In this episode, I welcome back a good friend to the Active Towns Podcast, Mr. Ryan Van Duzer, to talk about his recent bikepacking adventures and help us launch our video podcast. That's right! We will now feature a video version of a select number of our future episodes that will really benefit from having a visual component. Ryan is the perfect guest for our first video episode because of all his vibrant imagery that he produces on his DuzerTV YouTube channel.

So if you'd like to watch the video podcast version of this episode click on this link: Bikepacking w/ Ryan Van Duzer - video

Additional Helpful Links:

- Bikepacking Magazine
- Priority Bicycles
- Caballo Blanco Copper Canyon Ultra Run 2021 Sign-up
- League of American Bicyclists
- PeopleForBikes
- Our First Active Towns Podcast Interview w/ Ryan
- Our on-bike video interview w/ Ryan
- StreamYard
- Mira the Super Dog's Instagram Account
- Born to Run Book
- Barefoot Ted
- RAGBRAI Bike Ride Across Iowa

Some of Ryan's Videos mentioned in the podcast:
- Backyard Bikepacking
- Tahoe Twirl Playlist
- The Great Divide Playlist
- Caballo Blanco Run 2017
- Caballo Blanco Run 2018
- Baja Bikepacking Part 1
- Baja Bikepacking Part 2
- RAGBRAI 2019 Videos
- Ryan's Priority Bikepacking Bike
- Ryan's Pack List for the Great Divide Ride
- Ryan's Priority Apollo Bike Review
- Ryan's Behind the Scenes Filmmaking Process
- Colorado Hut Trip Playlist 2019
- Ryan's mom gets an e-bike
- Community Cycles Moves by Cargo-bike
- Living a Car-Free Lifestyle

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Hi Everyone, my name is John Simmerman.

I’m a health promotion professional with over 30 years of experience and my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization of how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility.

In 2012 I launched the non-profit Advocates for Healthy Communities as an effort to help promote and create healthy, active places.

Since that time, I've been exploring, documenting, and profiling established, emerging, and aspiring Active Towns wherever they might be, in order to produce high-quality multimedia content to help inspire the creation of more safe and inviting, environments that promote a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities."

My Active Towns suite of channels feature my original video and audio content and reflections, including a selection of podcast episodes and short films profiling the positive and inspiring efforts happening around the world as I am able to experience and document them.

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