Adventure Sports Podcast

Jeff has always had a passion for climbing and writing. After a whirlwind of experiences in the ‘70s and ‘80s Jeff moved on to a professional career in law as he recounted his epic youth and continued his adventures in the outdoors through hiking and writing guidebooks. He sits on the Seattle’s Camp Long Advisory Council and is the founder of Camp Long’s annual Mountain fest, which celebrates Seat...

Today’s Life Outside the Box episode features someone who’s balancing the delicate act of being an epic adventurer and a normal family man. Sean Green uses his precious time off work to climb and bike down the Munros of Scotland, a list of 282 mountain peaks that are scattered across the country. Currently, Sean is approaching the halfway point of the project and it has been nothing short of a tru...

Originally from November 06, 2015 Anna McNuff entertains us with her delightful wit and style as she recounts what it was like to run the length of New Zealand, on backcountry trails, self-supported. She also biked through all 50 US states! Inspiring, funny, and powerful.  www.annamcnuff.com Instagram: @annamcnuff Her books:  https://www.amazon.com/Anna-McNuff **ANNOUNCEMENT** ADVENTURE GRANT APPL...

Curt, Travis, and Mason discuss the beginning, the transition away from, and the future of the Adventure Sports Podcast. We're sitting back and relaxing to enjoy this awesome milestone of 500 episodes! **ANNOUNCEMENT** ADVENTURE GRANT APPLICATION OPEN  Go to  athleticbrewing.com/adventure-grant-application to apply for our first ever $1,000 adventure grant, funded by Athletic Brewing Company! ...

Outdoor Fitness: The story behind monkii bars, a portable wilderness workout tool born from a passion for exercising in the wild and launched through a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign. If you've ever done a workout in the wilderness, you know how awesome of an experience it can be. The smells, the sights, the feeling in the air once you get your heart rate going. It beats the heck out o...

Rock Climbing: A Bent Gate Mountaineering clinic leader breaks down everything you need to know to get started in rock climbing, from your first harness to your first ascent. As Spring begins to make its way through our snow-covered world, you think to yourself, this is the year you're finally going to try that new sport. If that sport is climbing then today you're in luck! Nolan Hurd, one...

Rowing: A self-described non-rower and her three-woman crew cross 3,000 miles of Atlantic Ocean in just 43 days by rowing in relentless two-hour shifts around the clock. Laura doesn’t particularly like rowing, which sounds crazy after you realize she rowed a boat 3,000 miles across the Atlantic with a team of three other women in just 43 days 2 hours and 20 minutes. On top of that, they managed to...

Thru-Hiking: The first woman to complete all three Triple Crown trails in a single calendar year covers 7,900 miles in 251 days, holding speed records on both the PCT and AT. In 2018, Heather Anderson became the first woman to hike all three of the "Triple Crown" thru-hikes; Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide Trails in a single calendar year. The 7,900-mile journey took 251...

Outdoor Nutrition: A practical guide to eating well in the wilderness, as the founder of the Adventure Dining Guide shares fresh recipes and smart strategies for fueling your next backcountry adventure. Originally Posted February 13, 2017 Michelle Shea joins us today to help solve one of adventures BIGGEST problems; what to eat in the woods. Michelle knows first-hand how challenging it can be to e...

Mountaineering: A collapsed spine at 19 becomes the unlikely starting point for a sponsored climbing expedition to the Ivory Coast in a story of grit, patience, and remarkable resilience. Adventure (ad·ven·ture): an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity.   That basically sums up life itself. The most unexpected, seemingly unfair, and hazardous things happen to us at eve...

RV Travel: A former Adventure Sports Podcast host and his family share their six-month update on trading normal life for a year-long fulltime RV adventure across America. Thinking about changing life up dramatically for you and your family? Today’s episode is with one of the former hosts of the Adventure Sports Podcast, Travis Parson, with his wife Jen who packed up their kids and dogs and set out...

Space Exploration: A six-time NASA astronaut and the most formally educated person ever to fly in space reveals what it is really like to rocket beyond Earth's atmosphere. Originally published August 31, 2015 Ever dream of rocketing to space? What an adventure! What is that really be like? Listen in as astronaut Story Musgrave shares what it is REALLY like. Story Musgrave, M.D. (born August 19...

Zero Gravity: A Texas physics teacher's two zero-gravity experiments with NASA and Northrop Grumman, proving that the most unique adventures can happen in the most unexpected careers. In his 28-year career as a physics teacher in McAllen, TX, Curt has done two separate zero gravity experiments totaling 30 minutes of floating in air. The first time was with NASA scientists testing the software...

Backpacking: A National Geographic Adventurer of the Year and record-setting long-distance trekker reveals how to build a sustainable career from a life spent exploring the world's most remote wilderness routes. Andrew is essentially a "professional backpacker" who is best known for his long-distance backpacking trips, many of which are firsts. For instance, his 6,875-mile Great Wester...

Outdoor Education: Two decades of teaching natural sciences across America's wildest landscapes, distilled into a guide for adventuring off the beaten path and living free on the open road. Interview Originally Published January 28, 2016 Bryan Snyder left upstate New York in 1995 and has spent two decades teaching natural sciences at various outdoor schools across the country, from Maine to Ha...

Submarine Exploration: A National Geographic Explorer and submarine pilot recounts taking Sir Richard Branson and Fabien Cousteau into the depths of Belize's legendary Great Blue Hole. Erika Bergman is a submarine pilot, engineer, and a National Geographic Explorer. We talked with her back in episode 427 about taking Sir Richard Branson and Fabien Cousteau (grandson of famed ocean explorer Jac...

Backpacking: A frustrated gear buyer turns product visionary, sharing the inside story of building an outdoor gear company from scratch to fill the gaps left by the industry. Have you ever just wanted to start your own brand of camping and backpacking gear? Yeah, me neither. Brian Conolly, however, thought he could make better products than what he was finding on store shelves and online trying to...

Avalanche Safety: Essential backcountry knowledge for all skill levels, as a mountaineering instructor breaks down the critical skills needed to recognize and survive avalanche danger. With the mountains still getting pounded by snow throughout the continent, it's important to revisit the crucial understanding of the danger of our environment.  Nolan Hurd, a mountaineering BC101 teacher, spend...

Mason recounts a story of confronting a bison on his first ever adventure, which takes many unexpected turns. Enjoy! Our Sponsors: * Check out Nathan and Sons: https://nathanandsons.com * Check out Outdoorsy and use my code ASP for a great deal: https://www.outdoorsy.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Thru-Hiking: A first-timer shares the anticipation, preparation, and nerves of gearing up for a full Appalachian Trail thru-hike before ever taking the first step. We don't ever really get to talk to folks before their first big trip. Jeremiah is getting ready to do the entire Appalachian Trail in March and gave us the perspective of a first-timer who's never tackled something so big. We&#...

Adventure Coaching: A California woman's journey from personal devastation to earning a Guinness World Record for the fastest blind rim-to-rim-to-rim Grand Canyon run, fueled by nature's healing power. Not everyone chooses to live a life outside the box. Sometimes, it chooses you. Five years ago, Schulting-Kranz was living her life very much within the box. She hosted parties, watched her...

Ultramarathon: A foot care expert and veteran of over 20 ultramarathons shares proven tips and techniques to prevent blisters and foot pain for runners, hikers, and adventure athletes. Foot pain and blisters - most of us, in our Adventure hobbies, have had to deal with these annoying ailments. Jon Vonhof is here today to educate us on proper foot care and hopefully to provide a few good tips and t...

Paragliding: A Mexico City climber discovers a faster way to conquer 18,000-foot volcanoes by combining summit mountaineering with solo paragliding descents, even sleeping in a hypoxic chamber to make it home the same day. 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 summiti...

Cycling: A cancer survivor and heart transplant recipient rides a bicycle across the country to meet the family of his organ donor in a deeply personal tribute to the gift of life. Sometimes life hits you hard. Sometimes life hits you hard multiple time in a row. For Mike Cohen, he knows the feeling all too well. From surviving cancer to a heart transplant, not a day goes by that Mike isn't co...

Cycling: A record-setting expedition cyclist who has pedaled twice the circumference of the globe sets her sights on the ultimate challenge, riding a bike to the South Pole in Antarctica. Dr. Kate Leeming is an expedition adventure traveler. She has biked a lot--more than twice the distance around the globe! Her travels have taken her through Europe, across Siberia, through Africa, all around Aust...