Podcast Episodes

Two Mountains

Two mountains, one in California and one in Nevada, named after the president of the Confederate States decades ago. How can a name be changed? Produ…

5 years, 2 months ago

The Shorts -- The Dread

“The dread was there, strong and palpable. I just hoped my will was stronger,” writes Luke Hinz. After losing both his father and his brother in the …

5 years, 3 months ago

Flight of the Monarch

 “I felt as though the Monarch Butterfly contained some special sort of wisdom that I could connect with,” says Benjamin Jordan. Inspired by the Mona…

5 years, 4 months ago

Sacred Slopes

“I did the skiing thing, I did the Navajo thing, and those worlds didn’t cross,” says Len Necefer. After learning how to ski-mountaineer in the winte…

5 years, 4 months ago

The Shorts -- Balancing Act

Today, Carly Rushford and Paddy O’Connell find their edge on the snowy mountain slopes. In our first double-short episode, we hear how downhill skiin…

5 years, 5 months ago

Introducing Climbing Gold

What connects the past, present and future of rock climbing? 

In season one of Climbing Gold, the sport’s biggest star Alex Honnold and co-host Fitz C…

5 years, 5 months ago

False Summit

“From here, it’s going to be easy.” Ryan Wichelns and Gabe Messercola repeated this phrase throughout their 21 day expedition in Denali National Park…

5 years, 5 months ago

The Perfect Pace

“I think being on foot just allows you to walk past a person's front door. I think that's really important," says Rickey Gates.

Rickey learned a lot a…

5 years, 6 months ago

The Shorts -- Little White Canoe

“Thru-hiking started to feel like a compulsion: I had to hike the same way I had to breathe,” writes Eloise Robbins. After she fell in love with anot…

5 years, 6 months ago

Invaluable

“There should be no friction in the system. If someone wants to come and climb, they should be able to come and climb,” says Abby Dione, owner of Cor…

5 years, 6 months ago