You're such an interesting person! Thanks so much for sharing.

I did circus as a kid, I was lucky and the old gym teacher was a retired circus master. He would teach to about 60 students a handful of skills each, it was like a club of sorts. At the end of the year, he put on a full 1h show with professional gear! And other schools would be invited to be the audience. I can still juggle basketballs, or hold a pole on my chin, finger or toe. I also did spinning plates walking on barrels, but I haven’t had the opportunity to do it in years. The guys name was Bernard and the show was called Cirquart.

@WeirdExplorer

4 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

This was nerve racking

Yep, welcome to China. Btw, the guy putting his hand in boiling oil... Usually they would dip their hands in cold oil first, then they can stick their fingers in there without getting burnt.

@rajgill7576

4 жыл бұрын

Not cold oil, that will make the hot oil cling to your hand and keep burning when you take it out!!! They use cold water. The water on your hand evaporates and the vapor barrier keeps your hands from burning. Leidenfrost effect.

@ZodiacBlack11

4 жыл бұрын

Raj Gill ... You do realize that water in hot oil will cause a sizzling explosion, right?

@rajgill7576

3 жыл бұрын

@Taevon mahi'ai both you and the other zodiac guy, try Google "leidenfrost effect" I'm busy with my master's degree, why don't you educate yourself a try a little experiment yourself. If ur against proper experimentation theres a "Mythbusters" episode regarding the same effect but with molten lead. It was confirmed

@MrDutchmarshal

3 жыл бұрын

@@rajgill7576 just a random guy here.. You sir sound like smug douchebag. "Busy with a masters degree"

@AlexisTwoLastNames

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrDutchmarshal the others who responded to him were just as sassy.

Dude, your story is incredible. Hearing this is like opening a window to the story of someone who has so much worldly experience it might inspire others.

That was an excellently told story, and a fascinating glimpse into your non-fruity life.

Loved this video! Any kind of stories from your travels you'd want to share would be very enthusiastically well received! ^_^

@zilaz

Жыл бұрын

A fellowa mtg playere here?! :)

@mtgAzim

Жыл бұрын

@@zilaz I have played it a bit, but that's not actually what my mtg is referring to. Back in the early and mid 2000's a friend of mine had started an online group for Milwaukee based gamers. Milwaukee is also referred to as "Mill Town", so the group was "Mill Town Gamers". We ended up having people from all over the world though, as there weren't that many others in Milwaukee that we'd run in to back then. That was back in the days of the original xbox, ps2, and a few pc titles like Ultima Online, so the group has long since disbanded. My account is old enough to preceed google owning youtube, so I still have the name from a relic of the old internet. All the other original members from the group are either dead, in prison or have otherwise drifted away into obscurity. Only I remain, languishing on as an echo of the past.

@zilaz

Жыл бұрын

@@mtgAzim haha. interesting read!

Surprised that you chose to train in China. I used to hear how extremely tough it was from Jackie Chan and he trained from childhood.

I was an early subscriber many years ago for it's original content, when still known as weird fruit explorer, still surprised that the subscribers count is only 67k after so many years.

@SCYTHE2525

5 жыл бұрын

Averaging about a thousand new subs a month seems to me.

@lemmypop1300

5 жыл бұрын

Well, I've been subscribed ever since his channel was called Jared Rydelek, and he had less than 5,000 subs. I think that the first video of his I've seen was also his first video about rare bananas. Four years later, and it's still one of the rare channels I watch pretty much every video the moment I see it's up.

@llcc77

5 жыл бұрын

I looked up my subscription history, it was Jan 5, 2016, prior to that in 2015, I was searching by "weird fruit explorer" to view the videos. His name was always known in the about page. I think I watched from ep40+ which was 2014? His first banana ep was 75.

@llcc77

5 жыл бұрын

A lot of lesser channels with not original contents are hitting few 100k to millions, "subscribe and hit that bell button" Nope.

@lemmypop1300

5 жыл бұрын

@@llcc77 I think that "weird fruit explorer" was in the title of the videos, but the channel's name was ''Jared Rydelek''. I think he changed it somewhere in the 2017.

I'd love to see more stuff about your contortionist stuff and sideshows on this channel, weird stories and all that or just interesting facts about that realm of entertainment!

I have enjoyed your Cabinet of Curiosities videos. And I really like that you had a little bit of your background and what you do outside of fruit exploring. You're a great storyteller, which is an art. Keep up the good work! I always enjoy your fruit videos too.

Thanks for sharing your story.. Made a change from your fruit eating videos.. I imagine there are lots of people like myself that were curious about where you started with the fruit exploring.. I'm 54 and going on my first adventure overseas.. I'm wondering if I'll get the travel bug too.. I'm heading to Scotland with my samba band (one week from now), and we're playing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.. For me this is something HUGE.. And it being my first overseas trip too.. Thanks again for sharing your story.. I suppose its always good taking oneself out of our comfort zones and seeing how others get on with their lives..

@AlexisTwoLastNames

3 жыл бұрын

omg! i hope you had so much fun. in a samba band, playing in Scotland, traveling overseas for the first time. how cool :)

I mean, your channel name is "weird explorer", not "fruit explorer", so it makes sense that you do make more weird content like this.

@WeirdExplorer

5 жыл бұрын

That was the reasoning why I didn't take that channel name

awww you were so cute when you were Fetus Jared.

Animal traps and Chinese circus school: there is no magic in it, only pain. 😂You are more wonderful every video! Actually the wonder is "you" already and I am just glad to be seeing your interesting stories. I love how you include the challenging parts as well as the victories. And you never stop exploring! PS I had heard the scallion pancakes were generally good street food, there might be other vendors with better ingredients. I love that you tried that guys pancakes. I enjoyed going to a little shop in Japan that served giant veggie pancakes. Near the end of my time there I took my aunt to have a pancake and as we watched tv we began to realize, the screen was covered in crawling cockroaches😰😂 still ate our food, why not? We were half way through. There was a nearby volcano that left piles of Ash here and there. The relaxed and Casual rats would sit on the little Ash piles and warm their paws in the Sun watching people walk by. The sidewalk was plates of cement placed over an open sewer. It's really really good for young people to travel and get an idea of what other countries and cultures experience in their day to day life. I bet if you went to China today it would be like a different country. My son's friend just moved there for business. His Instagram stories are absolutely Wild with the glitz and glamour; Shanghai makes Chicago look like a Backwater. Although I guess the industrial areas tucked away out of sight might still be the same. I heard a Chinese lady sharing her disappointment in visiting New York because it was old and not brand new like so many Chinese cities that have just been manufactured. Okay, done rambling, have a great day!!

You deserve all the success this world has to offer. You are one of my top three channels that my grandsons and myself watch EVERY single episode of. We are very jealous of you being able to try so many fruit and vegetables. We have made an effort to locate and try everything that you review, although we have a success rate of less that 40%. We wish good health, happiness and all the best to you and to those whom you hold dear. You are definitely doing an amazing thing. Thank You!

Does amazon let me cancel my animal trap and bandages order? I did not see the warning till to late lol.

Backpacked through China in 2011. Enjoyed your story and pictures, brought me back to my time there. I’m sure you would probably agree, mainland China is a great place to visit once.

People have it tough all over the world but there’s something about a guy making animal traps out of trash while a few hundred kilometres away thousands of those same traps are probably being made in a factory with very little effort that is particularly upsetting.

This is great, tense

Love those oxblood doctor martinis are they vintage with waffle soul

@WeirdExplorer

5 жыл бұрын

i have a black vintage pair, couldn't find a vintage one in this color :)

I loved hearing your story. I'm not able to travel to different countries like you do (not sure if I'll ever feel comfortable enough doing so) but I can live vicariously through your channel. I absolutely love your channel, it's always a treat seeing a new video uploaded.

@WeirdExplorer

5 жыл бұрын

thanks shannon!

Love hearing stories from your travels!

Loved this one. After watching a lot of your videos I always wondered about what you did outside of fruit exploring and your history.

The small trap is very effective on tiny Chinese children.

Ya, but what does it taste like?

@slendersage8728

5 жыл бұрын

I’m gonna guess it’s a zero on the sweetness scale lol

What a treat, thanks for showing us a bit more of what it is to be you, and it occursto me that Contorted Explorer would be a good channel name for you, and it means the same thing.

Great story and performance. I look forward to hearing more stories from your travels.

Thanks so much for sharing. Love your videos and have been wondering what your story was. Keep them coming.

I dont like animal traps much at all, so it took me a while to click on this one, but i really did enjoy the story and usually always enjoy your posts! I'm glad it didnt have anything to do with the hunting or trapping of any animals. My jaw did drop when you put your hand in the trap! XD Thanks for the video as always. ;-) Entertained me for 20 mins ☆

good story! are you naturally hypermobile or is it just thru training? i ask bc i'm genetically hypermobile and i have spent my life grossing people out with how i bend 🤣 that trap closing on your hand scared the flip out of me tho 😳

@nattyk4544

5 жыл бұрын

I have eds and I spend about half of my time trying to not do these things 😂

@mandab.3180

5 жыл бұрын

@@nattyk4544 i used to be EDS until 2017.. now i'm technically GHSD. unfortunately i didn't find out until i was well into adulthood so i did all the terrible things i'm not supposed to 😂 i always just said i was "very flexible" or had "loose joints" and enjoyed my party tricks. ..starting to pay for that now tho 😅

@tanyawales5445

3 жыл бұрын

I carry the gene for hypermobility inherited fro one of my grandmothers and six of my sisters have it to varying degrees. Three of them were gymnasts. One was a gymnast/dancer. My daughter and son also have hypermobility. My teenaged son could place the sole of one foot flat on the back of his head while standing flatfooted on the other foot! After seeing that I begged him to never do that again. My daughter inherited a back problem from her father and having such loose tendons caused her a lot of problems as a child. One thing that stood out among these relatives is that seven out of eight of them are very graceful. They move like willows waving in the breeze. My daughter is a natural dancer. As for me, my mobility was average. I would love to be a bit more flexible.

That was an interesting video. Often I have heard you mention you perform but I don't think we have ever gotten a sample.

I have a feeling you're going to be a super star one day soon... and I think you're grounded enough to make it work. Really interesting video. The contortion is what I'd like to see more of, maybe the type of tennis racquet you use haha?

Your travel stories are really very interesting, it makes me realize how much better our lives are , and others live. I would love to hear any interesting stories of your trips and whatever!

That's awesome! Loved the story, do more, please!

I really, really enjoyed this video! You seem to have a very interesting life.. I'd love more videos sharing stories like this!

Wow amazing story! Thanks for sharing with us!

That title caught me off guard

What a great video!!! I didn't even notice it was 18 min long lol keep em coming :)

Awesome, thanks so much for sharing this story.

Awesome story, Jared. Following our dreams is tough but the best part of our life.

Can you post more of stories of your life this was really interesting

A truly fascinating story. Thanks for sharing!

Cool points for you! I didn't know about your talents and skills. Thanks for sharing!

Really interesting story time, super enjoyed it. I hope to see more like this

@WeirdExplorer

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! More will be coming in the future :)

Very fascinating, thanks for sharing.

I was in China from 2009 to 2016. The depressing school was so typical of that era in China.

Your every day training routine would be fascinating!

Your animal trap is usually used to trap fur bearing animals, mink, muskrat, ferrets and so on. I worked for my cousin who ran several trap lines. Those traps are not catch and release traps. They are meant to kill or maim the animal without damaging the hide. They come in the size you showed to huge “bear” traps. The traps are controversial because they are anything but gentle and a trapped animal is often in pain and fully and completely “trapped” until the trapper returns a few days later to dispatch it (and take its hide).

Very cool. Thanks for the story!

We need more of these videos!

Jared, love your videos, you are a fabulous story teller!

@WeirdExplorer

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Very cool. Thanks for sharing! ❤️

@WeirdExplorer

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching :)

I'm glad you lost your office job. What you are doing now is much more interesting and thank you for your videos.

Whaaaaat! I’m a fruit freak contortionist and I was in a side show for a long time too! Turns out I have a genetic connective tissue disorder called ehlers danlos syndrome, so that’s fun ha...

@WeirdExplorer

5 жыл бұрын

really? that's a rare combo. what sideshow did you work?

@madquestionaskin1770

5 жыл бұрын

I was in group called Body Art Daredevils with my ex-husband from age 18-22 or so, until 2005 I think? We all worked in the tattoo industry so we worked the tattoo convention circuit doing suspensions, cheek spears, fire blowing/eating, concrete block & brass weight hanging, nail beds, glass & firewalking, truck pulling, etc. when I was 22 I started working local shows with Sideshow Bennie then with a less active group because I had kids. I had no idea why I was able to fold my body the way I could until my kids and I were diagnosed with EDS, but I totally exploited that for monetary gain while I could. Haha. I’m 35 now and haven’t done a show in a loooong time, but I miss it sometimes! I’ve been watching your videos for forever, and had no idea this was your thing too. You’re living my dream for real with the fruit exploration. Keep it up dude, your channel is the most underrated thing on KZread. 👌🏼

Loved this

That's SO Chinese! Your experience with China was extremely authentic. Be glad you did what you did.

Love the Cabinet of Curiousity!

Really enjoyed the personal story time!

Me and my sister love watching you , your a really interesting person to watch and listen too and iam glad you post such neat interesting stuff ❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏

About those traps, my dog got caught by one like the first big one. Front paw. I didn't know how to get it off so i carried Bucky dog and trap into town and to the house where i figured the trap owner lived. He removed the trap and they asked me to stay for dinner. The dog limped for a few days but otherwise unharmed.

I enjoyed the Paw Paw festival you attended and posted a great video on. I'm sure there are more festivals?

@WeirdExplorer

4 жыл бұрын

there are 2 that I know of on the paw paw. Fun to visit for sure

You have good story telling and communication skills.

That was definitely an interesting story. Enjoyed it greatly.

Good stuff!

id rly like to hear more about your performances

Yes! Love the travel stories how cool! 😊

This video is so good, the animal trap trick got me laughing 😂

Love your origin story!

ONE OF YOUR BEST VIDEOS!

Very cool. More vids like this pls :)

Wow, you are a really interesting person. Good luck on your career and happy travels.

@WeirdExplorer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You too!

Dude, you're just the coolest. You should come to Australia, I'd love to try weird fruits with you.

You are a very interesting man, I have enjoyed all of your videos I’ve been able to watch so far. Sharing more of your life outside of the fruit exploring would be nice, but I still enjoy learning about the fruits as well as the places you find them. Now go soak your hand lol

I've already been setting steel traps like that for years, I have a few of my grandpa's mink traps hanging in my shop, and I would never stick my hand in one of those they have sharp teeth and I like to keep my hands in working order!😂

It's your youtube page,post what makes you happy😊

Omg, the contortions. I can hardly bend my prosthetic knees.

You'd be surprised how tough the fingers of a cook or baker can be. Doesn't shock me that the guy could dip his fingers in oil and be alright. After a while, your fingers get calloused up enough that you can deal with it all.

Such a charming description of you in the first photo lol

Man... that sounds like an incredible opportunity. And very formative. I dunno how I'd feel coming from a very privileged place to a culture and area like that. I get why you bought that trap and the scallion pancake. I'm glad you wanted to help, and acknowledged the humanity in people that were struggling. Thanks for sharing about both the beautiful and the less glamorous realities of traveling

Maybe I missed it. But you could do a series on conifer fruit like juniper berries. In Switzerland there is syrup made from juniper berries called Wacholder Latwerge. It’s a unique flavor I grew up with. The syrup on bread with butter and some hot cocoa. If you try it, enjoy!

@WeirdExplorer

5 жыл бұрын

I'm in Finland now and they seem to use juniper here.. haven't seen it at markets, but will keep an eye out for juniper products.

For shows you can weaken the spring by cutting it on the sides. My favourite story about these traps its about a fox that caught his leg and he chose to die free not killed by the hunter next day and he cuts his leg leaving it in the trap.

I'm impressed that you are doing well enough as an entertainer to live in NYC *and* are able to travel.

Great story! Do you do any shows in Toronto?

Great story!

I legit read "I went to CITRUS SCHOOL in CHINA" lol. I was probably just expecting to see word citrus rather than circus.

Wow, Jared that was a great story time. Please do some more. You need to check out MaryJane Byram channels she also travels and lived in China .

Disclaimer: *no carrrots were harmed during the making of this video*

All of your oddities are amazing.

This was a scary episode.

Ur cool and ur docs are cool and i see that christopher hitchens book on ur coffee table ... yes king

Question: using the trap in your act would you just snap your hand in it after the carrot demo like you did in the video? Or did you do something else with it?

This is great. Kinda wish you would throw more contortion into the vids, but not crazy about the time lapse. Can you speak when you're in that position? That would be "weird", although maybe giving away your act?

Lol yeh your description of Chinese trainer/teacher sounds about right. In fact most Chinese parents act that way towards their kids too

@meisteremm

3 жыл бұрын

And a lot of their kids are neurotic and depressed because of it.

I'm really interested in more travel stories

The only time I’m glad Vostok isn’t in the video.....

@TrilobiteTerror

5 жыл бұрын

Wait, that's his cat's name? Like the Russian watch brand? (I guess it means East in Russian).

approx. how much do you spend when you travel? i want to start, but am caught up in how expensive it could be (i'm an anxious person haha!) because i have only ever traveled to europe or south korea, and i was a kid/teen so i only vaguely knew that it was super $$$$$$$$$$$

That larger trap is intended to catch coyotes and wolves ,the smaller one is the size used for bobcats and raccoons

2:57 not as bad as my old bathroom tbh...

I really enjoyed this video. Very special. If I wasn't so cash strapped I'd invite you to Trinidad. lol😀😀