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Mike Foote - "The relationships I've made are cooler than the things I've done" - #54
From an FKT on the Ptarmigan Traverse to 61,000 vertical feet skied in one day, Mike Foote is as skilled as he is at home in the mountains. But here'…
7 years ago
Katie Schide & Germain Grangier - Top Ten at UTMB with an FKT in New Hampshire - #53
Katie is from Maine; Germain from France - they both were top 10 at UTMB, then went to New Hampshire for their passion project: the Hut to Hut Traver…
7 years, 1 month ago
Emma Mure and Sara Aranda - Overall FKT on the Wind River High Route - #52
This August, the pair went sub-4 days on the WRHR, a terrific 100 mile traverse of the Wind River Range in Wyoming. "I was into backpacking and climb…
7 years, 1 month ago
Caspar Coppetti - How to Start a New Running Shoe Company - #51
The competition is intense - how do you start a new running shoe company, and be successful? "My friend gave me a prototype, and I said, 'forget it, …
7 years, 1 month ago
Luke Nelson: What's so special about the WURL? - #50
Luke has FKTs on the Idaho 12ers (9 summits over 12,000'), and the Utah 13ers (17 over 13,000'). A few weeks ago he did the Wasatch Ultimate Ridge L…
7 years, 1 month ago
Jason Hardrath - How to Climb Technical Volcanos - Alone - at Night - #49
The Cascade Trifecta, then the Rainier Infinity Loop - Solo and Self-Supported - one week apart! The Infinity Loop alone is 130 miles with 47,000' o…
7 years, 2 months ago
Sunny Stroeer - From China to Nolan's, Always at Altitude! - #48
This is Sunny Stroeer's second appearance on the Fastest Known Podcast. As a person who not only attempts but thrives on self-supported, big mountain…
7 years, 2 months ago
Jennifer Pharr Davis - #47
Jennifer famously set the Overall record on the Appalachian Trail earning her National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, but is also the author of 7…
7 years, 2 months ago
Peter Bakwin - Mid-Season FKT Highlights - #46
No action yet on the JMT, PCT, or AT ... are the existing times just too hard? But Peter is processing 5-8 submissions per day from all over the wor…
7 years, 2 months ago
Marcy Beard has done 20 FKTs! No wait, now it's 21 ... - #45
Marcy and her husband John travel the US, living in a camper trailer, and knocking out FKT's everywhere they go. "We've been doing this for 10 years.…
7 years, 2 months ago