The Life Outside Podcast

In this week’s episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Daygin Prescott. Daygin is a big wall rock climber, based in the Blue Mountains in Eastern Australia. He’s recently returned from climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California, and Daygin dives into his 6 days spent on the wall. He discusses choosing a climbing partner whom he can trust, how he prepares for big climbing...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Susi Ritter. Susi lives full-time in her van, Tilly, based on the island of Tasmania. Over the last couple of years, she’s discovered a deep love for multi-day hiking, both locally and across the globe. Susi shares how hiking has helped her overcome mental ill-health and discover new passions and self-belief. She tells the story of breaki...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Brittney Bourne. Brittney has spent the last 5 years discovering her love for long-distance hiking and the outdoors. From day-hikes close to home to spending 5 months walking across the United States on the Pacific Crest Trail. Juggling relationships, a master's degree, and a successful career, Brittney has prioritized spending time...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Toon and Lin, also known as Noodle and Blisters online. Toon and Lin thru-hiked the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa in 2024, documenting the ups and downs of the journey through daily vlogs on Instagram. Since then, the couple has hiked across the globe and built an audience of over 100,000 outdoor enthusiasts. We hope you enjoy! Follo...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Ezra ‘Extra’ Johnson. Ezra is an ultra-experienced thru-hiker with over 15,000 miles on trails like the Pacific Crest, Appalachian, and Continental Divide. He’s also an ultra-light gear enthusiast, with a YouTube channel dedicated to ultralight philosophy and advice. With a baseweight of just 4 pounds, or 2 kilograms on the Pacific Crest...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Marley Butler chats with Cam Bostock. Cam recently achieved a new fastest known time on the Bibbulmun Track in the unsupported category, beating Marley’s time from last year. Marley asks questions from the listeners and also his own personal curiosities about Cam’s new FKT. Is the new time beatable? What was the most difficult moment? Why an unsupported...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam recaps his entire unsupported fastest known time attempt on the Bibbulmun Track. Cam just recently claimed a new FKT of 14 days, 7 hours, and 49 minutes, and it was one of the most difficult challenges of his hiking career. He runs through the entire FKT, day by day, sharing untold stories and all the highs and lows. We hope you enjoy! Check out my...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Jessica Guo. This year, Jess became the first woman to thru-hike both the Continental Divide Trail and the Great Divide Trail back-to-back, a 3,500-mile trek from Mexico, across the entire USA, and into Canada. She spent 5 spectacular and challenging months on trail, sharing the entire adventure through daily vlogs on social media. Jess d...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Mackenzie Burgoyne. Mackenzie, or Macka, is an endurance athlete with an equal passion for fast road running and also ultra-long-distance trail running. After thru-hiking the 1,000km long Bibbulmun Track in 2021, Macka returned to the same trail this year to attempt the Fastest Known Time. He achieved his goal in stunning fashion, running...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam sits down solo to chat about his upcoming fastest known time attempt on the Bibbulmun Track. He covers training, logistics, previous FKTs and an overview of the trail. We hope you enjoy! Bibb FKT Gear List https://lighterpack.com/r/fe3ae5 Bibbulmun FKT Page https://fastestknowntime.com/route/bibbulmun-track Check out my company Optiventure - the fut...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Chase Tucker, known as Chase Mountains online. You might know Chase from his YouTube channel with over 200,000 subscribers, where he teaches you how to hike better, overcome pain, and learn your body in ways you never imagined. Chase is a seasoned adventurer, mountaineer, and thru-hiker with over a decade of experience training and rehabi...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Zach Seabaugh. Zach is an accomplished singer-songwriter and musician with 400,000 monthly listeners on Spotify alone. His music is inspired by life, relationships, and the outdoors, and he recently returned home to Nashville after walking 1,400 miles on the Appalachian Trail in the Eastern United States. Zach shares experiences from his...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Alexander Campbell. Alexander is currently 2 and a half years and almost 20,000km into a walk around the entire world. He’s crossed 15 countries so far, starting in Sydney, Australia and isn’t even halfway through his trek. It’s been a wild and epic journey up until this point, and Alex joins the podcast from a small town in the country o...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Hursh Dodhia-Shah. Hursh is a seasoned adventurer and entrepreneur, passionate about both climbing big mountains and building impactful companies. Alongside Cam, he’s co-founder of Optiventure, the first supplementation and nutrition company specifically dedicated to outdoor adventurers. Hursh shares experiences from life-changing mountai...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Crosby Melendi , a full-time travel content creator and now officially a thru-hiker. Crosby has just returned home from the Colorado Trail, a challenging and spectacular 500 mile long thru-hike in the US. The CT was Crosby’s first thru-hiking experience, and she experienced it all during her 40 days in the mountains. Pain, triumph, uncert...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Andy Donaldson. Andy is an elite long distance swimmer, specialising in open water events and challenges. He holds multiple world records, including the fastest time to swim the Oceans Seven, the toughest open water swimming challenge on Earth. Andy is also a mental health advocate, raising money for various charities during his swimming...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam sits down solo to chat all things Tour des Écrins aka GR54. He recently hiked the trail in the European Alps with a group of 10 friends over a 10-day period. Cam shares key information about the trail, recaps each day, and answers frequently asked questions about the trail. We hope you enjoy! Check out my company Optiventure - the future of adventur...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam sits down solo to chat all things Tour du Mont Blanc. He recently hiked the TMB in the European Alps with good mates Dan and Emma over a 6 day period. Cam shares key information about the trail, recaps each day and answers questions from the listeners. We hope you enjoy! Check out my company Optiventure - the future of adventure health! https://opti...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Emma Lawson and Daniel Mckinnon about their recent pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago Frances. Dan and Em share their experience on the trail, and the trio answers questions from the listeners. We hope you enjoy! Check out my company Optiventure - the future of adventure health! https://optiventure.co/ https://www.instagram.com/optivent...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with his wife, Karis Bostock. The pair just finished their pilgrimage across Spain on the Camino de Santiago Frances; 800km from Saint Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela. Cam and Karis chat about the experience and recap the journey, sharing stories and answering questions from the viewers! We hope you enjoy.  Check out my company Opt...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Kiera Blaney. Kiera is a seasoned traveller and long-distance hiker. We’ve chatted on the podcast before, but since then Kiera has hiked the Jordan Trail, a long-distance route across the country it’s named after, passing by historic locations such as Petra. We chat about pilgrimages, the kindness of strangers, and dive deep into Kiera&ap...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Alexa Carpenter. Alexa, or Lexatreks online, is a passionate thru-hiker and outdoor adventurer. With continuous footpath completions of the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail, plus countless other treks and challenges, Alexa has spent plenty of time outside. She has literal mountains of knowledge and wisdom to share, and we dive de...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam answers questions from the listeners. Thru-hiking gear, content creation, trail nutrition, snake bites, hitchhiking + more. We hope you enjoy! Check out my company, Optiventure - the future of adventure health! https://optiventure.co/ https://www.instagram.com/optiventure.co/ Follow The Life Outside Podcast + rate the show wherever you are listening...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Crosby Melendi, known as Crosby Grace Travels online. Crosby is a full-time content creator and adventure traveller, having documented her journeys across almost every continent on Earth. From trekking in Patagonia to motorbiking 3,000km across Vietnam and everything in between. Crosby is currently working towards her next big adventure -...

In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam catches up with his PCT trail family, Dan and Emma. 1 year ago, the trio was in the midst of walking from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail, and plenty has happened since finishing the trek. The crew chats about life after the trail, their bucket list hikes, and their upcoming European reunion! We hope you enjoy. Check out my company, Opti...