Hi, I’m Ryan George; and I’m an adventurer.
I’ve pursued adrenaline rushes and encounters with the Divine on all seven continents and both polar circles. I live on the front range of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. During the week, I work as a virtual marketing assistant for auctioneers in four time zones. On the weekend, I lead my church’s parking lot greeter team, and I shepherd Dude Group, a spiritual adventure community for men. I’ve been married to Crystal since our beach wedding in September of 2000, and I’ve officially been a dad since November of 2021. I’m an Enneagram 7, a MINI Cooper enthusiast, a proud older brother to five sibs, and the author of Scared to Life and Word on the Street. I interview fellow adventures on the Everyday Adventures podcast.
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Here are just some of the adventures I’ve gotten myself into over the past 2 decades.
I have walked on biplane wings 3,000 feet over the ocean and held on while it did twelve aerobatic maneuvers. I’ve bungee jumped on five continents and paraglided in seven countries. I’ve tumbled out of an airplane on both the north and south sides of the equator—bringing as many as 16 of my church friends with him at a time. I’ve plunged off a mountain cliff with a trash can over his head, free-falling 198 feet before his safety line caught. I’ve flown in biplanes, sailplanes, seaplanes, parasails, hang gliders, ultralights, a stunt plane, a hot air balloon, an experimental aircraft, and even a doorless helicopter pulling a 180º slide.
I’ve climbed a 57-meter construction crane in South Africa, stood on the helipad atop Paris’ tallest skyscraper, and jumped off the 63rd story of the then-tallest building in the southern hemisphere.
I’ve rafted class V rapids on rivers 18 time zones apart and helicopter-kayaked atop a British Columbian glacier. i’ve repelled waterfalls on two continents, ice climbed on four continents (including Antarctica), snowmobiled in four countries, driven a snorkel-kitted Land Rover through frigid Icelandic whitewater, ice skated in Dubai, and zip-lined more than 600 feet above a rainforest.
I’ve driven a retired Indy car over 180 mph, spun out a Formula 2000 car on a road course, and slid a 300hp Subaru race car around a gravel rally course. I’ve had his MINI Cooper on the track, off the ground, and over 110mph on the way to church.
Accompanying friends as they crossed items off their bucket list, I’ve hiked some of the most iconic trails in the world, including Peru’s Inca Trail, Canada’s West Coast Trail, Italy’s Alta Via 2, Kauai’s Kalalau Trail, and Switzerland’s Walkers Haute Route.
I have wakeboarded, snowboarded, and river boarded—in the coldest river in France (3ºC) and in a deadly river in New Zealand.
I’ve surfed in the Arctic Ocean (200km north of the Arctic Circle). I’ve snowboarded, snow skied, and driven a go-kart on snow in a wind chill of -30ºF. I’ve driven a snowmobile to the Continental Divide and pushed one to 84mph in Jackson Hole. And I’ve done 79mph on the back of an Olympic bobsled run with the former Jamaican bobsled coach depicted in Cool Runnings. I’ve built and spent the night in a snow shelter during survival training in northern Finland, and I’ve floated in the water freshly opened by an ice breaker ship in Sweden.