colleague Vince Mazzuca, Osprey's Category Director for Technical Products, to explore how Osprey creates the packs we trust on the trail, on the road, and in the unknown.Vince shares his journey from growing up between Sacramento and Pittsburgh to becoming a Yakima tech rep traveling from Florida to Maine, to working at Ruffwear, and finally landing at Osprey over a decade ago. After ten years as Osprey's Marketing Director, he recently transitioned into product, working with design teams across Colorado, Vietnam, and Tokyo, and shaping how packs evolve for different global markets.Jackie and Vince also reflect on years of creative collaboration, including the award-winning Chiloe documentary and the redesign of the Fairview/Farpoint series. They also dig into real-world packing: organization styles, packing cubes vs. chaos, and the layers and essentials they never travel without. Jackie also shares a bonus for listeners: her customizable Adventure Packing List (linked below). And as Vince says, the best pack is the one that gets you out the door. Book the ticket, go explore, and learn as you go.Resources: Get my Adventure Packing List here - https://travelingjackie.com/packing-list/ Chiloé documentary - https://travelingjackie.com/chiloe-osprey-film/ My go-to luggage for adventure travel (video) - https://travelingjackie.com/best-luggage-for-adventure-travel/ Find and follow Vince Mazzuca IG @vmazzuca and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/vince-mazzuca-58b14a1a/ OR Echo Hoodie https://rei.pxf.io/POXROMOR Helium Jacket https://rei.pxf.io/VxEAxJPatagonia Houdini https://rei.pxf.io/XmbG4yREI waterproof shell mittens https://rei.pxf.io/GKYn9V Osprey Transporter Wheeled Duffel https://osprey.pxf.io/mOvJyePacking Cubes https://osprey.pxf.io/XmRv3oTravel Accessories https://osprey.pxf.io/RGoN39Osprey Sirrus https://osprey.pxf.io/3JOZBB Osprey Mutant 22 https://osprey.pxf.io/nXGP4ROsprey Garment Folder https://osprey.pxf.io/6yOnPQMore like this: Catch episode 115 with Dan from Osprey Packs in PatagoniaPlease follow the show, leave a 5-star review if you love it, and share with your travel buddiesDon’t miss Jackie’s behind-the-scenes communications - hop on our email list at TravelingJackie.comMassive thanks to Osprey.com and ObozFootwear.com for sponsoring and supporting our show!Please follow the show, leave a 5-star review if you love it, and share with your travel buddies!Don't miss Jackie's behind-the-scenes communications, hop on our email list at http://travelingjackie.com/Massive thanks to Osprey.com and ObozFootwear.com for sponsoring and supporting our show!Produced by NOVATake a leap with Jackie IRL - join us in Greece and Norway in 2025 at JUMPadventures.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
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  • How Trail Running Transforms Your Travels with Alex Sanchez (JUMP 198)

    How Trail Running Transforms Your Travels with Alex Sanchez (JUMP 198)
    Nov 26 2025

    What if travel could become even more meaningful simply by bringing more of yourself into it?


    In this wide-ranging and heartfelt conversation, Jackie sits down with trail runner, storyteller, and adventure-driven creative Alex Sanchez, whom she met on a magical trail-running Day of Adventure in Patagonia during the Adventure Travel World Summit. What started as a chance encounter on a bus turned into a conversation about purpose, community, and the uncommon ways we can build deeper meaning into our travels.


    Alex shares how an immersive internship in the Dominican Republic transformed her understanding of connection and set her on a path toward community-centered travel, while she and Jackie explore the power of intention in travel, designing trips around what you love, and why the unplanned moments often matter most. They also dive into Alex’s experience running the Leadville 100, a 100-mile ultramarathon through the Colorado mountains, where she reflects on the emotional depth of the race, the support of her closest friends, and the profound realization that our limits are far more flexible than we think.


    Whether you're a seasoned traveler, a runner, or you’re craving more connection in your adventures, Alex reminds us to chase the things that light you up—and to bring your people along for the ride.


    Resources:

    Find Alex online: https://www.alexsanchezcreates.com

    Follow Alex on Instagram: @alexlogansanchez

    Please follow the show, leave a 5-star review if you love it, and share with your travel buddies!

    Don't miss Jackie's behind-the-scenes communications—hop on our email list at TravelingJackie.com

    Massive thanks to Osprey.com and ObozFootwear.com for sponsoring and supporting our show!


    Produced by NOVA



    Take a leap with Jackie IRL - join us in Greece and Norway in 2025 at JUMPadventures.com

    Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Impacts of Slow Travel by Bike with Ryan Van Duzer (JUMP 197)

    The Impacts of Slow Travel by Bike with Ryan Van Duzer (JUMP 197)
    Nov 12 2025

    What if the key to rediscovering joy, connection, and hope in humanity was as simple as slowing down?


    Join Jackie as she sits down with adventurer, filmmaker, and lifelong bike advocate Ryan Van Duzer, whose life on two wheels has become a mission to inspire connection, sustainability, and joy through travel. From his early vow at age eight to never own a car to his incredible ride home from the Peace Corps in Honduras, Ryan's story is a testament to how slow travel can open hearts and minds.


    In this conversation, Ryan shares lessons from decades of pedaling across the Americas—from small-town generosity and backyard deer in West Virginia to challenging stereotypes on a recent ride through the Deep South. He and Jackie dive into the power of human connection, the importance of being an ambassador for kindness, and how seeing the world up close reminds us that people everywhere have more in common than we think.


    Ryan also discusses his work in bicycle advocacy, raising funds for organizations like People for Bikes, Community Cycles, and Bikepacking Roots to help kids and underrepresented riders discover the freedom of cycling. His message? You don't have to travel far to experience the magic of slow travel—just hop on a bike, explore your own backyard, and rediscover the beauty of moving through the world at human speed.


    Resources:

    • Ryan Van Duzer on YouTube
    • Follow Ryan on Instagram: @duzer
    • Please follow the show, leave a 5-star review if you love it, and share with your travel buddies!
    • Don't miss Jackie's behind-the-scenes communications—hop on our email list at TravelingJackie.com


    Massive thanks to Osprey.com and ObozFootwear.com for sponsoring and supporting our show!


    Produced by NOVA



    Take a leap with Jackie IRL - join us in Greece and Norway in 2025 at JUMPadventures.com

    Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
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    51 mins
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