She Quit Being a CEO then Biked Across Africa...Then an Elephant Charged Her | Alice Morrison
🐫 I sit down with explorer, author, and adventurer Alice Morrison—often called “The Indiana Jones for Girls.” After leaving her career as a CEO and BBC journalist, Alice completely reinvented her life and went on extraordinary expeditions across Africa and the Middle East.
She shares what it was like cycling 8,000 miles from Cairo to Cape Town, being charged by a wild elephant, surviving extreme conditions, walking across Saudi Arabia, living in Morocco, learning Arabic, and why she believes the meaning of life is simply to be.
This conversation explores adventure, resilience, fear, purpose, cultural understanding, travel, and what it means to truly feel alive.
In this episode we discuss:
Why Alice left her CEO career for adventure
Cycling from Cairo to Cape Town
Being charged by a wild elephant
Walking the length of Saudi Arabia
Living in Morocco and learning Arabic
Adventure, resilience, and fear
Why she says the meaning of life is “to be”
How to start pursuing your own adventures
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Books: Search “Alice Morrison books” on Amazon
Podcast: Alice in Wanderland
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Timestamps:
00:00 Charged by a Wild Elephant
01:05 Meet Alice Morrison
02:57 Why She Left Her CEO Career
06:32 Cycling Across Africa
10:42 The Elephant Attack Story
15:45 Why She Studied Arabic
18:58 Cultural Lessons From Living in Morocco
24:56 Why She Keeps Chasing Adventure
29:35 Future Expeditions
32:32 Traveling With Camel Guides
37:15 Stop Caring What People Think
39:46 Hardest Adventure of Her Life
43:25 Advice to Her Younger Self
46:54 What Makes Life Meaningful?
49:04 Where to Find Alice
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