Adventure Audio

Eric Rose is the Artist Director of Calgary’s Ghost River Theatre, and the writer director of the play ‘Struck’, which is based on Eric’s real life experience. When Eric was 21 years old and on a camping trip with three friends at Long Lake near Sudbury, Ont., he was struck by lightning. Eric shares the impact of that event, and how in many ways it went on to shape his adulthood. Visit Ghost River...

Helen Dainty has been a full time global traveller since 2017, having cycled more than 70,000 kilometres all over the world. She has been funding her continuous adventure on only 100 Australian dollars per week. This episode is an incredible lesson in thriving outside your comfort zone. Visit Helen’s incredible Instagram page here: https://instagram.com/hels.on.wheels?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Jonathan Hogg is and endurance cyclist from the Bow Valley, Alberta, who is racing the Tour Divide Mountain Bike Route this coming June. Jonathan is tackling this massive undertaking (4400 kilometres and 60,000+ metres of elevation gain through some incredibly remote places, all self supported) in an attempt to raise one million dollars for Rocky Mountain Adaptive. Rocky Mountain Adaptive creates...

Introducing Laval St. Germain as cohost of the Adventure Audio Podcast. Laval is an adventurer, airline captain, outdoor athlete, cyclist, trail runner, adventure racer, fitness nut & dad. To date, the only Canadian to have summited Mount Everest without the use of supplemental oxygen & the holder of the fastest ever solo ocean rowing crossing of the North Atlantic Ocean from mainland Canada to ma...

Adventure Audio is getting a new look/sound in 2023. After 3 years and 139 episodes, Tyler needs to step away from full-time hosting duties. We look back on the past three years, and Tyler helps introduce Pete’s new co-host. We’ll be trying to have Tyler on as guest regularly (especially for pro cycling coverage). Website: adventureaudiopodcast.com This episode is brought to you by: Wheelscience (...

Jim Capra is the head coach at Tyler Hamilton Training, and a regular contributor to the podcast. Jim joins us to talk about rest periods in your training, 2023 goals and much more.

Carter Nieuwesteeg is a professional bike racer and co-founder/event director of the Anything Goes Event Series from Fernie, British Columbia. Carter joins us on the show to tell us about his start in bike racing, goals for 2023 and growing his event series.

We cover some news in cycling, including Jack Thompson’s ‘Sherpa Week’ and Steve Bauer joining Israel Start-Up Nation as directeur sportif. Lastly, we mull over some big ideas for 2023 goals.

Rob Britton is a Canadian multi-discipline professional cyclist. Now ‘retired’ from pro road racing, Rob has been crushing some of the biggest and hardest gravel and mountain bike races on the calendar. We chat about Rob’s career, his start in cycling, his love of bikepacking, gravel, chasing FKT’s and his support of the counselling charity WIRTH.

Every time we go out the door in search of adventure, we accept varying degrees of risk. We discuss trying to keep it in perspective and mitigate it, while knowing that sometimes you can just be in the wrong place at the wrong time. We also chat about Tyler’s MS Global Bike Tour, now in it’s 19th year.

We discuss what a fun time it is to be a cycling fan, and then we dive into some cycling slang. What’s the difference between blowing up and bonking? Is it okay to call a 100 kilometre ride a century? We have the answers.

After a second attempt at climbing 20,000 meters in one week, Pete is starting to accept that this challenge (as currently constructed) might just be out of his grasp. We put into some context just how hard this is, and discuss a possible third attempt.

Colby Lange is a professional track and road cyclist from the United States. Colby tells us about his tradition from a very bright future as a ski racer to cycling, and bravely shares his battle with depression and mental health. Colby is wise beyond his years and we hope you enjoy this inspiring conversation.

Sharing some thoughts on the hugely successful Tour de France Femme, and the new National Cycling League.

Brothers Cullen and Griffin Easter are professional bike racers and the founders of Opicure Foundation, a non profit focused on addressing opioid-related addiction and deaths.

We welcome Jim Capra, head coach at Tyler Hamilton Training, back on the podcast to discuss training while travelling, running and the ‘20,000 meters in a week challenge’.

Episode two discussing the 2022 Tour de France, including Hugo Houle’s historic stage win for Canadian cycling, and the beautiful rivalry between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar.

We hope you’ve been enjoying the 2022 Tour de France as much as we have. This episode is a chat on the racing we’ve seen through stage 13, and our favourite riders of this year’s tour (so far).

Scott Mercier is a retired professional cyclist and author of the new book, Win True: How You Win Matters, On and Off the Bike. Tyler and Scott were roommates and teammates with similar backgrounds, both faced with the same choices in the late 1990’s in European professional cycling. Scott shares with us some of his story, and the process of creating his book. You can order Win True at: https://ww...

Cory Wallace is a 4 time World Solo 24 hour mountain bike champion and ultra endurance professional cyclist from Jasper, Alberta, Canada. We get to hear about some of Cory’s epic 24 race battles, as well as many other adventures (including an FKT attempt up Mount Kilimanjaro).

Sacha Hockenhull is a lifelong outdoor enthusiast, growing up racing on skis and snowboards in Alberta’s Bow Valley, he’s also an avid climber, trail runner and cyclist. Sacha is the event director and co-founder of the Crowsnest Pass 100 mountain bike and gravel races, taking place in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta on August 6th and 7th.

Cole Kessler is a professional cyclist from California, currently splitting his time between LA and Girona, Spain. Cole tell us about his quick transition from recreational mountain biker to professional road cyclist, joining the Israel - Premier Tech team, getting mentored by Chris Froome and much more.

Just how hard is climbing 20,000 metres in 1 week? As it turns out, it’s really hard. We discuss just how difficult this is (and how much time it takes), and contextualize Jack Ultra Cyclist’s incredible effort of keeping up that pace, for an entire year.

We’re rejoined by our friend Steve O’Shaughnessy, bikepack racer and host of the popular My Back 40 Podcast. Steve is taking on one of our ‘bucket list’ rides next month, riding the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route as part of the Tour Divide bikepacking race, from Banff, Alberta to the Mexico border. Steve joins us to talk about his race prep, gear, plans and his bike. We’re excited to have Steve...

Ryan Van Duzer is a cyclist, runner, adventurer and host of the popular Ryan Van Duzer YouTube channel. Ryan joins us from his home in Boulder, Colorado to tell us about his leap of faith into a career and life of adventure, building his YouTube channel, and his passions for the outdoors and inspiring others.