Ever wanted to know what these Mud Runs were all about? Do you like to act like a kid and play in the mud? Listen in to this episode where Michael Pierce tells us all about running in a mud run and how you can try it out by registering a team for Muckfest.
Listen in as Robyn Benincasa, World Champion Eco-Challenge Adventure Racer, CNN Hero, New York Times Bestselling Author, Founder of the 501c3 Project Athena Foundation (Survivors to Athletes!), and 3x Guinness World Record Distance Paddler, inspires us to redefine our personal limits through amazing teamwork and tenacity.
www.worldclassteams.com
www.projectathena.org
www.facebook.com/Robyn.Benincasa.Page
Tom Benson - Co-Founder of WildPlay Element Parks tells us his stories as a mountain climbing guide and shares some insight to the meaning of adventure sports. Don't forget to mention the Adventure Sports Podcast to get a group discount during your next trip to WildPlay!
Holiday flashback to dog sledding with Paul Schurke: North Pole trips, South Pole trips, Boundary Waters trips, books (North to the Pole & Bering Bridge: The Soviet-American Expedition from Siberia to Alaska), all about dogs and winter camping, and lodge trips, and tons of adventures!
www.dogsledding.com
877-753-3386
This is a Holiday Flashback episode with Leslie Frey who explains the benefits of Off Trail Hiking and its positive influence on young adults. Please enjoy the holiday season and we'll be back in January!
Teaching your children adventure sports with Bruno Lutz. If this sound familiar, it is because this is a holiday flashback to Episode 40. We pause this season to remember things that matter most, like family and friends and the many blessings we share. This episode is a celebration of family AND adventure! Don't miss this one and be sure to share it with everyone who has children or might someday!
Add a little adventure to your family celebrations this season!
Davey Du Plessis, an avid cyclist and paddler, wanted to solo navigate the full length of the Amazon river by kayak from its source in the Andes of Peru to the Atlantic ocean in Brazil. After about 2 months and 2000 kilometers, his amazing adventure took a dark turn.
https://www.youtube.com/user/WorldWondererZA
https://twitter.com/daveyduplessis
https://www.facebook.com/DaveyduPlessis/
It's no wonder Linus' book is a best seller. This guy is funny! From getting bit by the sailing bug to extended cruises with swimming pigs and boat-slashing iguanas, Dr.
Wilson takes us on a great ride!
www.facebook.com/slowboatsailing
www.amazon.com/Slow-Boat-Bahamas-Linus-Wilson-ebook/dp/B018OUI1Q2
The Alcan 5000 is a rally where experience, good judgement, consistency, reliability and resourcefulness are rewarded at the finish line. Since the competitors are penalized for arriving too soon just as much as they are for taking too long, these 5000 mile races place private teams on equal footing with their factory team competition. Rally Master Jerry Hines is here today to tell us all about this awesome sounding event.
https://www.facebook.com/Alcan-5000-Rally
https://www.facebook.com/Rainier-Auto-Sports-Club-307610512614121/
Roman Dial has been exploring Alaska, America's greatest last frontier, for more that 20 years. Listen in as Roman relates exciting stories about his exploits: packrafting, ice skating over 100 miles, backpacking more than 600 miles self-supported without resupply--all in America's most vast landscapes.
Don't forget to enter our contest to win a lift ticket!
http://packrafting.blogspot.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/romandial
During the month of March every year, the Iditarod sled dog race is run in Alaska from Willow to Nome and covers more than 1100 miles over 9-15 days or more depending on the team. 2016 will mark the 43rd year for the race and three-time Iditarod competitor, Blake Freking is with me today to talk about the incredible adventure sled dog racing is.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blake.freking
Mike has completed 60+ expeditions around the globe including places visited for the FIRST time and first ascents of many peaks. But his first passion is adventure travel and adventures with his daughter. Mike shares not only stories about his exploits, but also much about what it takes behind the scenes to live an adventure-filled life. Thanks for the inspiration, Mike!
Mark Kalch has spent 20 years paddling the world’s rivers and oceans. He was named one of the top 50 Adventurous Men by Men’s Journal and is well-versed on subject of adventure. Mark is currently undertaking a 7 Rivers / 7 Continents Project where he paddles down the longest river on each of the 7 continents. Listen in and check out his adventures in the links below.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarkKalchPaddler/?fref=ts
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkKalch
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markkalch/
Christine Neff has been working as a fitness expert for over 20 years helping people live healthier and more adventure-filled lives. She is an endurance athlete who knows from experience what it takes to achieve that adventure-ready conditioning. Do you thirst after adventure? Perhaps you would like to start by getting into a little better shape so that you can enjoy it all the more. Listen in as Christine provides great advice on how to live a more fit and healthy life!
Join Derek Loudermilk and Travis Parsons for a fun discussion about pro bicycle racing, Adventure Travel, Entrepreneurship and podcasting. Derek went from pro racer and ccientist to adventure traveler and podcaster. He even discovered a new form of virus in Yellowstone National park.
Check out his podcast the Art of Adventure
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-adventure-podcast/id925072849
Twitter: @derekloudermilk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drloudermilk
This isn't about shimmying up a tree as a kid. This is the real deal. Grown-up tree climbing with Harv Teitelbaum. Learn about this innovative sport that allows enthusiasts to really get up there and enjoy the trees and the forest from a whole new perspective. Climb trees of all sorts and sizes from your backyard to exotic trees all around the world. Experience the world from the top! Fun, Fitness & Adventure!
www.gotreeclimbing.org
www.treeclimbingco.com
Susie and Dan Kellogg from the Kellogg Show on YouTube stop by to discuss how it is to live on an RV with 12 kids. Listen in and get inspired to hit the open road with your family to learn all there is to learn about our beautiful country!
Web Site & Blog: www.kelloggshow.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/kelloggshow
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kelloggshow/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kelloggshow
Instagram: https://instagram.com/kelloggshow/
Anna McNuff entertains us with her delightful wit and style as she recounts what it was like to run the length of New Zealand solo, on backcountry trails, self-supported. She also biked through all 50 US states! Inspiring, funny, and powerful. Listen in!
Most motorcycle adventures are completed with a little trouble, but all-in-all they come off without a hitch. Glen Heggstad decided he would like to try the ever-popular trip to Tierra Del Fuego, the southernmost tip of South America. Things went well for Glen for the first month. After that, the trip took a dramatic turn. Listen in to find out!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glen.heggstad
Twitter: @glenheggstad
Eric Bader from the Boulder Outdoor Center is back with Travis to talk about Snow Kiting this time. This is an awesome sounding adventure sport! Check it out.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boulder-Outdoor-Center-Inc/424236524296388
Part 2 of Skiing the Colorado 14ers. Brittany and Frank Konsella climbed and SKIED all the Colorado 14ers. Yes, it is just as radical and fun as it sounds. Mountaineering. Extreme skiing. Be sure to listen to Part 1 and then dive into this one. Big mountain skiing. Right on!
Please help us get the word out by telling your friends.
www.14erskiers.com
www.facebook.com/14erskierscom-340696806539/
And you thought that climbing all the Colorado 14ers was fun! Check this out. Brittany and Frank Konsella climbed and SKIED all the Colorado 14ers. Yes, it is just as radical and fun as it sounds. Mountaineering. Extreme skiing. Winter at its very best! The snow is starting to pile up on the peaks! It is time to think snow!
www.14erskiers.com
www.facebook.com/14erskierscom-340696806539/
Gary Armstrong with Air Trekkers Jumping Stilts stops by to talk to Travis Parsons about Power Bocking on those crazy cool power stilts. Ever want to gain a super human ability? Check these things out and you just might!
http://www.projumpforum.co.uk/
www.youtube.com/user/AirTrekkers
Listen in as recovering attorney, Ky Delaney shows us how to make the leap from corporate life to Adventure LIFE. Whitewater kayaking, sea kayaking, and sailing as a single adventure mom with her young son Tobin. AND..., be a part of the action. Ky has a Kickstarter campaign RIGHT NOW to raise funds to teach island children water skills while she provides ocean samples to get to the bottom of microplastic contamination. Encouragement for single parents to grab those kids, get out there and have some fun!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/1435241906/pirate-mama-setting-sail-with-her-little-boy?ref=discovery
While on a trip in Kenya, Rene Cormier discovered Adventure Motorcycling for the first time and began considering how great it would be to travel on two wheels. He ultimately ended up riding around the world through 41 countries and 95,000 miles over the course of 4 ½ years. Rene’s talks with Travis to tell us about his experiences and how that trip changed his life’s path.
www.universityofgravelroads.com