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National Parks Expert and Endurance Athlete Mikah Meyer has been honored by Late Night with Seth Meyers, named a “Social Media Warrior” by MTV, and featured by The TODAY Show, NPR, The Guardian, and Upworthy among thousands of media outlets globally.

 

His short documentary film summarizing his life's work made the 2025 Banff Centre Mountain Film World Tour as 1 of the Best 30 Outdoor Films of the Year, won the Jury Award at the 2025 Wild & Scenic Film Festival, and won the Audience Choice Award at the 2024 Chagrin Documentary Festival - Mikah will Venmo you $10 if you watch it and don't laugh: Watch HERE - "canyon chorus"

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Called a "professional road tripper" by REI, Mikah's 3-year, world record road trip to all 419 U.S. National Park Service sites made him the first to experience all federal parks in a single journey. The project garnered $10+ million dollars in earned media coverage (Meltwater), bestowed Mikah superlatives ranging from a "Best #VanLife Instagram" (Uproxx) to a "Sexy Travel Guru" (GayCities), and saw him make history as the First Openly Gay Man Featured in an Outdoors Recreation Campaign (with REI in 2018). His work was additionally recognized by NBC during NYC's World Pride 2019 as one of their Stonewall #Pride50 "innovators and changemakers" alongside the likes of James Baldwin and Marsha P. Johnson.

 

He's continued that passion in the 2020s with the creation of the Outside Safe Space Program, which provides allies a simple way of making The Great Outdoors more accessible for LGBTQ+ people. Since its launch in 2020 with a Run Across Minnesota, it has sold over 100,000 symbols, become carried by REI stores nationwide, and Mikah has raised awareness for the OSS Program through a Run Across Mississippi, Run Across Nebraska, Bike Across Oregon, and other "Across" projects. The symbol's creation has helped Mikah consult major brands on the design and implementation of their first Pride products, and spawned workshops, including keynote speaking for Kansas City Design Week, about inclusive marketing to the $1+ trillion dollar LGBTQ+ purchasing power community in the United States, and beyond.

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​​As an on-camera and live stage Travel Host, Mikah's expertise ranges from media partnerships with the US federal government’s news agency to over 200 speaking engagements from New York to New Zealand, and on-screen hosting jobs for tourism bureaus and major brands like Microsoft.

 

Sought after for projects that focus on bringing cultures together, he is equally comfortable appearing from Iran to Japan as he did for the US government's news agency VOA News, penning the first LGBTQ-focused op-ed for Outside Magazine, or creating multimedia campaigns like his “Rainbow Nation” series of LGBTQ+ flag photos with America’s most iconic natural landmarks (Instagram, 65k followers).

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Also an accomplished singer, Mikah has sung professionally with the Washington National Cathedral choirs, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and various international ensembles, and has created shows ranging from educational cabarets for school children to full-length improvised musicals. He has a Masters in Voice Performance from Canada's McGill University funded as a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar. Mikah exemplifies Rotary's unity messaging and has devoted his life to helping people find common ground, whether in his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska or on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial completing world records.

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Combining these skills, Mikah is an inspirational speaker and comedic performer: encouraging others to follow their dreams before it's too late, be comfortable with their unique traits, and use those diverse skills to change the world -- represented by The College Agency (More on the SPEAKING/SINGING page).

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He is currently fundraising for two documentary films that distill the above experiences into entertaining movies, and is seeking funding partners who believe in his mission. Tax-Deductible Donations can be made on the DONATE page, and Mikah will next be presenting these films as part of the 50th Anniversary Banff Centre Adventure Filmmakers Workshop.

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With an adventure ethos inspired by the loss of his road-trip-loving father to cancer at a young age, Mikah now uses his vocation in travel to advocate for others and to take audiences on journeys that inspire them to live "beyond convention."

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He is currently based in Minneapolis (summer) and Los Angeles (winter).​

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*For a short summary, watch his Canyon Chorus film or the BBC News video coverage below

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How it all started

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In 2005, days after his father's funeral, 19-year-old Mikah embarked on his first independent road trip. What was initially planned as a post-freshman year getaway quickly became a transformative experience that showed Mikah the healing power of road trips. Since then, he has taken one road trip a year to honor this experience, including his 260 day, 16,400 mile "Dream Road Trip" around 46 North American states/provinces at age 25, and his noted journey to all 400+ NPS sites at age 30.

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Mikah's writings on these travels have been featured by outlets including the National Parks Conservation Association, Outside Magazine, and a piece via Huffington Post and RoadTrippers that garnered over 40,000 shares and inspired the title track for singer/songwriter Shelly Waters' album DRIVE.

 

With April 29, 2016, marking the 11th anniversary of his father's passing from cancer, Mikah honored his dad's love of driving by making life out of death and launching his journey to experience all 400+ units of the U.S. National Park System from the Washington Monument. The project reached its Finale on April 29, 2019 at the steps of The Lincoln Memorial after traveling nearly 200,000 miles to every U.S. state and territory.

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Mikah's focus continues to be "travel beyond convention," and using his expertise to engender others' dreams. Future projects include a TV show, memoir, photo guidebook and ranking of all 419 NPS sites, and more travel that showcases the imagination of the human spirit.

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To have Mikah perform for your organization, or speak at your company, conference, university, or school, visit the Speaking/Singing page.

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For all other requests, please Contact Mikah.