Latest Biketouring Podcast Episodes
Running the Cloudsplitter 100 Mile Ultramarathon - Suffering Joy
Adventure Airwaves - October 24, 2021 15:28 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsReflections and field recordings from my first 100 mile run, the Cloudsplitter 100 in Norton, Virginia. This episode is not about how to run a hundred miles, but it is about why I ran and what I experienced. Music during the story played by me. The song played during the intro and outro is Benev...
Summer Update: Climbing Gym Beta Spray and 5 Panel Hat
Adventure Airwaves - July 26, 2021 11:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsDrinking a cup of coffee, the host delivers an unscripted update on the summer, discusses a climbing gym experience, and shares a new song called 5 Panel Hat. The song played during the intro and outro is Benevolence by Seeking Madras.
Running the Art Loeb Trail
Adventure Airwaves - July 08, 2021 15:22 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe Art Loeb Trail is one of the premier backpacking and running trails in Western North Carolina. It begins (or ends) at a Boy Scout Camp near Black Balsam Knob, crosses the Blue Ridge Parkway, traverses a prominent ridge in Pisgah National Forest, and terminates near the small town of Brevard....
Mental Miles - A Trail Running Experiment
Adventure Airwaves - February 14, 2021 04:53 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsSometimes one sets out to go for a reluctant run and, along the way, discovers something they knew all along. Location: Pisgah National Forest - Brevard, NC Music attribution at end of episode.
The Five Stages of Whitewater Kayaking
Adventure Airwaves - October 03, 2020 21:24 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings“5 Stages of Whitewater Kayaking” is a story about moving from the coast to the mountains, trading flip flops for Chacos, letting go of what was, and accepting what is. Adventure Airwaves Episode 9 was written and recorded in Transylvania County North Carolina in September of 2020. This episode ...
A Postcard from Brevard - A Song Called Pump Track
Adventure Airwaves - August 27, 2020 01:45 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsBrevard, North Carolina is a unique little mountain town. This episode will not tell you anything about Brevard, unless you listen closely. Do you hear the rain? The birds? The wind rustling through the trees? During these strange times, we have found solace in the simple joy of two wheeled gall...
A Ballad of the John Muir Trail - Tuolumne to Mt. Whitney
Adventure Airwaves - December 09, 2019 11:07 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAn Untraditional Ballad of the John Muir Trail A 7-minute folk song about an unplanned backpacking adventure on the John Muir Trail. The story begins when bad-weather bailing leads to a cup of coffee with strangers in a Yosemite Backcountry Permit Station parking lot. Come along for a verbose...
Coasting: A Dubious Bike Tour from Washington to California
Adventure Airwaves - November 26, 2019 02:29 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsEpisode 6: A few years back, I took an unplanned solo bike tour through Washington, Oregon and most of California. The trip crossed rivers - like the Columbia, the Rogue and the Klamath, visited breweries - seventeen of them to be exact - and ended abruptly in the worst campsite on earth. This...
Summer Summer Road Trip Part 2: Wild and Scenic Rogue River Beyond Grave Creek
Adventure Airwaves - September 27, 2019 14:10 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsSummer Road Trip Part 2: Wild and Scenic Rogue River Beyond Grave Creek A crew of Californians and Carolinians converge on Oregon’s Rogue River during the peak of summer. “Summer Road Trip Part 2: Wild and Scenic Rogue River Beyond Grave Creek” is the second part of the adventure and our first...
Adventure Airwaves #4 - Summer Road Trip Part 1: Going Rogue
Adventure Airwaves - September 17, 2019 04:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsA crew of Californians and Carolinians converge on Oregon’s Rogue River during the peak of summer. “Summer Road Trip Part 1: Going Rogue” is the first part of the adventure. This episode is a quick snapshot of the first 2,000 miles of driving in a mechanically challenged van full of kayaks and s...
Adventure Airwaves Ep 3: A Menagerie of Place-Based Poems
Adventure Airwaves - July 15, 2019 03:54 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsGrab a cup of coffee, sharpen your pencil, and sit on a rock by the river. You are far from home. Write down what comes to mind. Edit the words occasionally over the next decade (or two) and finally read them into a microphone. This episode of Adventure Airwaves was constructed from past recordi...
Preventer: A salty tale of a 1972 Columbia 30, two novice sailors, and a journey from Los Angeles to San Diego
Adventure Airwaves - February 13, 2019 02:46 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAdventure Airwaves Episode 2 - Preventer: A salty tale of a 1972 Columbia 30, two novice sailors, and a ludicrous journey from Los Angeles to San Diego Sometimes the best plan is to hoist your sails and fake it. Music (in order) Seeking Madras - Raincoat Seeking Madras - Morchata Youn...
Peeking into the Kingdom: A Story About Rock Climbing El Capitan's East Buttress in Yosemite, Piss Ants, and Fatherhood
Adventure Airwaves - January 10, 2019 01:22 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIn an era of two-hour Nose ascents and El Capitan Free Solos here is a story about two middle-aged friends who climbed an intermediate route and it took all day. In fact, this story isn’t about climbing in as much as it is about life itself. The crux comes early when a drunk stranger poses a que...
Adventure Airwaves Podcast Trailer - An Outdoor Storytelling and Personal Essay Podcast
Adventure Airwaves - December 22, 2018 12:42 - 53 seconds ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAdventure Airwaves is a short-form podcast featuring joyful journeys, place-based predicaments, and adventures of questionable significance. Two episodes coming in 2019 are Peeking into the Kingdom - a story about stumbling into the next chapter of life while rock climbing El Capitan's East Bu...
ABT 016 Why I Bike Podcast Talks with Roberto Merchan
Why I Bike - December 17, 2018 20:15 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFrom the beginning he realized that this adventure, starting in Thailand and ending in Spain was going to define his life. Yet he never realized just how defining this journey would become. Living in the moment of a day, and not planning the next, was an unlearning experience for him. Steeped ...
ABT 015 Why I Bike Podcast Talks with Andrew Broan
Why I Bike - November 05, 2018 19:36 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe genesis of his passion for cycling was a high school graduation gift from his parents - a biking tour throughout France. Little did he realize how immersed his life would become with the bicycle. After traveling the world by bicycle, he is still passionate about bike touring. His humble f...
ABT 014 Why I Bike Podcast Talks with Libby Bowles
Why I Bike - October 02, 2018 23:48 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTalking about making a difference and actually making a difference is something else entirely, as she found out. Or more exactly, called out, by her primary aged students to go into the world and create solutions. Using her bamboo bike named, Sunny, of which she built, both are on a quest to r...
ABT 013 Why I Bike Podcast Talks with Benjamin Henzgen
Why I Bike - September 21, 2018 10:14 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDriven by his fiercest competitor - himself, he strives to reach that image in his mind's eye of who he might become. Who he must become. It’s not an ideal that’s unreachable. Everything he does, every mile pedaled, every body weight carried, is simply another step towards that image. Modeling...
ABT 012 Why I Bike Podcast Talks with Paul Ram
Why I Bike - September 14, 2018 01:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsImmersed in the bicycle lifestyle his entire life in the Netherlands, he knows little else. Having a bicycle nearby, his own or a shared bike, is the easiest way to travel. Using these natural instincts for cycling has brought him to places he has always dreamed about. As a young man, trav...
ABT 011 Why I Bike Podcast Talks with Jenni Tuomivaara
Why I Bike - August 22, 2018 22:24 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA wilderness guide in the Northernmost reaches of the Arctic is her day job, in between her usually epic bike travels involving thousands of miles of solo bike pedalling, Jenni Tuomivaara finds peace and fulfilment in both. As a bike traveler for the past 12-years, Jenni has made the bicycle a...
ABT 010 Why I Bike Podcast Talks with Tony Ives
Why I Bike - August 21, 2018 17:02 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWith a quarter century of bike touring experience, Tony Ives has managed to do it all - a professional career (retired), a family, and extended multi day bike tours. His secret? Include family members (spouse) in as much of the tour as possible. And since bike tourist/travelers have multiple int...
ABT 009 Why I Bike Podcast Talks with Garth Riess
Why I Bike - August 16, 2018 01:29 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhat does a 63-year old man have after bike touring for 31-years, 102 countries, 6 continents, 250,000 kilometers, and 60 triathlons - stories. Garth Riess has lots of interesting stories about life on a bicycle. He makes Forrest Gump look like an amateur traveler. Yet, Garth is still at i...
ABT 008 Why I Bike Podcast Talks with Dennis Ordiway
Why I Bike - August 09, 2018 00:11 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOn and off bike tourist (mostly on) who started out riding in supported tours and now creates his own adventure tours, Dennis Ordiway is a poster child for older professional adults wanting to get back on the bike. Meticulously planned tours (sometimes painfully so) he enjoys the pre-tour resear...
ABT 007 Why I Bike Podcast Talks with Ulrike Rodrigues
Why I Bike - August 01, 2018 00:31 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAs with most global bike travelers, they wing it, they go with the flow, and they are grounded lower than most of us - a sense of presence is strong with these people. This describes Ulrike Rodrigues approach towards her bike travels. As an experienced traveler writer, she also has the ability t...
ABT 006 Why I Bike Podcast Talks with Kathryn Zimmerman
Why I Bike - July 25, 2018 00:07 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHer known address is the perpetual motion machine she sits on - a ICE Adventure Recumbent Trike with a Rohloff Hub. You can see where this is going already. After raising two daughters and living what most would consider a full life, Kathryn Zimmerman, a.k.a the BagLady, sold her house and mos...
ABT 005 Why I Bike Podcast Talks with Tom Seabourne
Why I Bike - July 18, 2018 20:18 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDr.Tom Seabourne, professor at Northeast Texas Community College, is successful at what many people would consider "extreme activities". From the Race Across America (RAAM), an ultra marathon bicycle race across the United States, to breaking the Guinness World Record for indoor cycling, Tom suc...
ABT 004 Why I Bike Podcast Talks with Nicole Whitewind
Why I Bike - July 10, 2018 23:24 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNicole is the quintessential Northern Californian the rest of us read about in awe. She has shaped her entire lifestyle around her utmost passions with uncompromising exactness. The bicycle is one of her passions. When older Americans are considering retirement into an assisted living high-ris...
ABT 003 Why I Bike Podcast Talks with Matthew Newton
Why I Bike - July 02, 2018 17:38 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMatthew's first ever tour abroad in 2015, he tackled the Permian Highway, Kurdistan Region of Iraq for two months. In July 2018, he begins another adventure frequented by nomads - a 30-day tour in the High Atlas Mountains near Marrakech, Morocco. Matthew talks to us about preparations, riding so...
ABT 002 Why I Bike Podcast Talks with Andrea Freiermuth
Why I Bike - June 28, 2018 01:26 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAndrea Freiermuth has already completed numerous solo multi day international bicycle tours when I caught up with her at her home in Zürich, Switzerland. She is now planning possibly her greatest adventure yet, cycling from Zürich, Switzerland to Beijing, China, July 2018. The twist - she is usi...
ABT 001 Why I Bike Podcast Talks with Scott Slingerland
Why I Bike - June 18, 2018 17:18 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNear 10-years ago, Scott Slingerland sold his car and started to use his bicycle and mass transportation exclusively. And in the Northeastern United States, that means harsh winters and wet springs. I asked Scott why does he do it - Why does he bike? Scott Slingerland is the Executive Director...
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