Adventure Sports Podcast
1,497 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★★ - 487 ratingsListen to in-depth interviews twice a week from adventure sports enthusiasts from around the globe. You'll hear from athletes, adventurers, explorers, guides, authors, business owners and many more who live their lives pursuing fulfillment through adventure and the outdoors.
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Ep. 1041: Restoking Alpine Lakes as a Wildlife Pilot - Denise Joi
July 01, 2024 14:08 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBDenise Joi is the first and only female pilot hired by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and has been a full time Wildlife/Natural Resource pilot for 9 years. Before this she flew summers in Alaska for Denali and St. Elias National Parks. She is an ATP MEI rated pilot holding a Bachelor of Science in Aviation. She’s volunteered and flown with nonprofit organizations overseas in Central America and Africa, spending a season coordinating flights in Antarctica. When not in the air, she can be found ...
Ep. 1040: Climbing 8,000-Meter Peaks in Winter - Revisited - Bernadette McDonald
June 28, 2024 04:27 - 48 minutes - 44 MBOriginally published October 19, 2020 After growing up on a farm in Saskatchewan, Bernadette got the taste of mountain living on a family trip to Banff, Alberta. She was so awestruck by the Canadian Rockies that she eventually moved there and worked at the Banff Centre, directing the Banff Mountain Festivals and starting a new division – Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre. After 20 years of volunteering at the Banff Film Festival, she began getting involved in book projects through the ...
Ep. 1039: Blood Sweat Tears - Christine Reed
June 27, 2024 04:49 - 1 hour - 61 MBChristine is the founder of Rugged Outdoorswoman Publishing, whose first publication, Blood Sweat Tears, is a perfect example of the mission to promote the adventure stories of women and gender-expansive folks. Her award-winning debut memoir, Alone in Wonderland, shares the story of her personal transformation via thru-hiking. She has been forged by nature and movement, and she firmly believes in the power of story and representation to invite every body into the outdoors where we can see ou...
Ep. 1038: Traveling to Every Country in the World on a Teacher Salary - Revisited - Brian Asher
June 21, 2024 04:25 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBAnnouncement: The winner of our Go Multisport book giveaway will be announced in the show intro! You can learn more about Go Multisport and the author, Jennifer McConachie on Monday’s episode! https://www.amazon.com/Go-Multisport-Challenge-Exploration-World/dp/157826992X Show notes: After humble beginnings in the world of sports, Brian was introduced to summiting mountains, vast wilderness, and travel when he went to work at a summer camp in Colorado that changed his life forever. After...
Ep. 1037: The Beauty of Combining Adventure Sports - Jennifer Strong McConachie
June 17, 2024 04:10 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBAre you ready to Go Multisport? You can run, you can paddle, you can swim, you can ski, you can climb, you can train, and you can bike. But how can you combine them all together? For ultra-like distances and days at a time? How about climbing, hiking, and packrafting all in one day? Beyond traditional 5Ks and 10Ks and single sport extreme and endurance events, is the newly evolving field of multisport. Multisport events are usually self-designed and determined. These extreme athletes most o...
Ep. 1036: The Reality of Getting Paid to Do Adventure Sports - Revisited - Caitlin Giddings
June 15, 2024 04:16 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBOriginally aired March 23, 2020 When Caitlin fell in love with bike touring after an accidental solo adventure across the American West, she knew she needed to find a way to make money to keep her doing what she loved. What she realized is that getting paid for your passion isn’t always what it seems. Today we’ll hear her story of the triumphs and trials of working in the outdoor industry and doing “adventure” for a living. Her Article in Outside Online: https://www.outsideonline.com/2407...
Ep. 1035: Ultra Running With Multiple Sclerosis - Matt Knaggs
June 11, 2024 10:47 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBMatt considered himself a casual runner, completing one or two half-marathons a year. He was raising a family, advancing his career, and staying healthy. His outlook on life was that it was chugging along, and Matt was content. As far as he was concerned, he “had it all figured out.” However, as life often does, it threw Matt a tough curveball with what seemed like an unsolvable problem. His balance was off, he was constantly exhausted, and his vision was blurry. After months of doctor ap...
Ep. 1034: Cycling Around the World in 80 Days - Revisited - Mark Beaumont
May 30, 2024 13:39 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBGrowing up on a farm in Scotland and being homeschooled until the age of 12 isn’t exactly the childhood you’d expect from an accomplished world-traveling adventurer that Mark has become. Or is it? Today we get to hear Mark put together the pieces of his earliest motivations, his two circumnavigations of the world by bicycle, and the idea behind his latest book, Endurance: How to Cycle Further. Other accomplishments by Mark include: Recipient of the British Empire Medal Bicycled around...
Ep. 1033: Climbing and Struggle - Ryan Devlin
May 28, 2024 04:25 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBRyan Devlin is an actor, entrepreneur, and rock climber. He has hosted television shows on ABC, CBS, and MTV, and conducted interviews with celebrities, athletes, musicians, and politicians. Ryan is also a dedicated rock climber, finding both passion and purpose in the climbing community. Ryan hosts the popular climbing podcast and YouTube channel, The Struggle Climbing Show, where he talks with elite climbers about their struggles and breakthroughs in training, nutrition, tactics, and men...
Bonus Episode: Mule Riding, Canyoneering and Skiing into a Pool: Uniquely Utah Adventures
May 24, 2024 13:51 - 1 hour - 58 MBHey folks! Today we’re handing the mic over the ASP alumni Aaron Millar to take us on a uniquely Utah adventure! We’re sharing his new series all about the incredible adventures you can have in the in Utah: Life Elevated. You can listen to the rest of this series, Utah: Life Elevated anywhere you get podcasts. The link for Spotify is below. Also, if you’d like to book the adventure in this episode, go visit https://www.americansky.co.uk/utah-holidays/self-drive-experience-utah-life-elevat...
Ep. 1032: From Canoeing in Michigan to Protecting the Amazon Rainforest - Eric Rutter
May 20, 2024 04:05 - 50 minutes - 46 MBDuring his day job Eric writes about Michigan football for Sports Illustrated and works at a Mexican Restaurant. However, during breaks from work, Eric takes solo travel experiences all around the world to some of the most exotic places. Eric’s confidence in travel began a few years ago when he attempted a 120-mile solo canoe trip on the Au Sable River in his hometown of Grayling. The seemingly familiar location and experience made Eric realize home is much more adventurous than we often thi...
Ep. 1031: Riding a Horse Across America - Revisited - Jesse McNeil
May 16, 2024 04:05 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBOriginally aired August 22, 2021 At 37, Jesse McNeil—at times carpenter, commercial fisherman, dabbler in real estate—decided to buy an untrained horse, make himself into a horseman, and ride all the way across the United States, from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. A fiercely independent traveler, Jesse had navigated previous coast-to-coast trips—solo journeys by moped, bicycle, and small airplane. This time, however, he had a partner: a five-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse named Pepp...
Ep. 1030: The Importance of Trying New Adventures - Paddy O’Connell
May 15, 2024 14:43 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBOne of the hardest things to get over when trying new adventure sports as an adult is looking like a newbie. However, that’s exactly what we need to do in order to experience the joy of new adventures. Today, we’re talking to someone facing those challenges head on and bringing a camera with him so you can see exactly what it’s like. With his enthusiasm for learning new things and his 6’5”, 250 pounds of questionably athletic mass, Paddy O’Connell is like an average, everyday outdoor enthu...
Ep. 1029: Behind the Scenes of Search & Rescue - Revisited - Moose Mutlow
May 09, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBOriginally published March 21, 2022 Moose has over 30 years of traditional and alternative education experience around the globe. He has course directed 58-day Outward Bound instructor trainings in Appalachia, been a deputy headmaster in the Kalahari Desert, managed a beach concession on the Mediterranean, slogged through Australian rain forests with middle school students, juggled as a street performer in too many cities to mention, has more than 2000 days of field instruction in a wildern...
Ep. 1028: Biking Across America With No Food or Money - Daniel Troia
May 06, 2024 16:48 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBDaniel Troia is a filmmaker who just released his new documentary, "We Are All In This Together", which traces his cross-country bicycle journey with no food, no money, and his search for human connection. The film captures the interactions that Troia has with the people who lend a helping hand, and shows that those who face the most adversity in their lives, often have the most to give. A journey taken entirely alone, Troia crosses the Great Basin Desert, climbs over 11,000 foot mountain p...
Ep. 1027: How to Beat Monday - Revisited - Mike Chambers
May 03, 2024 04:05 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBOriginally aired November 8th, 2021 Summiting mountains in South America, bikepacking in the desert and climbing classic big wall routes sound like epic adventures that you’d have to save lots of vacation days for, right? The travel alone would take up at least a day or two, especially for any international trips. Not to mention making arrangements for other responsibilities like kids, pets, work, etc. Mike Chambers and his adventure partner, Jason Antin, think otherwise. In fact, they th...
Ep. 1026: Thru-Hike of the Eastern Continental Trail - Madison Blagden
April 30, 2024 20:28 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBIn today’s episode, we delve into the extraordinary journey of Madison Blagden, the second female thru-hiker of the more than 5,500-mile Eastern Continental Trail. Since her first encounter with thru-hiking in 2017, Madison, aka “Peg Leg” has been captivated by the trails, embarking on epic adventures that defy the ordinary. Despite facing setbacks like losing her job during the COVID-19 pandemic, she turned adversity into opportunity, spending two years traversing the US in a vehicle. From...
Ep. 1025: Alone in Wonderland - Revisited - Christine Reed
April 26, 2024 19:59 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBOriginally aired on March 22, 2021 Christine’s love for backpacking started the same way many of the adventures on this podcast start, with a Google search. Her quest that day? To find out what this backpacking thing was all about. After only a few articles into her search, Christine decided to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. It was a huge leap of faith but she immediately got to work to make that dream come true. The funny thing about making a dream a reality is that it’s not what we t...
Ep. 1024: The Mt. Everest Industry - Will Cockrell
April 22, 2024 04:10 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBAward-winning adventure journalist Will Cockrell took one look at the infamous Everest “traffic jam” photo in 2019 and knew the time had come to dispel the narratives of that pixel-perfect misconception by unpacking the mountain’s far-more thrilling reality. In EVEREST, INC.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World (on sale April 16, 2024; Gallery Books), Cockrell presents the untold and definitive history of guiding on the world’s most famous peak, in all its ...
Ep. 1023: Playing Soccer on Kilimanjaro - Revisited - Laura Youngson
April 18, 2024 04:05 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBBack in 2017 while sitting on the couch and watching sports news coverage, Laura noticed the dismal amount of time dedicated to women’s sports. What struck her the most was “the fact that there are more stories about horses than women in the sports pages”. Being a proficient soccer player herself and experiencing the frustrations of minimal coverage and a general lack of opportunities, she decided to do something about it. A quick Google Maps search and a few emails later, Laura devised a ...
Ep. 1023: Becoming a Better Outdoor Leader - Jeanette Stawski
April 17, 2024 14:09 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBThere is no one "right way" to lead--you don’t have to be the fastest, strongest, or most experienced to be a great leader. What the best leaders possess is a deep commitment to the greater good. Drawing on her decades of experience as a national outdoor leader, Jeannette Stawski explores the elements of transformative leadership. Using real-life examples from the outdoors and every day, she focuses on the essentials: resilience, grit, integrity, tolerance for adversity, and highly develope...
Ep. 1022: The Backyard Adventurer - Revisited - Beau Miles
April 13, 2024 04:28 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBOriginally aired July 20th, 2020 Beau has an incredible eye for turning the ordinary into extraordinary adventures. His stories, films, and book, The Backyard Adventurer, will make you want to get out of your chair and do something “different”. His projects are simple but profound. From deciding to walk to work, to making an office out of junk material, to kayaking across the Bass Straight from Australia to Tanzania, Beau’s outlook is a mix of Thoreau, Kerouac, with a lot more comedic rel...
Ep. 1021: Sharing Your Adventure Knowledge - Jerome Rand
April 09, 2024 13:24 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBJerome joins us for his fourth interview on ASP! What’s also unique is that this is the third time we’ve interviewed Jerome in person. As you’ll hear, it’s a totally different type of conversation than a virtual interview. Today we’re talking about the importance of giving back on your adventure knowledge. All of us that adventure have an obligation to at least introduce and invite those around us to also get out there. Don’t make your adventure pursuits about you and only you. However, it’...
Ep. 1020: Storm Chasing & Global Exploration - Revisited - George Kourounis
April 04, 2024 05:00 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBOriginally aired on September 18, 2015 Since a young boy, George Kourounis has been intrigued with Earth's forces of nature and the amazing weather patterns it throws at us. His adventurous life has landed him in the midde of tornadoes, deep inside caves 900 ft below ground, huricanes, forest fires and erupting volcanoes. George shares his passion for this way of life as the host of Angry Planet and has filmed various documentaries includng some for the National Geographic Channel, CNN and ...
Ep. 1019: Trekking Across the Namibian Desert - Gillian Millar
April 01, 2024 14:08 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBWhen Gillian was facing devastating challenges in her life, her husband, Aaron (ASP alumni), suggested she do an epic adventure to help process the grief and loss. Gillian decided to join a group of women that were aiming to be the first all-women group to trek across the Namibian Desert. By Gillian’s own admission, this adventure was terrifying and she was not remotely capable of completing it when she committed to do it. Through months of training, planning, and preparing, Gillian set ou...
Ep. 1018: Cave Diving Basics - Revisited - Joshua Shouse
March 29, 2024 21:12 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBOriginally aired January 4, 2018. One of our own show listeners Josh Shouse is with us on this episode to fill us in on the mysterious world of underwater cave diving. If you've ever wondered what it would be like to toss a SCUBA tank on your back and explore the unknown under the surface, then sit back, relax and listen in as Josh fills the rest of us land lovers in on the world below. http://hobbyistexplorer.blogspot.com https://nsscds.org http://cave.org Our Sponsors: * Check out Ba...
Ep. 1017: Boating the Mekong River in Thailand - Alonzo Guess
March 25, 2024 04:05 - 1 hour - 66.1 MBDive into a riveting tale of adventure and self-discovery on this episode of Adventure Sports Podcast. Meet Alonzo, whose thirst for exploration was ignited early on by his father's sage advice and travel stories. From a few eye-opening international trips to a transformative semester in Thailand, Alonzo's passion for travel only grew stronger after graduation. But it wasn't until he embarked on an epic journey with two childhood friends that his wanderlust truly took flight. Saving up ever...
Ep. 1016: Paragliding off Volcanoes - Revisited - Adrian Garza
March 21, 2024 04:05 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBOriginally aired, February 18, 2019. When Adrian’s wife thought it would be a good idea to learn how to Paraglide, she probably didn’t foresee that in a relatively short amount of time, her husband would be summiting and flying solo off volcanoes near their home in Mexico City. Obviously, Adrian took to the sport quickly and it gave him a completely different view of his other favorite hobby, climbing. But with their recent family addition of a little girl and limited time off work, Adrian...
Ep. 1015: Appalachian Mountain Club President & CEO - Nicole Zussman
March 18, 2024 04:05 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBWhen Nicole finished climbing to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, she knew something had changed about her. Soon after, she left her corporate career in search of a new trail and challenge, one that had never been done before. She found that path at Appalachian Mountain Club, a 150-year-old organization whose purpose is to foster the protection, enjoyment, and understanding of the outdoors…and one that had never had a woman leader. You may know AMC through its world-class recreational network...
Ep. 1014: How to Run 100 Miles - Revisited - "Toddzilla" Lewis
March 14, 2024 14:33 - 48 minutes - 44 MBOriginally aired March 27, 2017 Whether you love to run or would never run, this show is inspiring and tons of fun. Todd Lewis takes us on a journey from nearly collapsing attempting a 5K run through years of falling in love with ultra-running and overcoming challenge after challenge to finally achieve his goal of completing a 100 mile race. This is the real deal, folks. Todd shares how you can overcome to achieve your dreams too. Thanks, Todd for a wonderful visit and for sharing your drea...
Ep. 1013: Kayaking the Northwest Passage - West Hansen
March 11, 2024 04:05 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBToday we’re hearing from Adventure Sports Podcast alumni, West Hanson. You may remember West from episode 581, when he kayaked the Amazon River from source to sea. This adventure is another world record: the first kayakers to complete the Northwest Passage in a single expedition. The 1,600-mile, 83-day (total of 105 days) paddle is the epitome of an epic adventure, making this episode an instant classic. West’s account of the sub-freezing expedition is wonderful. You’re going to love this...
Ep. 1012: How Adventure Improves Our Lives as We Age - Caroline Paul
March 04, 2024 05:05 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBAuthor Caroline Paul has always filled her life with adventure. Now in her late fifties, she expects this new stage of life to be every bit as invigorating and full of high adrenalin escapades as the last. But as she skateboards, paddles a SUP, or surfs in cold winter swell alongside many men her age, she sees fewer and fewer older women. Isn’t the outdoors a vital elixir? Shouldn’t adventure be something we pursue as we age? These are the questions Caroline Paul asks in her new book, Tough...
Ep. 1011: Dog Sledding, the Iditarod, & Life in Alaska - Revisited - Kristin Knight Pace
March 01, 2024 05:24 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBOriginally aired April 12, 2019. Kristin Knight Pace is one tough person. Not many people would go to Alaska during the winter, completely alone, to take care of a team of sled dogs to get over a recent divorce. However, that's exactly what she did. That toughness has also led her to become one of only 29 women to complete both the Iditarod and the Yukon Question 1000-mile sled dog races. Kristin is now remarried and has started a new journey, motherhood. She also works as a wilderness pl...
Ep. 1010: Paddleboarding 1,000 Miles on the Yukon River - Craig Sawyer
February 28, 2024 04:50 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBWhen Craig and his buddy, Skip, applied for the longest paddle race in the world in 2019, he had no idea how much that decision would change his life. Once selected, the realization that he had never done anything like this, had no real skills or talent in paddling, and knew nothing about adventure started flooding his mind. However Craig and Skip committed to giving it their best effort and put a plan together to train, learn, and go from never racing before to completing a fully self-su...
Ep. 1009: Alaska Adventures and Packrafting - Revisited - Roman Dial
February 22, 2024 05:05 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBOriginally aired November 30, 2015. Roman Dial has been exploring Alaska, America's greatest last frontier, for more that 20 years. Listen in as Roman relates exciting stories about his exploits: packrafting, ice skating over 100 miles, backpacking more than 600 miles self-supported without resupply--all in America's most vast landscapes. Don't forget to enter our contest to win a lift ticket! http://packrafting.blogspot.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/romandial https://www.alaskapaci...
Ep. 1008: Florida Trail FKT - Hunter Leininger
February 20, 2024 04:35 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBAfter years of watching his dad participate in endurance adventure races, Hunter begged him to let him join in on a race. His dad looked around at all his fellow competitors and noticed there wasn't a single kid out there let alone someone even in their 20s. Dad was eventually convinced to let Hunter do a 6-hour adventure race at 7 years old! That kicked off an adventure career that spans some of the most difficult challenges in adventure racing, including many “youngest ever” records. To...
Ep. 1007: My Adventure Formula - Mason Gravley
February 15, 2024 05:13 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBHey y’all! Doing something a little different today. I want to share the formula that my friends and I have come up with in recent years to ensure we get out and adventure on a regular basis. As the host of this show, I probably don’t get out there as much as you’d think, only because of the time of life and the fact a lot of my free time is used in producing the podcast! This formula has helped us ensure we put adventure on the calendar and make it happen. This mindset has been heavily in...
Ep. 1006: Paddling the Intracoastal Waterway - Heather Bolint
February 12, 2024 05:05 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBFor the last several years Heather Bolint has led a nomadic lifestyle, initially inspired by her decision to quit her job and thru-hike the Appalachian Trail as a solo female. You might have heard about her hiker fame of rescuing an abandoned rooster on the AT and hiking with him for 42 miles, earning the trail name "mama cluck". Since then, Heather has also thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, Florida's Ocean to Lake Trail, paddled the 99-mile Everglades Wilderness Waterway, and hiked 1,100 ...
Ep. 1005: Within Weakness - Revisited - Wesley Trimble
February 09, 2024 05:03 - 51 minutes - 47 MBOriginally aired March 1, 2021. Wesley was born with a mild form of cerebral palsy which affects his fine motor skills on the right side of his body. The only problem? He finds peace and joy climbing mountains and hiking trails in places that folks with cerebral palsy “aren’t supposed to go”. He couldn’t let that stop him. His love for the outdoors has led him to climb every mountain in Colorado over 14,000 ft (54 of them), thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail (2,653 miles) from Mexico to Ca...
Bonus: Curt & Mason Reflect on 1,000 Episodes
February 07, 2024 05:05 - 1 hour - 56 MBYou’ll probably recognize Curt’s voice as the host of the first 400+ episodes of Adventure Sports Podcast as well as our revisited episodes on Thursdays. Today Curt joins Mason for a bonus episode to reflect on the 1,000 episode milestone! Our Sponsors: * Check out Badlands Ranch: badlandsranch.com/ASP * Check out Incogni and use the code ADVENTURESPORTS at checkout: https://incogni.com/adventuresports * Check out Liquid IV and use my code ASP for a great deal: www.liquid-iv.com * Check ...
Ep. 1004: The Ohio Project - Alison Alsup
February 05, 2024 05:05 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBAlison was born and raised in Ohio and recently graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art. She wanted to do something epic to celebrate the milestone and take a deep look into the place she loved; her home state of Ohio. The Ohio Project was born. Alsup proceeded to traversed 3,416 miles by foot, bike, and rollerblades focused on seeing as much of Ohio as possible. She bikepacked 850 miles along the entire length of the Ohio River, thru hiked the 1,444 mile Buckeye Trail, bikepacked 796...
Ep. 1003: Thru-Hiking the Arizona Trail - Revisited - Jacob “Valhalla” Myers
February 01, 2024 05:10 - 43 minutes - 40 MBOriginally aired Sept. 6, 2021. Read about Jacob’s recent attempt to ski to the South Pole: https://outdoors.com/almost-history-inside-a-failed-polar-expedition/ Jacob Myers thru-hiked the Arizona Trail early this year and is joining us today to tell us all about it! Not only was the desert vastly different from the lush, rainforest-like Appalachian Mountains he grew up in, but it was one of the driest summers on record in Arizona, making the adjustment even more challenging. He dealt wit...
Ep. 1002: Three Years Biking Around the World - McKenzie Barney
January 30, 2024 14:47 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBMcKenzie Barney is an adventurer, filmmaker, writer and public speaker. Recently she completed a multi-year, mostly solo project of “Cycling The World” through 18,000 miles, 28 countries and 5 continents by way of Africa, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and Europe. McKenzie is a four-time Emmy award winning producer, published writer, keynote speaker, and has produced documentary series for the likes of National Geographic, Outside, FOX Sports and more. She has navigat...
Ep. 1001: 76 Days Adrift at Sea in a Life Raft - Revisited - Steve Callahan
January 26, 2024 04:32 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBThis story is so incredible it deserves another listen. All the way back in episode 217 Steve joined us to recount his adventure of survival. An avid sailor, naval architect and New York Times best-selling author, Steve Callahan designed and built his 21' sloop the Napoleon Solo to sail it across the Atlantic Ocean from Newport, RI to England with plans to compete in a regatta. Once underway in the race, Steve experienced issues with the boat and was forced to drop out. Once repairs were ma...
Ep. 1000: Shifting From Global to Local Adventures - Alastair Humphreys
January 22, 2024 05:05 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBAlastair Humphreys is a British adventurer and author who famously spent over 4 years cycling round the world, a journey of 46,000 miles through 60 countries and 5 continents. This was followed by a walk across India, rowing across the Atlantic Ocean, running six marathons through the Sahara desert, a crossing of Iceland, busking through Spain and an expedition in the Arctic. Despite these massive adventures, Alastair is most famous for coining the concept of “microadventures” which earned...
Ep. 999: The Colorado 14ers Thru-Hike - Revisited - Junaid Dawud
January 19, 2024 03:40 - 51 minutes - 47 MBOriginally aired July 15, 2015 As if climbing a typical 14,000 ft mountain isn't enough of an accomplishment, Junaid and his buddy, successfully summited every one of the 58 Colorado 14ers in a single continuous hike. The journey was about 1,300 miles with a total elevation gain close to 300,000 feet. They hiked desolate Forest Service roads, class 5 traverses, many sections of the Colorado and Continental Divide Trail, as well as cross-country travel. It's an epic adventure to say the lea...
Bonus Episode: Lake Okeechobee Crossing Recap
January 17, 2024 06:09 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBHey y’all! This is new for me, a recap of a personal adventure. Although this trip was NOTHING compared to what some of our guests have done, it was a fun micro-adventure that got way more press and attention than I thought it would. My good friend, Jordon, and I set out on New Year's Eve to be the first people (we know of) to paddle across the largest lake in Florida, Lake Okeechobee. The route was a straight shot from North to South for 35 miles, taking just under 12 hours. Also, if ...
Ep. 998: First Woman to Climb the Second 7 Summits - Jenn Drummond
January 16, 2024 03:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBJenn Drummond is a Mom of 7, successful business owner and world record holder. As the first woman to climb the second highest summits on each of the 7 continents, she now spends her time inspiring others to create a thriving business and lasting legacy of their own. She shares her story and strategies for success through her book, BreakProof: 7 Strategies to Build Resilience and Achieve Your Life Goals, and her Seek Your Summit podcast, programs, and signature talks. Learn more about how sh...
Ep. 997: The Colorado Crest - Revisited - Sam Chaneles
January 11, 2024 14:32 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBSam is an accomplished backpacker and mountaineer, as well as a current Mechanical Engineering student at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA. He joined us on episode 554 to talk about how he squeezes adventures into his busy schedule. Today, Sam joins us to talk about his epic 40-day, mostly solo hike piecing together the most epic alpine routes in all of Colorado in what he calls “The Colorado Crest”. www.engineeredforadventure.com Instagram at @engineeredforadventure Fac...
Ep. 996: Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail With Chronic Pain - Peter Conti
January 08, 2024 05:39 - 1 hour - 64 MBIt was 23 months after Peter’s accident and he was still dealing with constant excruciating pain. He'd seen dozens of doctors and tried a myriad of medications, but nothing seemed to work. Faced with the impossible choice of suffering through the rest of his life, he had an unlikely epiphany: "If I could somehow hike 2,000 miles on the Appalachian Trail, then my leg will have to be better, right?” With no real camping or outdoor experience, Peter set a starting date a mere three weeks out, ...