Quo Vadis - A Pilgrim's Journey
Quo Vadis is a reflective podcast about following your calling — and what happens when you step into the unknown.
Drawing on myth, psychology, spirituality, and lived experience, the podcast explores the inner journey behind outer adventures. Each episode moves through themes such as transformation, surrender, purpose, fear, and meaning, inspired by Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey.
Hosted by pilgrim, writer, and long-distance hiker Uffe Sveegaard, Quo Vadis weaves personal storytelling with conversations and reflections on what it means to live a life guided not by achievement, but by calling.
While the journey often unfolds through wilderness trails like the Pacific Crest Trail and the Continental Divide Trail, Quo Vadis is ultimately about the terrain within and how we return home changed.
This podcast is for listeners drawn to depth, mythic language, spiritual inquiry, and the courage it takes to live a meaningful life.
Quo Vadis - A Pilgrim's Journey
The CDT doesn't like people - a conversation with Tim Voors
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In this episode of Quo Vadis, I speak with Tim Voors about the Continental Divide Trail — the most remote, demanding, and psychologically challenging of the great American thru-hikes.
Tim has completed the Pacific Crest Trail, Te Araroa in New Zealand, and the CDT. He is also the author of The Great Divide, a book that approaches the trail not as an achievement, but as an encounter with fear, humility, and awe.
Our conversation explores what draws people toward something they know will test them deeply. We talk about fear — not as something to be eliminated, but as something to be transformed into respect. About solitude, uncertainty, navigation, wildlife, and the mental strategies required to keep moving forward when comfort and certainty disappear.
This episode is a conversation about the threshold: the moment where longing outweighs fear and you choose exposure over safety, and about what the Continental Divide Trail gives back to those who dare to walk it.