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Eva zu Beck | Raw Adventure

Eva zu Beck | Raw Adventure

@evazubeck

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💥 Living wild & free 🎥 Top travel YouTuber, trail runner & feral woman 🌎 Host & director of @natgeo’s Superskilled ⚡️ The world belongs to the brave

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✨ SUPERSKILLED ✨ is live now! Head over to @natgeo’s YouTube channel or tap on the link in my Stories / bio to watch the first episode 🔥

Can’t wait to hear thoughts! I’ll see you in the comments 😄

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I mean… why give them reasons to worry in advance? 😅(sorry, grandma!)

Adventures in this Reel:
1. Climbing the tallest mountain in Antarctica, Mount Vinson
2. My solo horse trek in Mongolia
3. Driving the Dalton Highway from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska in my Land Rover Defender Odyssey
4. 24 hours on the iron ore train in Mauritania
5. When I spent 3 months of the COVID lockdown on Socotra Island
6. Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Iraq… as complicated as these countries are, the people I met there were some of the kindest anywhere on earth.

(Reel inspo: @katie_leeper)

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I remember just how scary it was to let go, five years ago.

Yes, to let go of the *things*, but most importantly: to let go of the certainty.

Back there, in that original scenario, I knew exactly what my life would look like 10, even 20 years down the line.

And certainty, in this way, can be beautiful. Reassuring. Something to aspire to.

But my disconnect from myself and the world became so deep and so painful, that I knew I was on the wrong track. It wasn’t the right path for me.

So I had to let go. Experiment. Reinvent. My mid-twenties felt like the right time to do it.

Letting go of everything meant a completely fresh start. My degree would no longer matter. My CV and all the work experience I’d fought so hard to gain would no longer matter. My cute work clothes would no longer matter.

I had zero editing skills, zero subscribers on YouTube and zero guarantees that any of it would ever work.

So. What was it all for?

…This. Today.

A life that feels right *to me*.

That life will look different for everyone. I’ll always, always repeat: The Good Life doesn’t exist. What does, however, is Your Good Life.

And I know I’m living mine, because living it, I feel connected. I feel free. I feel alive.

That’s what it was all for.

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Day one of any big shoot is always a little nerve-wracking… so I thought I’d bring you along as we get ready to film episode 7 of Superskilled, my @natgeo show ✨

So excited to be back in the Amazon. This episode is going to hit different ❤️ (The show is going live later this year - we still have a few episodes to film all around the world)

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Ever since posting this pretty self-portrait a few days ago, I’ve been itching to de-romanticize and de-influence it.

For every shot that makes it to Instagram, there are 500 others that end up in the bin. For every idea that I post on here, there are 20 others that never make it out of my notes.

It’s totally normal to get bad shots, stumble over your words, make mistakes and generally fumble your way through art, especially if you’re just starting out.

But at the end of the day, practice is the foundation of progress. Keep going.

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When Eva zu Beck set off on a solo journey across remote central Asia, it soon turned into a fight for survival⁠
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Watch the full video via our YouTube channel: @TimesLifeandStyle or via the link in our bio 🔗

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This summer, I wanted to capture a photo that had, at its core, the soul of a Slavic woman. This was the guiding idea.

And I think this might just be the one?

A field overflowing with ripe wheat, a bouquet of wildflowers and an embroidered hand-me-down shirt, captured on a golden summer afternoon.

Yup. This feels like the soul of a Slavic woman to me. Any Slavic ladies agree?

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A family member told me recently that if I don’t find a man soon, while I’m still young and pretty, then all the “good ones” will end up being taken.

Immediately, I answered: “I would much rather be alone than in a relationship just for the sake of snagging a quality man.”

Women are constantly threatened by people with this idea that they’ll “end up alone”.

Those older, single women are seen as sad, lonely spinsters. Crazy cat ladies.

But you know what? Somewhere along the way, they forgot to mention that to be a single woman with her own choices and resources can also mean something very different.

Freedom. Independence. Peace of mind. An “I’ll do whatever the hell I want” attitude.

I know that not everyone loves this kind of solitude. And I know that some of us live in societies that still oppress women and control their freedom.

But for those of us who can and would rather be alone… don’t listen to the naysayers.

You’re not wrong, or broken, or crazy. You’re just blazing a path that was closed to women for many centuries by the patriarchy.

Keep blazing.

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I chose the impractical life
No pension.
No routine.
No partner. No white picket fence.

Just some risky decisions, A lot of uncertainty, And a burning passion for making my life as romantic and memorable as I possibly can.
It may sound silly and naive
And you might call it foolish.

But you know, practical things don’t feed your soul
Pragmatic choices don’t let you push past your comfort zone
And in a world obsessed with strategy, and plans, and efficiency, and results…
This feels like my tiny rebellion.

Yes, I chose the impractical life
And it is mine.

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A lot of you have been wondering about this, so here is a quick update. My intact male German Shepherd has had a whole lot of protection training, and that’s the one thing I’m willing to share 🤫

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