After taking last week off for a much-needed break, The Adventure Podcast returns this week, although we have a major announcement to make at the top of the show. Moving forward, the podcast is going on hiatus; like this week, I started a new job that will make scheduling a challenge, at least for a … Read more
Climbing Everest and K2 with Carla Perez On this week’s episode of The Adventure Podcast we’re thrilled to welcome alpinist Carla Perez. Last year, Carla climbed both Everest and K2, becoming the first woman to summit both peaks in the same year. She has also climbed both of those mountains without the use of bottled … Read more
The long Memorial Day weekend here in the U.S. is throwing off all sense of time, particularly when coupled with the ongoing pandemic. Believe it or not however, it is Wednesday, which means we have a new episode of the The Adventure Podcast to share. This week, we’re joined by adventure filmmakers Erik Nachtrieb and … Read more
On this week’s episode of The Adventure Podcast, we welcome our guest Ray Zahab. Ray is an amazing explorer who has traversed some of the world’s largest and most remote deserts on foot. That includes spending 111 days crossing the Sahara, as well as running across the Gobi, Atacama, and Namib Deserts as well. His … Read more
When we envisioned launching The Adventure Podcast more than two years ago, my co-host Dave Adlard and I had hoped that we would get some high profile guests to join us for the occasional interview. We have had some outstanding individuals join us on the show, particularly in recent weeks. But this week, we probably … Read more
As usual, Wednesday brings another episode of The Adventure Podcast. This week, we welcome fellow podcaster Kit Parks to the show. Kit discovered the joys of adventure travel at the age of 50, proving that you’re never too young or old to add a bit of adventure to your life. Since then, she has trekked … Read more
It’s Wednesday, which means its time for another episode of The Adventure Podcast. This week, we’re joined by our guest Grant Maughan, who is an ultrarunner and endurance athlete. Grant didn’t even start running until he was 47 and yet in a brief period of time he has managed to compete in some of the … Read more
On this week’s episode of The Adventure Podcast we welcome endurance athlete, mountain biker and Queen of Pain Rebecca Rusch to the show. We spend more than an hour talking to Rebecca about her career as an adventure racer and mountain biker, how she stays motivated during the pandemic, what its like to ride your … Read more
We’re back with another episode of The Adventure Podcast this week. For our latest episode, we’re joined by explorer Alice Morrison, who has spent the last several years trekking across the Sahara, wandering on foot through Morocco, and exploring much of Northern Africa. This former BBC journalist left that job to become a full-time adventurer … Read more
We’re back with another episode of The Adventure Podcast this week and we’re discussing a weighty and difficult topic. Based on a request from a listener who wanted my co-host Dave Adlard and I to weigh in on the topic of performance enhancing drugs—and general drug use—amongst mountaineers. The conversation stems from an article posted … Read more