What It’s Like to Travel With the ‘World’s Worst Passport’

Written by Nate Mitka Apr 23, 2019 12:16 p.m. ET

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Baderkhan travels with an Iraq passport, which means he can travel to only 30 countries without a visa. In spite of this, Baderkhan travels frequently and hopes to change the perception of his country’s passport.

Drew Binsky, this video’s creator, wrote that Iraq has the least powerful passport in the world. It ranked 176 out of 176 on the Global Passport Index.

Baderkhan, from Iraqi Kurdistan, aspires to shatter the stereotype about the Iraq passport and to inspire people to travel and see the world.

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Nate Mitka performed hundreds of reviews for GearJunkie before he decided to make the product he was reviewing, instead of reviewing it. After a number of years on the product team for one of the largest outdoor brands, Nate is back doing what he loves: telling stories by means of splitboarding, climbing cracks, trail running, gardening, attempting to surf, and cooking around the campfire. You’ll find him scarfing down the best pizza in Denver (2x blind taste test champion) after his high- and low-octane pursuits in the mountains.