"That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run." - Forrest GumpI'm extremely excited to welcome Rob Pope, the real life Forrest Gump, to this week's show!Over the last few years, Rob has taken on the EPIC challenge of recreating Forrest Gump's famous run. Over 15,000 miles across the United States 5 times, he tested the limit…

BIGFOOT REPLAY!!!This week’s guest is the incredible ocean rower Lia Ditton!Lia is a sailor, rower, adventurer with a lifelong passion for ocean travel. In this week’s episode we chat all about what it was like to spend 87 days alone on a record setting row across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Hawaii.Lia dives into her mindset, what it wa…

Clips from Episode 189 and 372 with my friend and wisest man I know Paul Scheuring!!Oleh Chris Ward

This week we are celebrating EPISODE 400 with my good friend Phil Pinti!!!!Topics covered: Wrapping up season 2 and plans for season 3, future projects, Phil's prep for Gila Monster 300, Life of Phil post "A Long Way From Nowhere", Route 66 Ultras, and much more!!Thank you so much for supporting the show over the last 400 episodes! This whole proje…

This week we are chatting with one of the hosts of the EXCELLENT "Bush and Banter" Podcast, Jennifer Mabus!!Jen was a guest on this show a few years when she backpacked the entire Pacific Crest Trail, an adventure of a lifetime.Now she's started a family and dives deep every week on her podcast with a wide variety of adventure guests. It truly is o…

This week we are joined once again with the best leadership coach in the country John Petersen!!!In this episode John talks about Trust, teaches us what to do after you've identified your core values, shares some tales from adventure - biking from Cali to Chicago, bring back and rowing across the Monterey Bay, and rowing to Antarctica!This is a fan…

#397: Adam Casey 5 -- Adventure Life and the Connections We Make Along the Way by Chris WardOleh Chris Ward

#396: Nic Chiri 3 -- The Highest of Highs and Lowest of Lows at Booneville Backroads 100 by Chris WardOleh Chris Ward

This week we are celebrating our 8th year of the podcast by taking a walk down memory lane with my lovely wife Lindsey Ward!!In this episode, Lindsey blatantly rips off Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent from Ted Lasso) and his podcast "Films to Be Buried With!" by stealing his format to ask me about some of my favorite adventures.We talk adventures and I a…

#394: Cody Taylor 3 -- The Bruce Trail Unsupported FKT, 900Kms Through Ontario by Chris WardOleh Chris Ward

This week we are chatting with Alan Tenta from Season 10 of "Alone"!!MORE FROM ALAN:"Tenta Outdoors" Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@alantenta9825Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alan_tenta/Oleh Chris Ward

MORE FROM JASON:Website: https://jasonromero.net/"Running into the Dark": https://jasonromero.net/running-into-the-dark"Success Cycle": https://jasonromero.net/the-success-cycle-bookOleh Chris Ward

This week we are chatting with spearfished and free diver Skye Bailey about her journey into the sport!MORE FROM SKYE BAILEY: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skye_dive_/"Bombardier" Short Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0iij5H4m9g&t=1sOleh Chris Ward

This week we are chatting with competitive cyclist Hannah Otto about her film "Kokopelli Strong" documenting her quest to set the FKT on the Kokopelli Trail!!Hannah has been an elite athlete since she was 9 years old, has competed in major cycling races all over the world, and recently stepped up to the challenge of riding the Kokopelli Trail as fa…

#389: Ray Zahab 5 -- His Recent Crossing of Death Valley by Chris WardOleh Chris Ward

Lien James has ran 136 marathons since becoming a runner at age 50. In this episode Lien shares stories from her adventures, what it was like to run her very first mile at age 49, we talk about the time she took on the JFK 50 miler, and her recent knee surgery. We also chat about resilience and what it takes to be an athlete in your 60s and 70s.Lie…

This week we are chatting once again with "the Canadian Berserker" Noel Thomson!!In this episode we dive deep into how mental health, ultra running and fitness all interweave.Noel is very open and vulnerable with some of the struggles he has faced in his life and how "controlling what he can control" with exercise and ultra running has helped him c…

This week we are chatting with author, filmmaker, artist, adventurer, ultra runner, and a guy who is "semi rad" Brendan Leonard!!!Brendan has one of the most unique, creative, and oftentimes hilarious voices in the adventure community. He's the author of many GREAT books (which we do a quick recap of towards the end of the episode) including his ne…

This week we are once again chatting with ultra runner Cody Taylor!!Cody is currently training to attempt the unsupported FKT of the 900km (550 mile) Bruce Trail through his home province of Ontario!!In this episode we talk all about his training and motivation for taking on this challenge, his plan for the summer leading into the attempt, and how …

All the way from Stockholm, Sweden we are chatting with Marcus Krindvall!! Marcus is a former cheerleader who represented his country on the national level, faced career ending injuries, battled depression, and is now building himself back up through physical health.He runs the instagram account one.meter.man where he dedicated himself to running "…

This week we are catching up with the number one guest of the show and the number one guest in our hearts- Brady Manriquez!!In this episode we chat about his very first trip overseas, the adventures of the past year, and why I decided to dip my toe into ballet!!I always cherish my time catching up with Brady and I truly hope you enjoy the show!!…

This week we are chatting with adventurer Jude Kriwald fresh off of a bike packing trip across Western Africa!!10 years ago Jude spent nearly a year biking from his home in England to India, a journey that represents the unknown and the ups and downs of adventure to its core. Recently, Jude biked across Western Africa, including a trip through the …

This week we are joined by absolute LEGEND Marshall Ulrich!!Adventure Racing, Ultra running, Death Valley, the 7 Summits, if you name it Marshall has taken it on! He's a true adventurer by all meaning of the word, an explorer of our external world and his own internal world. He's created races, helped teach kids on expeditions, wrote a couple incre…

Jeff Mercier is a world renown Ice Climber and works for the high mountain search and rescue.In this episode we chat all about his journey into ice climbing, reflect on what he's learned about adventure through the years and Jeff shares thoughts on fatherhood and wilderness safety.This is an awesome episode!!! Thank you Jeff for coming on!…

This week we are sitting down and chatting with Stan Gaskell (Cameraman Stan!!) about his experience adventuring and filming Russ Cook’s historic “Project Africa” run across the continent!!A few weeks ago Project Africa wrapped up in Tunisia, the northernmost point on the continent after nearly a year long journey. Stan was a linchpin of this proje…

The fact that I got the opportunity to sit down with three INCREDIBLE human beings a few weeks off of completing the 1,000 mile Iditarod is something I will never take for granted.These three guys are some of the most interesting people I’ve ever had the chance to meetRyan Wanless has traversed from Anchorage to Nome THREE times at this point, one …

MORE FROM JOSIAH:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josiahfilm/Oleh Chris Ward

This is the story of Sunny Stroeer's Iditarod. What she experienced in the wilds of Alaska as she became the first woman ever to ski the 1,000 miles from Anchorage to Nome!!Oleh Chris Ward

Chelsea Jackson is an avid hiker and trail runner who works for the New Hampshire State Parks on the summit of Mt. Washington!Mt. Washington is notorious for having the "world's worst weather" and consistently has days where windspeed is over 100 mph. The summers can have major temperature swings when storms blow in (or as Chelsea calls the storms.…

#374: Tyler Lyson -- Discovery, Adventure, Science and the Joys of Paleontology by Chris WardOleh Chris Ward

This week we are chatting with photographer and filmmaker Francesco Valentinuzzi!!Francesco is in the midst of a production called "Ephemeral", an adventure film about world renown Ice Climber Jeff Mercier.In this episode we chat all about the genesis of this idea, what he is envisioning for "Ephemeral", and what excites Francesco about filmmaking!…

"We are meant to seek, engage, be filled up with wisdom from sources far more attuned to the truth than ourselves" - Paul Scheuring, The Far ShorePaul Scheuring is an author, a filmmaker, a show runner, and a screenwriter.More importantly, Paul is my friend, a mentor, a smart-guy-I-talk-to-in-order-to-make-sense-of-the-world, a fellow adventurer, a…

This week we are chatting with adventurer, gym teacher, and a man who chases audacious goals Jason Hardrath!!Jason recently led an expedition to attempt an Infinity Loop on South America's tallest volcano Ojos del Salado in Chile. Though him and his team were not able to complete the infinity loop (summiting twice and running completely around the …

This week we are chatting with adventurer Valerie Gagne about her very first solo expedition circumnavigating the Eye of Quebec!!A few weeks ago Val skied 180kms over 6 days around the frozen Eye in the middle of winter. She battled slushy ice, isolation and extremely cold weather before ultimately finishing the challenge!In this episode we talk ab…

This week we are chatting with former football D-Lineman and current endurance athlete Derek Snakenburg!!Derek and I have a lot in common- both from Iowa, both ultra runners, both busy dads in our 30s and both of us played D-Line on the football team for Wartburg College (I only stayed one year..if I would have stayed longer Derek would have been m…

This week's episode is with legendary explorer and adventurer Ray Zahab! In this episode Ray digs deep on some bigger ideas and concepts from his years of adventure, including courage, curiosity and contentment. We also chat a bit about his passion for putting on expeditions (like the Kapik1 expedition to the Atacama I was lucky enough to join last…

What does it take to run the entire length of Africa South to North? Russ Cook is taking on an endeavor that has been accomplished by no person in history. It’s not only the most epic challenge anyone is taking on right now but “Project Africa” is also hands down, easily the best series on YouTube!! (Seriously, if you’re not watching it, start imme…

#366: Cameron Dorn 3 -- The Twelve Craziest Workouts of His Life! by Chris WardOleh Chris Ward

This week we are chatting with ultra runner and author of "Come What May, I Want To Run" Miriam Diaz Gilbert!!Oleh Chris Ward

In this episode we talk with adventurer Cyril Derreumaux about what it takes to cross the Pacific Ocean on a Kayak!!Cyril became the 2nd person ever to cross the Pacific Ocean on a solo kayak from California to Hawaii. He did this through the sheer power of perseverance and human spirit.In this episode we talk about what went into this endeavor. Ho…

This week we are talking with Ultrarunner and Adventurer Yanick Fournier!!I met Yan doing the KapiK1 expedition to the Atacama Desert in November and, as it happens during big adventures, became close friends with this absolutely wonderful person!!Yan had a TREMENDOUS year of Ultrarunning in 2023 and took on the Gorge Waterfall 50K, Snowdonia 105K,…

What is it like to take on the 7 Summits? Could you withstand the monotony of biking across the United States twice? What skills would you need to survive a month in the wilderness?This week we are chatting with adventurer Heather Werner all about her BIG EXPERIENCES!!Heather has been on a quest to finish the 7 summits. At this point she is so clos…

This week Phil Pinti and I are back from the KapiK1 Expedition through the Atacama Desert!!In this episode our friend Paul Scheuring interviews us about our experience, how we feel after returning, and the power of traveling through the desert!This was an absolutely wonderful experience!! It really was hard to describe how meaningful it was...hopef…

This week we are chatting with Ultrarunner Cody Taylor!!I had the absolute joy of getting to know Cody through running and camping across the Atacama desert a few weeks ago. Through his 20s Cody spent his time touring across the US and Canada drumming in rock shows and now has used that same passion and stoke level to take on ultra running! In this…

This week we are talking with ultra runner Dreama Walton!Dreama recently has become the subject of a documentary called "Dreama Team" that follows her journey through Western States. The film also highlights the challenges she has faced in life and explores how pushing her limits in ultra running has helped her process them.The film is absolutely w…

Recorded a few days before flying to South America to join Ray Zahab on a KapiK1 Expedition!!Pre-Expedition nervousness before we head to cross the Atacama Desert.Why do we step outside our comfort zones? What are we hoping to discover?Oleh Chris Ward

This week we are joined by "a mountain sort playing mountain sports" Scotty Dobbo!!Scotty moved out to Colorado and fell completely in love with the sport of speed flying. A sport that combines paragliding and parachuting in which a person zooms a down mountain at incredible speeds.This episode is about passion, dedication, and flight. Scotty is en…

#356: Emily Wanless 2 -- Leadville, High Lonesome, Bloody Knees, Educating Through Ultrarunning by Chris WardOleh Chris Ward

This week's episode is ultrarunner Jen Tischler!!!I met Jen at the Booneville Backroads Ultra back in 2020 and ran many of my most difficult miles with her. It was 98 degrees, no shade, 50 miles into the day and we were drinking hot water and my brain was shutting down. Jen was the most positive person I had ever ran with and I'm truly not sure I w…