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#16 Staying Alive on the Edge — Risk, Awareness, and What Experience Teaches
Season 1 Episode 16
⛰️"It's the struggle on those 3,000 feet that matters, the journey IS the climb."🧗♀️
Hans Florine has a lifelong love affair with Yosemite's El Capitan, setting and breaking speed records on its icon…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
#15 Reclaiming a Body — Disability, Determination, and the Will to Climb
Season 1 Episode 15
"Anything worth doing, is worth doing well"
Meet Wayne Willoughby- an adaptive rock climber who defied incredible odds and has climbed El Cap, not once, or twice, but a mind-boggling 26 times. 🧗♂️🏔️…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
#14 When the Body Pushes Back — Injury, Strength, and Reinvention
Season 1 Episode 14
"Strength training is healthcare." 💪🏋️♀️
With that powerful statement, teen climbing prodigy, turned climbing and fitness savant, Dr. Natasha Barnes cuts through the confusion around exercise, fitnes…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
#13 At the Edge of the Map — Preparation, Fear, and Alaska’s Wild Water
Season 1 Episode 13
🌊"I ate 28 cals of chocolate for each mile paddled" 🌊
Katrin Tomanek is a true multi sport athlete who blends her career as a topnotch data scientist, with a passion for pushing physical and mental bo…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
#12 Top Form in Her 50s— Endurance, Hormones, and Redefining What’s Possible
Season 1 Episode 12
"By mile 80 you are questioning life choices" 🎯
At 62, enduring champion ultra-runner, Megan Canfield, is not slowing down. In the past 3 decades, Meghan has qualified and run in the US Olympic marat…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
#11 Aging Joyfully — Craft, Choice, and Playing the Long Game
Season 1 Episode 11
“One more 5.14 before I die”
In today's episode, we head into the epic ️ mountains of Nuevo León, Mexico 🇲🇽 to meet two incredible rock climbers, Maggie and Chuck Odette!
This sport climbing power coup…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
#10 Running for Joy — Creativity, Movement, and Aging Well
Season 1 Episode 10
**Want to hear about an athlete who combines running with artistic expression? **
This week on Ageless Athlete, we meet Frank Chan, a 51-year-old engineer who started running marathons just a few year…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
#9 After the Fall — Addiction, Recovery, and Finding the Ocean Again
Season 1 Episode 9
“Surfing was always on my mind,” said the Cocoa Beach, Florida native. “I had a poster of Cory Lopez hanging up in my rehab room for inspiration. I never realized how much I loved surfing, until it w…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
#8 What Pain Teaches — Training Hard Without Breaking Down
Season 1 Episode 8
When I Invited Dr Tyler Nelson to come on the show, I knew he would drop the hammer on climbing training beta, but little did I know how wowed I’d be with the applicability of his knowledge across sp…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
#7 At 77, Not Done Yet — Consistency, Curiosity, and Small Wins
Season 1 Episode 7
🚀 A dynamo of focus and tenacity – Lee Sheftel is 77 and has been crushing it since forever. At almost 60, achieving 5.14, a 99.9% percentile grade in rock climbing, completing the Grand Teton traver…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago