Today we’re examining a type of travel activity that you won't yet find on a tour or a cruise shore excursion list yet. Nearly two years ago, reporter Robert Silk fulfilled a personal project: Called the desert sit, or competitive sitting, or extreme sitting, he went to the desert and sat in one spot. For an entire day.

The activity combines travel with some of the trends that became paramount during the pandemic: Being outdoors and distant, mindfulness, disconnecting from devices and the pursuit of longtime goals. And then he wrote about it for Travel Weekly. Lately, the interest in extreme sitting has been renewed via an article written by Laura Kiniry for Atlas Obscura, and so host Rebecca Tobin brought the two of them together again, to talk about the philosophy and practicalities of traveling in order to just sit.

Episode sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by Windstar Cruises.

Related reports: 

How to explain a day desert sitting: Social distancing as an endurance sport 

Atlas Obscura: Meet the man who wants to make sitting an extreme sport 

Travel Weekly Dispatch, Antarctica: Surrounded by humpback whales 

Today we&rsquo;re examining a type of travel activity that you won't yet find on a tour or a cruise shore excursion list yet. Nearly two years ago, reporter <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/robert-silk">Robert Silk</a> fulfilled a personal project: Called the desert sit, or competitive sitting, or extreme sitting, he went to the desert and sat in one spot. For an entire day.
The activity combines travel with some of the trends that became paramount during the pandemic: Being outdoors and distant, mindfulness, disconnecting from devices and the pursuit of longtime goals. And then he wrote about it for Travel Weekly. Lately, the interest in extreme sitting has been renewed via an article written by <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/users/laurakiniry?view=articles">Laura Kiniry</a> for Atlas Obscura, and so host <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/rebecca-tobin">Rebecca Tobin</a> brought the two of them together again, to talk about the philosophy and practicalities of traveling in order to just sit.
Episode sponsor:
This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.windstarcruises.com">Windstar Cruises</a>.
Related reports: 
<a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Blogs/Dispatch/How-to-explain-a-day-desert-sitting-Social-distancing-as-endurance-sport">How to explain a day desert sitting: Social distancing as an endurance sport </a>
Atlas Obscura: <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/competitive-sitting-extreme-sport">Meet the man who wants to make sitting an extreme sport </a>
Travel Weekly <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Blogs/Dispatch/Antarctica-Surrounded-by-whales">Dispatch, Antarctica: Surrounded by humpback whales </a>

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors explore ideas, share experiences and provide insight into what they’ve uncovered while reporting on some of the biggest trends in travel.

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors explore ideas, share experiences and provide insight into what they&rsquo;ve uncovered while reporting on some of the biggest trends in travel.

Hosted by Rebecca Tobin, managing editor of Travel Weekly

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Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week. 

In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about.  

You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do. 

Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week.&nbsp;
In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about. &nbsp;
You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do.&nbsp;
Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

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