Podcast Episodes

Episode 146 | Dirtbag Rich with Blake Boles

Season 1 Episode 146

Ryan Jordan interviews Blake Boles, author of Dirtbag Rich, about redefining wealth through time, purpose, flexibility, and outdoor freedom. They exp…

19 hours ago

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Episode 145 | Backpacking at Altitude

Season 1 Episode 145

Learn how altitude changes oxygen availability, hiking performance, sleep, recovery, appetite, and risk for acute mountain sickness. In this episode,…

1 month ago

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Episode 144 | Trail Steepness vs. Difficulty

Season 1 Episode 144

Hiking effort doesn't scale smoothly with slope. It shifts across physiological regimes driven by muscle contraction type, aerobic limits, gait mecha…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

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Episode 143 | Managing Fatigue

Season 1 Episode 143

This episode presents an operational framework for fatigue management in backcountry travel grounded in a non-circular load–fatigue–capacity model. L…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Episode 142 | The 72 Hour Backcountry Reset

Season 1 Episode 142

This episode explores why time in the backcountry can improve how we function beyond recreation. Ryan Jordan describes how modern life overloads atte…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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Episode 141 | Hiking at Night in a Blizzard

Season 1 Episode 141

What gear do you actually need to hike out safely through a winter blizzard at night, in sub-freezing temps and high winds, when stopping isn't an op…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Episode 140 | Winter Storm Decisions

Season 1 Episode 140

Ryan walks through a structured, six-question framework for deciding whether to stay put or move when a winter storm deteriorates around you, using r…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Episode 139 | Repair Kits

Season 1 Episode 139

In this Field Notes episode, Ryan breaks down ultralight repair kits using a simple framework: context, consequence, and capability. He compares shor…

5 months, 1 week ago

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Episode 138 | Plan – Focus – Trust

Season 1 Episode 138

 

In this episode, Ryan introduces the Plan-Focus-Trust framework - a simple but powerful approach to managing hard, uncertain objectives in the wild…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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Episode 137 | The Risk Control Continuum

Season 1 Episode 137

In this episode, we introduce the Risk Control Continuum - a practical, evidence-based framework for managing risk in the backcountry. He explores ho…

6 months ago

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