This week we are chatting with bike packer, journeyman, and adventurer Jerry Kopack!! In this episode, we follow Jerry's journey from corporate America to founding a hospice to bike touring all across the world. We dive into his perspective on the world and explore what he has learned through this journey. Definitely check out "The World Spins By" which Jerry wrote collecting his thoughts and worldly adventures! Hope you enjoy the episode as much as I did ..read more

Very excited to announce the release of our film A LONG WAY FROM NOWHERE available free online at the Audacious Report Youtube Channel!! WATCH THE FILM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0ddwnZ5CEM What compels a person to run 150 miles through the desert at the height of summer? Is it the need for achievement, the competitive instinct, or something more profound—a spiritual need for hardship, for catharsis, and from it, healing? A Long Way From Nowhere highlights ordinary people on an extreme adventure who discover that we often find ourselves not out in the great big yonder.... but from ..read more

This week we are chatting with ultra endurance ocean swimmer and rower Cameron Bellamy!! In 2019, Cameron swam across the open ocean for 56+ hours from Barbados to St. Lucia and then followed it up by rowing with a team of five other guys across the treacherous Drake Passage to Antarctica. In this episode, we talk about what it is like to swim for over two days. Where does the mind go? How do you battle the self doubt, the fear, the slow degradation of the body? We also talk about how the body feels after swimming through a swarm of jellyfish, Cameron's charity "Ubunye Challenge" which raises ..read more

In this episode we are chatting with ultrarunner Emily Keddie about her experiences taking on incredibly long races like the Moab 240 and Tahoe 200! We also discuss the Snowman Race- an incredibly difficult stage race that she was invited to race by His Majesty the King of Bhutan. Then we dive into her future plans at the Cocodona 250 and discuss the challenges she faces in her journey as an elite athlete. Emily is very open about her struggles with the Imposter Syndrome and we explore how we all face it in different aspects of life. I really enjoyed chatting with Emily and I hope you all are ..read more

This week we are chatting with Gemini Adventures Race Director Reid Delman!! In this episode, Reid and I celebrate their Desert RATS Trail Running Festival becoming a part of the UTMB World Series races and discuss how they are approaching that change. We also dive into how and why he started Gemini Adventures, tales from Dadmode, and Reid shares his passion for wrestling while he was growing up! Reid is AWESOME and I've been really happy to get to know him and to take on a bunch of his races over the years ..read more

This week we are sitting down with ultra runner and coach Brian Passenti to talk about all things Leadville and Moab 240!!! Brian is an incredible athlete who has really embraced the LOOOOOOONG distances over the past decade or so. In this episode we hear about his experiences running MULTIPLE Leadville 100s and Moab 240s along with how he wound up in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, his mountain lion encounter on Mt. Sopris, and how he balances being an athlete/coach with his regular job and family life. Hope you all enjoy the episode!!! I’m taking away a lot of inspiration from Brian and can’t wa ..read more

I really enjoy people who bring their own unique and creative perspective to adventures in the outdoors. They fully embrace their individuality and find interesting ways to express what it feels like to be pushing their limits in really beautiful places. It’s that expression of these adventures that always fascinates me. This week we are chatting with adventurer and artist Kelly Halpin about the overlap between art and exploration. Kelly is a fantastic artist and an inspiring ultra endurance athlete living in Jackson Hole, Wyoming at the foot of the Tetons. She has taken on countless epic adve ..read more

This week we are chatting with an adventurer Sunny Stroeer!! "Sunny is a free spirit and adventurer. A Harvard MBA and hard-charging strategy consultant in her twenties, she turned her back on material possessions and career shortly after turning 30 in order to live in an Astrovan so she could run and climb full-time instead." (Sunnystroeer.com) In this episode we talk all about her adventures fast packing the Hayduke Trail, one of the absolute hardest thru hikes in the world! She also shares stories from the Iditarod Trail Invitation and talks about why she absolutely loves that event. Sunny ..read more

This week we are sitting down and chatting with adventurer, filmmaker, and professor Jerod Foster. (Come to think of it...those three descriptors make this dude sound like the Texas version of Indiana Jones!) In this episode we chat all things filmmaking, storytelling, bikepacking and creativity. Jerod created a course at Texas Tech called Adventure Media where he takes students bike packing all of Spring Break with the purpose of coming out of the desert with a film that they all collaborated on. The class is an amazing concept and I am very excited to share this episode with you! Really enjo ..read more

I can't believe it took this long to chat about Pack Burro Racing!! The unique sport where donkeys and their runners take on the trails! "We run with our burros. There’s no riding in this sport. This is NOT just a foot race. Even the fastest racer can be humbled by his running partner - equus asinus."- Western Pack Burro Association I've had the opportunity to join today's guest, the AWESOME Micky Sederburg, and some animals from the Wild American Burro farm a couple times for a burro run. It was an experience of a lifetime!! In this episode, we talk about that experience and Micky helps us un ..read more