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This week we are chatting with photographer and filmmaker Francesco Valentinuzzi!!Francesco is in the midst of a production called "Ephemeral", an adventure film about world renown Ice Climber Jeff Mercier.In this episode we chat all about the genesis of this idea, what he is envisioning for "Ephemeral", and what excites Francesco about filmmaking!…
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"We are meant to seek, engage, be filled up with wisdom from sources far more attuned to the truth than ourselves" - Paul Scheuring, The Far ShorePaul Scheuring is an author, a filmmaker, a show runner, and a screenwriter.More importantly, Paul is my friend, a mentor, a smart-guy-I-talk-to-in-order-to-make-sense-of-the-world, a fellow adventurer, a…
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This week we are chatting with adventurer, gym teacher, and a man who chases audacious goals Jason Hardrath!!Jason recently led an expedition to attempt an Infinity Loop on South America's tallest volcano Ojos del Salado in Chile. Though him and his team were not able to complete the infinity loop (summiting twice and running completely around the …
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This week we are chatting with adventurer Valerie Gagne about her very first solo expedition circumnavigating the Eye of Quebec!!A few weeks ago Val skied 180kms over 6 days around the frozen Eye in the middle of winter. She battled slushy ice, isolation and extremely cold weather before ultimately finishing the challenge!In this episode we talk ab…
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This week we are chatting with former football D-Lineman and current endurance athlete Derek Snakenburg!!Derek and I have a lot in common- both from Iowa, both ultra runners, both busy dads in our 30s and both of us played D-Line on the football team for Wartburg College (I only stayed one year..if I would have stayed longer Derek would have been m…
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This week's episode is with legendary explorer and adventurer Ray Zahab! In this episode Ray digs deep on some bigger ideas and concepts from his years of adventure, including courage, curiosity and contentment. We also chat a bit about his passion for putting on expeditions (like the Kapik1 expedition to the Atacama I was lucky enough to join last…
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What does it take to run the entire length of Africa South to North? Russ Cook is taking on an endeavor that has been accomplished by no person in history. It’s not only the most epic challenge anyone is taking on right now but “Project Africa” is also hands down, easily the best series on YouTube!! (Seriously, if you’re not watching it, start imme…
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In this episode we talk with adventurer Cyril Derreumaux about what it takes to cross the Pacific Ocean on a Kayak!!Cyril became the 2nd person ever to cross the Pacific Ocean on a solo kayak from California to Hawaii. He did this through the sheer power of perseverance and human spirit.In this episode we talk about what went into this endeavor. Ho…
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This week we are talking with Ultrarunner and Adventurer Yanick Fournier!!I met Yan doing the KapiK1 expedition to the Atacama Desert in November and, as it happens during big adventures, became close friends with this absolutely wonderful person!!Yan had a TREMENDOUS year of Ultrarunning in 2023 and took on the Gorge Waterfall 50K, Snowdonia 105K,…
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What is it like to take on the 7 Summits? Could you withstand the monotony of biking across the United States twice? What skills would you need to survive a month in the wilderness?This week we are chatting with adventurer Heather Werner all about her BIG EXPERIENCES!!Heather has been on a quest to finish the 7 summits. At this point she is so clos…
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This week Phil Pinti and I are back from the KapiK1 Expedition through the Atacama Desert!!In this episode our friend Paul Scheuring interviews us about our experience, how we feel after returning, and the power of traveling through the desert!This was an absolutely wonderful experience!! It really was hard to describe how meaningful it was...hopef…
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This week we are chatting with Ultrarunner Cody Taylor!!I had the absolute joy of getting to know Cody through running and camping across the Atacama desert a few weeks ago. Through his 20s Cody spent his time touring across the US and Canada drumming in rock shows and now has used that same passion and stoke level to take on ultra running! In this…
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This week we are talking with ultra runner Dreama Walton!Dreama recently has become the subject of a documentary called "Dreama Team" that follows her journey through Western States. The film also highlights the challenges she has faced in life and explores how pushing her limits in ultra running has helped her process them.The film is absolutely w…
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Recorded a few days before flying to South America to join Ray Zahab on a KapiK1 Expedition!!Pre-Expedition nervousness before we head to cross the Atacama Desert.Why do we step outside our comfort zones? What are we hoping to discover?De către Chris Ward
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This week we are joined by "a mountain sort playing mountain sports" Scotty Dobbo!!Scotty moved out to Colorado and fell completely in love with the sport of speed flying. A sport that combines paragliding and parachuting in which a person zooms a down mountain at incredible speeds.This episode is about passion, dedication, and flight. Scotty is en…
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This week's episode is ultrarunner Jen Tischler!!!I met Jen at the Booneville Backroads Ultra back in 2020 and ran many of my most difficult miles with her. It was 98 degrees, no shade, 50 miles into the day and we were drinking hot water and my brain was shutting down. Jen was the most positive person I had ever ran with and I'm truly not sure I w…
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What does training and competing in mountain biking bring to our lives? What does it mean to have our "why" be "just because..."? How can we discover space and meaning through our breath? What is it like when you are "in the soup" and not "thinking about or judging the soup"?This week's episode is with the incredibly insightful mountain biker, film…
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This week we are talking with Matthew Hengst about him and his girlfriend Jen's summer adventure paddling down the entire Mississippi River from it's Source in Minnesota to the sea down in Louisiana!!This one is EPIC!! Through their adventure they battled giant oil ships, river alligators, lightning storms, flooding campsites, and much much more!!A…
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This week we are beyond honored to once again be chatting with the incredible Eszter Horanyi!!!She recently set the unsupported FKT on Nolan’s 14 (an approximate 100 mile route that takes you up and over FOURTEEN of the Colorado 14ers, mostly off trail!!!)It’s an incredibly difficult, near impossible challenge even when you have a support crew.Eszt…
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What does it take to summit the iconic Mt Ranier TWICE while also running the 93 mile Wonderland Trail around? Mountain guides and all around AMAZING athletes, Abby Westling and Kiira Antenucci found out when after 3 days, 22 hours, 19 minutes and 38 seconds they had not only set the new FKT but had an adventure of a lifetime!This episode is all ab…
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Celebrating 7 years and 350 episodes of the podcast with my wife Lindsey Ward and one of my best friends Brady Manriquez!!In this episode we talk about everything from Lindsey's second half marathon (and subsequent injury) to Brady's recent foray into camping.This was an absolute blast to record with lots of laughs! Hope you enjoy!…
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This week we are chatting with bikepacker, adventurer, and "pro mountain shuffler" Eliza Sampey!Eliza recently set the FKT at the self supported GCOR bikepacking race through the Olympic mountains. It took her an incredibly fast 3 days, 5 hours, 13 minutes to travel the 450 miles. But in reality this accomplishment took much, much longer to achieve…
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This week I am honored to bring you another conversation with the one and only Bruce Kittle!Bruce is one of the wisest people I know and I’m always very honored to be able for time to sit down and learn from him. He is a man of many talents with passions for teaching mindset training with professional athletes, coaching all levels of football, guid…
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"The secret to living is mastering the art of dancing with your fears..."This is a quote from Dyana Carmella's absolutely wonderful book "A Walk Thru Neverland" which is an incredibly insightful and entertaining story of her journey taking on the seldom thru-hiked Pacific Northwest Trail. More importantly, it's a story of self discovery through adv…
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Cussing out rocks, controlling the outcome of your 24 hours, battling through extremely difficult 100 milers, and greeting it all with focus and enthusiasm with the "Canadian Berserker" himself Noel Thomson!I met Noel while on a hike with my 4 year old around Mud Lake in Nederland, Colorado. Noel was fresh off completing the Boulder Ironman and aft…
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This week we are chatting with Marianne Hogan about her phenomenal 2022 racing season and Rob Steger about what it was like to capture this experience for their new film "Marianne Runs".Marianne put it all out on the line and finished 3rd place Western States and 2nd place UTMB back in 2022. In this episode we chat all about what this experience wa…
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This week we are chatting with extremely fast elite runner Jeff Colt!!Jeff is fresh off an 8th place male finish at the Western States 100 (one of the fastest and most competitive 100s in the US)!! In this episode he shares tales from that race- what it was like to compete with the best of the best, what he learned about himself by pushing his limi…
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This week we are joined by Cortney Haile a wonderful and crazy fast ultra runner living in Golden, Colorado!Cortney was the winner of the 2022 Desert RATS Stage Race (where I first met her) and recently took on the incredibly difficult Keys 100.In this episode, we hear stories from these two races plus dive into how she started ultra running doing …
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In this episode we chat with returning guest and AWESOME runner Tim Barr about his experience running the Western States 100 miler!!Tim has worked for years and years to get drawn from the lottery and this experience truly expressed his love and passion for the sport of ultrarunning!This one was really fun to record and I'm very honored to share Ti…
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This week we are chatting with founder and president of MS Run the US Ashley Schneider!!In 2010, Ashley ran across the United States from San Francisco to New York City, becoming only the 16th female at the time to complete such a feat. Through that journey she discovered a lot about herself, the country, and what it takes to not only run the lengt…
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This week we have a fantastic conversation with legendary ultra runner Junko Kazukawa!!Junko is an athlete out here in Colorado. She's been life long athlete and coach who is a staple in the ultrarunning community. Not only battling such big endurance feats such as taking on the Leadville Trail Series and The Grand Slam of Ultrarunning in the same …
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This week we are once again joined by adventurer, ultra endurance athlete, explorer and educator Jason Hardrath!Jason recently started a gigantic quest he is calling "Journey to Infinity". Through this adventure he is seeking to do an infinity loop on the tallest volcanoes on each 7 continents. An infinity loop consists of creating an "infinity sym…
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Sally McRae is an absolutely incredible ultra runner who has taken on and excelled at some of the biggest races in the sport!! She has recently released her first book "Choose Strong" which is a raw and vulnerable memoir about the challenges she faced through the first 18 years of her life and how her perception of strength evolved along the way.In…
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On November 5th today's guest Candice Burt stepped outside her door and began putting one foot in front of the other for 32 miles. The next day she did it again. And again. And again. On and on and on for TWO HUNDRED straight days!!Through this challenge she faced every challenge imaginable- extreme cold, snow, thunderstorms, 100 plus degrees, pret…
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This week we are chatting with one of my best friends Chris Cornejo about his experience taking on his second ever 50K!He also shares stories from his days working in Yosemite National Park and talks about what it takes to recover from an achilles tear.Hope you all enjoy this episode as much as I did!…
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This week is a very special episode for me as I finally bring my mom on the show to talk all about the meaning of adventure in her life, how cycling gave her community, her mom's life and the ripple effects of love!I truly hope you all enjoy this one!!To all the moms out there- Happy Mother's Day!! You are doing the most difficult and most importan…
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This week we are once again honored to be joined by world renowned adventurer Ray Zahab!Over the years Ray has taken on expeditions all across the globe. He’s crossed vast deserts and arctic regions, taken on every possible weather challenge imaginable, and has dived deep into his capability to endure. This past year turned his challenges inward wh…
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This week we are talking with Cole Crosby, a fantastic ultra runner!In this episode, he shares tales from taking on the Speed Project, an underground race where runners take any route from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Cole decided to add on significant amount of miles by taking the original route. Through this, he discovered a whole new level of himse…
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This week we are talking with filmmaker, adventurer and bike packer Maxwell Frost about his award-winning adventure film "Between Giants"!SPECIAL LINK TO THE MOVIE ONLY FOR THE NEXT MONTH: https://vimeo.com/820720244This film truly shows the ups and downs and unforeseen obstacles of a big time adventure. Maxwell and his friend David flew over to In…
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This week we are bringing Phil Pinti back to the podcast to get his thoughts and feelings on our movie "A Long Way From Nowhere!"Phil has been a huge part of the Desert RATS family over the last few years. He is all heart and really put himself out there in our film. He has experience major loss in life and him sharing the ups and downs of his jour…
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This week we are chatting with experienced Stage Racer Mike Williams about all of the incredible races he has been apart of! I absolutely love the stage race format! I feel like they are perfect events for community building as one pushes limits through some stunning environments.Mike Williams has been lucky enough to participate in stage races all…
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This week we are sitting down and chatting with my friend, veteran and ultra runner Jason Comstock!!Jason was one of the runners we featured in our film "A Long Way From Nowhere" and he's also one of the kindest, most considerate, and empathetic human beings I know.In this episode we dive deeper into what happened on Stage 4 of the 2021 Desert RATS…
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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" wh…
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This week we are talking with two of my favorite people on the planet Amy Donaldson Brass and Mikie Pylilo!!Amy and Mikie's journey across the Kokopelli was featured in our film "A Long Way From Nowhere" and on today's episode we sit down and hear about their experiences during that race. We also talk about some parts that didn't make the final edi…
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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=V0ddwnZ5CEMWhat 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 m…
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This week we are sitting down and chatting with the absolutely incredible athlete Robbie Balenger!!!In 2021, Robbie completed the Colorado Crush, a challenge he created which consisted of running all the events in Leadville (marathon, 50 miler and 100 miler) along with running the entire Colorado Trail and summiting all of the 14ers all in one summ…
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