In August of 2024, Alden raced in the Silk Road Mountain Race, a 1,200-mile, unsupported bikepacking race in Kyrgyzstan. With nearly 100,000ft of elevation gain, it's often touted as the toughest bike race in the world. A crash on Alden's 14th day of racing put him out of the general classification, but he was able to fix his bike and complete the ride, earning himself a finisher's stamp as the 100th rider to finish out of 101 finishers.

Alden Roth is a filmmaker, ultrarunner, and endurance bikepacker from West Virginia. He's the newest member of the Parks and Recreation Board in Charles Town, WV, his hometown and is also a co-owner of Rocketfuel Studios, a video production company that tells stories about food and the outdoors. Alden has completed several ultramarathons, including a sub-24-hour finish at Rim to River 100 and several multi-day bike tours and races.

All of Alden’s links:

• Video Production Company, Rocketfuel Studios - https://www.rocketfuelstudios.com/
• Film Festival, Filmed By Bike - https://filmedbybike.org/
• would love to encourage people to submit to Filmed by Bike, if that's okay with you - https://filmfreeway.com/FilmedbyBikeFilmFestival
• Instagram: @aldenroth2 - https://www.instagram.com/aldenroth2/
• Ascend WV - https://ascendwv.com

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Curt Linville is an adventure lover, backpacker, fly fisher, skier, proud co-founder of the Adventure Sports Podcast, and now a published author. 

Curt recently wrote and released 99 Words - Building a Better Life, a book about grabbing hold of life and to craft it into an adventure worth living. 99 Words is a tool kit meant to empower those who are ready to live meaningfully. Through hope, clarity, and love, 99 Words offers breakthroughs for relationships, candor, money, fun, sex, careers, health habits, authenticity, perception, and even for the meaning of life. What you believe and value changes your outcomes. Life can be better than it is because you can be better than you are.

Curt can generally be found on the trails of Colorado, mountain biking, hiking peaks, backpacking, backcountry skiing, or exploring on his 20-year-old dual sport motorcycle.

• You can be entered to win a copy of 99 Words by filling out this form in the next 48 hours: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1G6wYWztWlGu5CiHNqQgZm5IoFtmPBA_TXxLX2Lt6xuI/edit
• You can buy 99 Words: Building a Better Life on Amazon. https://a.co/d/0JYoywo
• Learn more about Curt here: https://www.curtlinville.com

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Originally published July 5, 2021

Oftentimes the best adventures are not in the most well-known places or in the most dramatic of sceneries. Hidden gems of adventure are all around us. In fact, as we say on this show, adventure is anywhere you are. 

Alexandre had his sights set on Turkey, a country he had longed to visit. Little did he know, the adjacent and lesser-traveled country of Georgia would quickly become one of his favorite places in his more than seven-year full-time travel adventure. 

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• Learn more about Greg Wingo’s Albanian Alps trail running adventures at roamprojects.com
• Ed Roberson’s Mountain & Prairie Podcast episode about landing a job in the conservation world: https://mountainandprairie.com/shed-sesh/
• Find Fitz Cahall’s new book, States of Adventure here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/074409271X?tag=randohouseinc7986-20
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Originally published July 25, 2022

Renata is a legendary Czech-born adventurer and mountaineer. She was the first Swedish and Czech woman to climb Mount Everest and was listed in Outside Magazine as one of the world’s “25 adventure goddesses." 

In 2005, after the death of her partner, Göran Kropp (also a well-known adventurer), she embarked on what she calls the "Around America Adventure". She would circumnavigate the lower 48 US states by bike and kayak. When biking, she would pull her kayak behind her with a set of two wheels and while kayaking, she would ship her bike ahead of her at the next portion of the trip.  

She started in Seattle and paddled to San Diego, bicycled San Diego to Brownsville, Texas, continued kayaking around Florida to Eastport, Maine, and then bicycled back to Seattle across the northern portion of the US. Through this experience she became the first person to circumnavigate the US this way. This is a wild, unique, and beautiful story of what a true adventure really means.

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Through podcast and film, Fitz Cahall has helped tell stories that define the outdoor community. He founded the original outdoor podcast, the Dirtbag Diaries, back in 2007 and co-hosts Climbing Gold with Alex Honnold. 

His new book, States of Adventure, pulls together 30 stories from past podcast episodes that will inspire you to pack a rucksack, head outside and push yourself to new heights. From completing the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route in a wheelchair bike to swapping the city for vanlife in Yosemite, States of Adventure promises a host of real-world adventures stronger than fiction.

Fitz serves as creative director at the branding and story studio Duct Tape Then Beer. When he's not working, you can find him exploring the Cascades. 

Learn more about Fitz and where to buy States of Adventure below:

• https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746701/states-of-adventure-by-fitz-cahall/
• Instagram: @dirtbag_diaries
• https://dirtbagdiaries.com/
• https://www.ducttapethenbeer.com/

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Originally published September 18, 2017

Here's a different adventure sport for you. Phoebe Smith spends her time in the outdoors extreme sleeping. With a bright and cheerful personality, Phoebe describes sleeping in remote and extreme locations. Listen in and broaden your adventure portfolio and make more adventures more possible by simply sleeping in new places.

• http://www.phoebe-smith.com
• https://www.youtube.com/user/ExtremeSleeps
• https://www.instagram.com/phoebersmith
• https://twitter.com/PhoebeRSmith

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Two years after finishing his seven-year walk around the world, Tom Turcich has put his adventure on the page with his upcoming book The World Walk. In his memoir, Tom explores the growth that comes with traveling, the great forces shaping our world, and the remarkable bond between him and his dog, Savannah.

Tom has been on Adventure Sports Podcast during his seven-year adventure in episodes 270, 517, and 761. 

Learn more about Tom and pre-order The World Walk here: 

Preorder here: https://www.tomturcich.com/books

• tomturcich.com
• theworldwalk.com
• instagram.com/theworldwalk

Giveaway alert! I’ll be gifting one listener a copy of The World Walk. All you need to do is email or message me in the next 48 hours to be entered to win! [email protected]

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You might not think of Alabama as holding many records in the world of endurance races (at least I didn’t), however, you’d be wrong! Alabama is home to the Great Alabama 650, a 650-mile paddle race down the Alabama Scenic River Trail going from the northern part of the state out to the Gulf of Mexico. Racers face whitewater, battle tidewater currents, and hike around a dozen dams in an effort to reach the ocean and are expected to finish between 7-10 days. 

Today we’re talking with the AL650 race director, Greg Wingo to learn just how challenging a race like this is to plan as well as compete in. 

Also, Adventure Sports Podcast is now a sponsor of Greg’s other race, Last Paddler Standing. Mason will be commentating during the LPS in December.

To learn more about the Great Alabama 650: https://www.alabamascenicrivertrail.com/great-alabama-650/

To learn more about the Last Paddler Standing: https://lastpaddlerstanding.com/

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Glen Van Peski is a retired civil engineer who accidentally started the ultralight backpacking gear company Gossamer Gear. Besides an avid ultralight backpacker and bike packer in the U.S. and abroad, he’s an entrepreneur, author, speaker, philanthropist and dishwasher. He recently wrote take less. do more. Surprising Life Lessons on Generosity, Gratitude and Curiosity from an Ultralight Backpacker, after he realized that the lessons he learned from almost 50 years of lightening his pack weight also had applications to living a more fulfilling life off the trail.

His extensive outdoor adventures include hiking most of the Pacific Crest Trail, exploring the backcountry in Japan and Europe, and bikepacking along the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR). Glen lives in Bend, Oregon, with wife of over 40 years Francie, and is the father of two grown sons.

Learn more about Glen and where to read take less. do more.

www.glenvanpeski.com

https://www.instagram.com/gvanpeski/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenvanpeski/

https://x.com/glenvp

www.gossamergear.com

Just published: take less. do more. Surprising Life Lessons in Generosity, Gratitude and Curiosity from an Ultralight Backpacker. https://www.glenvanpeski.com/book/take-less-do-more/

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Graeme Esarey is a sailor, climber, skier, and father of 2 adventurous girls. During an attempt to sail through the Northwest Passage with his family, he noticed the amount of trash heaps and unsustainable heating practices at whaling communities. Having a background in product development, he decided to found Ignik Outdoors, a company dedicated to replacing disposable products like green propane bottles with more sustainable solutions. He is headed back to the Arctic this summer on his expedition sailboat for another look at how the region is changing.

Learn more about Graeme and Ignik:

https://www.instagram.com/saildogbark/

www.ignik.com

https://www.instagram.com/ignikoutdoors/

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