Adventure Sports Podcast

From “ Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map ": By the time he was thirty, Rick Ridgeway had gone on more adventures than most people do in an entire lifetime and calculates that he’s spent over five years of his life sleeping in tents. Called “the real Indiana Jones” by Rolling Stone magazine, Ridgeway doesn't shy away from unknown territory. In fact, he seeks it.  Ridgeway i...

Originally aired February 17, 2020 . When a crippling amount of debt kept the Strawbridge family from going on family vacations, they quickly began looking for cheap ways to still enjoy an experience together. That necessity led them to camping and hiking. After realizing that this type of “vacation” was more rewarding than a tradition trip, they decided to go all in for an experience of a lifetim...

From moosemutlow.com : 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...

Originally aired September 23, 2019 Enlisting in the Army at the age of 22, Will Robinson had no idea how impactful an experience it would be. Although honored and proud to serve his country, he returned 5 years later a broken man. Mentally, physically, and emotionally, the next 12 years of his life would be a stumbling progression of surgeries and therapy, with the constant companions of depressi...

Paul Dreyer, a self-proclaimed "mercenary educator," has had the opportunity to work with numerous organizations, including NOLS, Where There Be Dragons, High Mountain Institute, and the Watershed School. Paul has worked throughout the world as a facilitator, curriculum designer, coach, mental health counselor, expeditionary leader, risk management consultant, staff trainer, and team build...

Originally aired September 09, 2019 Stephan Kesting is probably best known for the huge number of Brazilian jiu-jitsu videos he has on YouTube, the martial arts training articles he’s written for Grapplearts.com, and his instructional videos which people consume in app form, online streaming form, and DVD form. What’s not as well known is that he’s also a full-time firefighter who received the nat...

After growing up in the shadows of the Himalayas her whole life Shailee Basnet first was given the opportunity to climb Mt. Everest in 2008 through an all-women’s Nepali team.  After a successful summit, they were only just getting started. Over the next 6 years Shailee would lead the same team of 10 women to become the world’s first female group to scale the highest peak in each continent.  Since...

Originally aired September 09, 2019 Stephan Kesting is probably best known for the huge number of Brazilian jiu-jitsu videos he has on Youtube, the martial arts training articles he’s written for Grapplearts.com, and his instructional videos which people consume in app form, online streaming form, and DVD form. What’s not as well known is that he’s also a full-time firefighter who received the nat...

At 55, Dierdre began long-distance running and has done numerous marathons, half-marathons, and other races. At 59, she began rock climbing, and at 66, she became the oldest woman to climb Yosemite’s iconic El Capitan. This year, she celebrated her 70th birthday by going up El Cap again and camping on the summit. She’s from New York City and has taught five foreign languages on three continents fo...

Tamela Rich began her love affair with the open road as a child, traveling with her family in the Vista Cruiser wagon from Ohio to California every other summer. She re-discovered America in the wake of a personal crisis when she learned how to ride a motorcycle and took her first solo cross-country ride. Tamela learned to ride when she was 48 and three months after getting her motorcycle endorsem...

Hey folks! I was not able to upload an episode ahead of my most recent trip. I'm sharing some stories from the trip in this mini-episode and we'll be back on Thursday with a regular episode. I mentioned Frazer Buntin's episode in this chat. Ep. 717: How to Pull off an Epic Yearly Adventure With Your Friends - Frazer Buntin Our Sponsors: * Check out Nathan and Sons: https://nathanandson...

Originally aired January 11, 2021 After needing a break from her career in film and TV, Sophie took a very fortuitous turn in her life by finding the most random job she could, milking camels. If you didn’t realize camels could be milked, neither did I.  To make a long story short, Sophie fell in love with camels and never went back to her old career. Her ongoing 5-year passion for camels has take...

We first caught up with Sophie early last year on episode 695 to hear about the first half of this epic adventure. Today we hear the second half. How the adventure started: After needing a break from her career in film and TV, Sophie took a very fortuitous turn in her life by finding the most random job she could, milking camels. If you didn’t realize camels could be milked, neither did I.  To mak...

Originally “aired” May 27, 2019 Last summer, Benjamin Jordan realized his lifelong dream of flying his paraglider along the entire length of Canada's southern Rocky Mountains. From Roosville, Montana to Prince George, BC, the 37-year old, Nelson-based filmmaker flew his wind-powered aircraft across some of BC's and Alberta's most rugged wilderness while having to make strategic landing...

Alan didn’t start his long-distance career until the age of 62! Since discovering his love for adventures he has logged over 20,000 miles in the last decade with accomplishments like hiking the John Muir Trail (twice), the Colorado Trail (twice), the Pacific Crest Trail, the Appalachian Trail, and half of the Continental Divide Trail. He has also bicycled the US Pacific Coast, across the US on the...

Originally aired on April 29, 2019 . Erik is an experienced peak-bagger, long-distance hiker, author (of seven books), and has immense amounts of knowledge about off-trail travel and wilderness adventuring, especially in the northeast of America. He has climbed over 200 remote peaks in the Adirondacks during winter, with many of them not having a trail to the summit. He’s an expert in toponym rese...

Originally aired August 26, 2019 From boredofborders.com :  "Karlis is an ex-project manager in the field of waste management who at the age of 28 realized that visiting mountains only a couple of times a year just won’t do, so he left his job and started a life of adventures and freedom, spreading the addiction and attracting others to BoB as well. Every adventure has a different team, but al...

Originally aired June 4, 2018 In 2013, Darcy Gaechter became the first woman (and vegan) to kayak the Amazon River from source to sea. With blistering lips and irradiated fingernails, her team of three paddlers tackled Class V whitewater for twenty-five days in a row; just barely survived a dynamite laden canyon being prepared for a hydroelectric dam, and pled for mercy at the hands of the murdero...

Hubert Kriegel decided to sell it all and set out on a 10-year journey traveling around the world on a Ural motorcycle and sidecar. It's been over 11 years now and Hubert has no plans to call it quits. Listen in as he shares this wonderful journey and tells us of the people he's met along the way. Hubert died on 01/24/2018 of an aortic dissection in Sacramento, CA. This episode is in honor...

Originally aired June 9, 2016 Ian Packham is a trained medical researcher turned adventurer and decided to circumnavigate the African continent by means of public transportation, which would become the first time anyone had done this solo and unsupported. During his 13 month – 25,000 mile trip, Ian was mistaken for an undercover UN official during Liberia’s presidential election and was denied acc...

Craig Dinkel's adventurous life began with a near-drowning at the very young age of just 2. But instead of this experience leaving him with a fear of water, Craig ultimately became an excellent swimmer competing for Cal State and qualifying for the Olympic trials. He’s an entrepreneur having grown a company from ground level into a half-billion dollar market only to be wiped out by the dot-com...

Wilderness adventure and dog mushing: Katherine Keith's life above the Arctic Circle in Kotzebue, Alaska as a long-distance dog musher, mother to 35 dogs and a daughter, six-time Ironman finisher, five-time 1000-mile sled race competitor, commercial fisherman, energy engineer, and aspiring seven summits climber, fueled by grit, survival skills, and a passion for northern lights and wilderness...

Fishing and outdoor adventure: Angie's transition from a 16-year career in the music industry to full-time passion for fishing and the outdoors after being let go, launching the Woman Angler & Adventurer Podcast, and pursuing her dream of becoming a professional tournament fisher. When Angie was let go from her music industry career after 16 years, she decided to jump headfirst into her pa...

Sailing around the world: Brian Trautman's decade-plus journey after quitting his job, selling everything, buying a boat, and sailing from Seattle to New Zealand – visiting 6 continents, 40 countries, crossing every ocean on his 53-foot ketch SV Delos, and sharing countless adventures on his YouTube channel with over 100 million views. Originally aired August 16, 2019 Have you ever wanted to j...

orld cycling and microadventures: Alastair Humphreys' life-changing 46,000-mile, four-year bicycle journey around the world, popularizing microadventures for accessible local exploration, earning National Geographic Adventurer of the Year in 2012, and sharing insights on balancing normal life, parenting, and adventure. Originally aired June 28, 2019 Alastair Humphreys is an adventurer, author,...