Buffalo Roamer Outdoors

Michael McMenamin spent 37 days riding the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route across America. He rode some 2,000 miles through 5 states from the Canadian border to Mexican border. We talk the kindness of strangers, too many freezer dried meals, packing heavy, laying down bike tracks in the snow, grizzlies and stray dogs, the hardest part is getting started, canoe trips, Saskatchewan, Montana and mor...

John Kraft is retracting the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806. In 90+ days he has walked/ pulled a homemade rickshaw from St. Louis, Missouri to central North Dakota. He plans to walk the length of the Missouri River to its headwaters in Montana before switching to a canoe, paddling to the Pacific Ocean, and finally turning around and canoeing down the entire length of Americas longest rive...

Zack Boughton is a hunter, outdoorsman, photographer and entrepreneur. He's happiest deep in the backcountry chasing big game and predators. His new film Border Bulls, is out now on youtube. We talk the challenge of elk hunting, why hunt?, stories from the backcountry, Wolf and Grizzlies, New Zealand, challenges of filming a hunt and so much more. Subscribe now to the Buffalo Roamer Podcast for mo...

Emily Ford is a thru hiker and winter camping badass. She recently became the first women to complete the 1,200 mile Ice Age Trail in Winter, spending 69 days backpacking and camping in the frigid Wisconsin winter. We talk the challenges and joys of winter camping, wolfs howling around the tent, stories of people met along the way, there are more bars in Wisconsin than gas stations, hiking in -40...

Jeff Bating is a traveler, explorer and lover of the outdoors. He has cycled across Kenya, Tanzania, and much of Europe. In 2017 he paddled a kayak 2,300+ miles down the entire Mississippi River. We talk traveling with locals, beautiful canyons of Kenya, Memphis Poutine, kindness of strangers, Mississippi River, You don't need much, Louisiana Gator hunters and so much more. Subscribe now to the Bu...

Jerry Kobalenko is an Arctic explorer, historian, author, journalist and editor of the excellent website explorersweb.com. He has spent decades traveling the polar regions from Ellesmere Island and Labrador to the NorthWest Passage. On over 40 different to the arctic he has skied, hiked or kayaked over 12,000 miles. We talk the beauty and simplicity of the arctic, polar bears hunting humans, campi...

Peter Marshall is an adventurer, paddler and man of the North. His canoeing expeditions read like a resume sheet:- 2005, 122 days from Minnesota to the Arctic Ocean.-2012, 130 Days Trans -Territorial Expedition from the Alaskan Coast to Hudson Bay- 2014, Labrador Passage Expedition  We talk tripping in gear from 1905, the pull of the North and more. Subscribe now to the Buffalo Roamer Podcast for...

Arthur Swidzinski is a filmmaker, skater and all around good dude. In 2008 he and 3 friends traveled from Chicago to NYC by skateboard and bike. His new film, Shred America, chronicles the journey of the 4 young and naive 20 year olds as they set out for the adventure of a lifetime.  We talk storms and wind across the prairie, making of the film, being stopped by cops, the pluses and minuses of be...

Winchell Denalo is an outdoorsman, adventurer and roamer of wild places. In 2015 he and 5 friends spent 8 months canoeing from S. Louisiana to the Arctic Ocean, paddling North UP the Mississippi River and Canada in a trip dubbed "Rediscover North America". In 2012 he completed the Trans Territorial Expedition, canoeing from the Pacific Ocean in Alaska to Hudson Bay, all above the 60th parallel. Wa...

Dale Sanders is a legend. At 85 he holds numerous world records for the oldest person to have ever thru hiked the Appalachian Trail (a ten moth trip at age 82), to canoe the Mississippi River Source to Sea (80 days at age 80), and backpack the Grand Canyon Rim-to-rim-to-rim (85). We talk canoeing the Mississippi River, the Paddler Wall of Fame, hiking the AT, how to keep trucking at 85 (....sleep)...

Toby Wilsdon is an adventurer and author of "The Places Between: A Bicycle Travelogle". In 2001 he spent 9 months cycling from Stoke-on-Trent, England to Singapore via 21 countries and 13,000 miles. We talk vodka shots with the KGB, wild pot in Siberia, traversing the Gobi Desert, the kindness of strangers, firework factories in rural China, parties at the British Embassy, lessons learned from doi...

Brendan Walsh in an endurance athlete and adventurer who uses challenging physical endeavors to raise money for charity.  In 2017 Brendan set off on a solo cycle across America from Boston to Seattle to raise money for St. Judes Children's Hospital. In 2019 he set a new Guinness World Record for the Fastest Crossing of America by Bicycle (North to South), which he completed in just under 12 days....

Caroline Van Hemert is an adventurer, author, writer and biologist. Her book, The Sun is a Compass, tells the story of her and her husbands 6 month, 4,000 mile human powered journey across the vast Alaskan wilderness by rowboat, foot, skis, packraft and canoe.  We talk the magic of hiking through Caribou Migrations, being hunted by a predatory bear in the Brooks Range, building a birchbark canoe w...

Kory Kirby is an author, book designer, publisher, and adventurer. In 2017 he spent 72 days riding a bike w/ surfboard in tow from the the Olympic Coast in Washington to the US Mexico Border, surfing, camping, and asking the question "Why Do You Exist?".  We talk finding purpose, making adventure part of your everyday life, Why Do You Exist?, pushing through hard times on trail, car camping surfin...

Jeff Currier is an angler, author, artist and one of the most accomplished and well traveled fly fisherman in the world. He has fished 62 countries and has caught over 420 different species of fish on the fly.  We talk coming face to face with a tiger in India, the Panama Jungle, Anti Poaching in Cameroon, hitchhiking Africa, Sailfish on the fly, Sandstorms on the Tahr Desert and so much more.   C...

Erik Cooper is an adventurer, traveler and equestrian. In 2012 he competed in the Mongol Derby, known as the longest and toughest horse race in the world. He now leads small expeditions into the backcountry of Mongolia and has lived among reindeer herders and eagle hunters.  We talk riding wild horses across Mongolia, hunting wolves with Golden Eagles, the good things that come from challenge and...

Dan Chehayl is an outdoorsman and backcountry traveler. He's spent a decade working and climbing in the Ouray Ice Park, and has guided extended backpacking, sea kayak and canoe trips across Canada and Alaska.  We talk being charged by a Grizzly, hiking through a caribou migration, kayaking with Killer Whales, farming ice, grayling, climbing Bridal Falls and so much more.  Don't forget to subscribe...

Xavier De La Rue is one of the best snowboarders alive. He is 3x Freeride World Tour Champ and a pioneer in snowboard mountaineering and Big Mountain riding. We talk straight lining frozen waterfalls, 30ft ocean swells and snowboarding Antarctica, flying paramotors in AK, being caught in an Avalanche,flying gliders and Big Mountain riding New Zealand , Camping on a Glacier w/ Jeremy Jones, Greenla...

Max Downen spent 86 days camping and canoeing the Mississippi River, from the headwaters in Minnesota to Southern Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico. 10 Sates, ~2,400 miles, all by canoe. I first met Max on the Mississippi in Minnesota, where I was also doing an independent solo Source to Sea journey. We share stories from the river, nearly loosing canoes to rising water, rain and wind, stories of p...

Jim Baird is the winner of season 4 of the TV show Alone on the History Channel, an adventurer and outdoorsman. We talk about his 75 days of survival on Alone, eating eels and snails, bears at the portage trail, the tough reality of wilderness survival and more. Follow Jim here, you won't regret it:Youtube, Instagram, Facebook, Website  buffaloroamer.com Brought to you by: SREgear.com SRE Outdoors...

Jim Hicks is an adventurer, paddler, outdoorsman and roamer of wild places. In 2018 he canoed over 2,000 miles across B.C, the Yukon Territory and Alaska on the Yukon River.  Will and Jim first met on the Yukon, 600 miles from the nearest road, in the dense and wild Interior of Alaska. In this episode they share stories from the Yukon. We talk 3 Grizzlys fighting, Staring down a wolf, Ingenuity an...

Brian and Allison Ristola (aka Beardoh and SweatPea) are long distance thru hikers who have spent a lifetime walking through the mountains and deserts of America.  They have hiked the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, John Muir Trail, Arizona Trail, Colorado Trail, and Great Divide Trail, to name a few.  We talk Trail Magic, Trail and River Angles, The Billy Goat of the PCT, the kindness of...

Julian Wicksteed is an author, traveler, angler, surfer and rambler of the road less traveled. His books, the "Angler Walkabout" series share stories of his experiences traveling the world in search of fish and surf. We talk hitch-hiking through Africa, CIA accusations in Russia, Alaska, New Zealand and much more.  Julian Wicksteed Amazon Author Page Brought to you by: SREgear.com SRE Outdoors is...

Ashley Brown is a whitewater guide on the Grand Canyon, Middle Fork of the Salmon, a Ski Patroller in Crested Butte Colorado and all around badass. We talk the mystery and majesty of the Grand Canyon, the power of white water, interesting folk met along the river, bombing mountains for avalanche control and so much more. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the Buffalo Roamer podcast any whe...

Neal Moore is a journalist, author and adventurer. He is currently on a 2 year cross continent canoe trip from Astoria, Oregon to New York City, dubbed the 22 river project. He shares stories from seeing the country by canoe, grizzly bear encounters on a 60 mile portage, paddling up river, stories from characters met along the way and so much more. Follow Neals Trip Live Books by Neal Moore:"Down...