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EPISODE 49
Queen of the Ice
In the Season 3 premiere, meet Antonella Giacomini, an Italian mountaineer and adventurer who has been called the Queen of the Ice for her love of traversing glaciers in remote corners of the world. As a person accustomed to skiing while pulling a sled across ice fields, Antonella recounts how she accidentally got into bike touring while trying to reach a glacier in Patagonia with all her gear. She has come to love the concept, visiting countries like Italy, Costa Rica, and Canada by bicycle. Along the way, she has learned many valuable lessons. For example, the secret to retrieving your passport from the Argentine police might involve sitting through a “terribly bad” military propaganda film and knowing exactly when to keep your mouth shut. From shattering the cruel myth that biking from northern to southern Italy is “all downhill” to performing sacred rituals to scale unclimbed peaks in Mozambique, Antonella’s stories are a masterclass in why you should travel, travel, travel.
