From the plains of WA comes Milly Young, an adventure-seeking, mountain-climbing, ultra-running woman of unstoppable resilience and infectious love of wild places.  

We first caught up with Milly to recap her FKT on southwest Tasmania's Port Davey / South Coast Track, where not even a broken toe could stop her from swimming across rivers, smashing gels and ultimately, making it to the finish line. We checked back with Milly from her new hometown of Chamonix, France, where skiing, climbing and running in the mountains keeps her fit, happy and occasionally, injured. 

You can find out more about Milly on Instagram, read more about her 2024 PTL journey via Tracks & Trails, or listen to her podcast, Breaking Trail.

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US mountain runner Michelle Merlis joins us to talk about motivation, moving in the mountains and managing the balance between training and work.  

We then checked in with Michelle two years later to hear how the transition into full-time athlete life is treating her, including moving house, international travel and sharing her trails with friendly black bears. 

You can find out more about Michelle on Instagram, or via her website.

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Matt Gore and Giles Penfold join us to discuss their 2021 traverse of the Australian Alpine Walking Track, as they raised funds and awareness to protect wild places under threat.  This conversation shares many aspects of their big adventure; from planning and logistics, to their time out on the trail, how they navigated fundraising and other challenges along the way.  We then check in with Giles two years later, to reflect on tackling the AAWT, the challenges they experienced in creating a movie about their experience and what the keen trail and ultra runners have been up to since.  You can watch the teaser trailer for the long awaited feature film here.  You can also see clips at @655forthewild, or follow Matt and Giles on Instagram at @mattbgore or @gilespenfold.    To hear more from For Wild Places, subscribe to our newsletter or become a member. 

Josh Wiffen, ultrarunner, artist and Illawarra local join us hot off the heels of Western States 2022, bursting with stoke and love for the trail and ultra running community. Josh was one of a handful of Australians toeing the WSER start line in 2022, after two years of COVID delays made for a very long, and injury inducing lead up.    

We then check in with Josh two years later, and hear about his latest miler-adventure, at  Chicamocha Canyon Race in Columbia.  Josh’s love for the sport of trail and ultra running is infectious, and we’re sure that after this conversation, you’ll be inspired to start planning your next overseas running adventure.  

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Sam Burke, co-founder of Tarkine joins Will and Hilary for our first Trail Chat. We first caught up with Sam in June 2022 as Tarkine's founding crowdfunding campaign was drawing to a close.  

  We caught up with Sam two years and thousands of pairs of Tarkine's later and got a first-hand account of what it's like to take on global shoe brands. 

Tarkine is a Perth-based running shoe company that strives to combine modern running technology with sustainable, well-made footwear.  During this chat, we learn about the challenges of making eco-friendly products and what it's like to see people wearing a product you laboured over in the wild.  

Find out more about Tarkine here.  

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The For Wild Places Podcast is a campfire of conversations with interesting, accomplished, and inspiring people from the trail running and environmental space.  Each month, we sit down with someone for a Trail Chat, and get to know them better.

Hosted by FWP co-founder and accident-prone outdoors woman, Hilary McAllister.

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