The Bend Racing Podcast

Celtic culture, music and climbing were a huge influence on the Magness twins during their high school and college days.  The duo became fascinated with one type of climbing in particular - sea stacks.  These are littered around the rugged coast of Scotland and beg to be summited by any adventurous climber that gazes upon them.  But as their name suggest reaching these stacks is not...

In 2006 an issue of Rock and Ice came out with a feature story on New York City bad boy boulderer Ivan Greene.  The magazine's cover photo (which appears as this episode's cover too) causes a lot of controversy in the climbing community.  The outdoor industry was finally becoming more aware of the systemic objectification of women in sport and climbing was no exception.  But within...

The Yukon 1000 is the world's longest annual paddle race, and the world record of 6 days and 2 hours has stood since 2009.  In 2022, Jason Magness and Daniel Staudigel set out in an attempt to win the race and break the record.  Only problem, they hadn't paddled together in over a year, they were using a rental boat they'd never even seen, and they only brought enough food to sustain the...