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Before you read, remember this: Independent editorial isn’t free. If you enjoy this article, please consider creating an account<\/a> to support our journalism so we can keep going.<\/b><\/p>\n Right about now, Eva Zu Beck should be arriving in Punta Arenas, the southernmost airport in Chile, and the jumping-off point for her plane to Antarctica, where she plans on climbing her third peak of the Seven Summits. But when Eva is denied boarding on her flight and denied entry into Chile altogether due to a glitch in the Chilean vaccination system, it looks like her plans have just gone out the window. Follow her journey here for live updates<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n After three years of constant travel, Eva Zu Beck came to a halting realization. A question crashed into her gut with the force of a bullet train. \u201cWhat if full-time travel is holding me back from becoming truly great at something?\u201d<\/p>\n Eva travels to places that most Western tourists have never even considered as vacation destinations, like Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, with the mission to uncover cultural beauty that is otherwise shrouded by negative narratives manufactured by Western media. Eva documents her intimate visits with traditional shepherds in Romania<\/a> and Bakhtiari nomads in Iran<\/a> on her YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The ethos of Eva\u2019s channel is best exemplified by her motto \u201cthe world belongs to the brave,\u201d which is actually a widely shared Polish saying. Eva\u2019s daily lifestyle is built on bravery \u2013 she follows a life trajectory that goes way off course from the modern corporate conveyor belt that runs on a concrete track of safe choices. [Listen to Eva\u2019s episode of The Outdoor Journal Podcast<\/a>.]\n<\/p>\n