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This week we are chatting with Meredith Mcluckie about her very first 100 miler at Javelina!!

#403: Josiah Jones 2 -- Filming Jeff Mercier for Ice Climbing Film "Ephemeral" by Chris Ward

#402: Ray Zahab 6 -- Our Kapik1 Backpack Trip through Death Valley by Chris Ward

This week we are chatting with Cyclist Steve Herschberger!

Welcome to 2025 and to the new season of the Like a Bigfoot Podcast!! This week's episode is a very open discussion about a healthy mindset, the obstacles we face, and how to recover from trauma (both physical and emotional).

Steve Herschberger is an extremely accomplished cyclist- having raced all over the world. A year ago he was hit by a driver in a hit and run, breaking half of his ribs, his collarbone, spine and neck.

This episode is all about the comeback. What it takes to recover from some serious hard times life throws at you!

Hope you all learn from and enjoy the conversation as much as I did!!

MORE FROM STEVE:

Substack: https://stevehershberger.substack.com/

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE!!!

In honor of the shortest day of the year and the coldest season of the year, we are releasing two conversations with one of the coolest (literally) guys I've met, Ryan Wanless!!

The first half is a conversation after Ryan survived the coldest Arrowhead 135 and the second half is years later after he completed the 1,000 mile Iditarod on foot!!

Enjoy the episode!! Happy Holidays!!

This week’s BIGFOOT REPLAY is with adventurer, polar explorer, environmentalist, Minnesotan, and wonderfully nice guy Paul Schurke!!

Paul is a legend in the adventure world- completing multiple expeditions to the North Pole (including an unsupported trip in the 80s), dogsledding across Siberia (to convince the US and Soviet Union to open the Bering Strait to help out Inuit families), following in the footsteps of Teddy Roosevelt’s River of Doubt expedition in the Amazon, crossing South Georgia Island by the same route as Ernest Shackleton, and so much more.

This week we are revisiting a conversation from 2019 with ultrarunning's absolute phenom Courtney Dauwalter!!

"That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run." - Forrest Gump

I'm extremely excited to welcome Rob Pope, the real life Forrest Gump, to this week's show!

Over the last few years, Rob has taken on the EPIC challenge of recreating Forrest Gump's famous run. Over 15,000 miles across the United States 5 times, he tested the limits of his own endurance and experienced the U.S. to the absolute fullest. Over his year and a half adventure he experienced highs and lows, received major support from strangers along the way, and ran through some of the most iconic places in the country. The human connections he made, along with the places he explored were life changing. Completing the challenge was absolutely unprecedented.

Today's episode is all about this INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE.

Rob shares how one of his last conversations with his mother about "Doing one thing that makes a difference in this world" inspired this challenge. He also chats about the adventures he had along the way, along with the obstacles he had to overcome (including a torn quadricep..yikes!). We also talk a lot about one of my favorite subjects....Tom Hanks!

Please check out Rob's website. He would love your help supporting two excellent charities- Peace Direct and World Wildlife Fund.

Enjoy!!

MORE FROM ROB POPE:

Website: http://www.goingthedistancerun.com/

Support WWF and Peace Direct: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=goingthedistancerun&pageUrl=2

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/run.robla.run/?hl=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/runroblarun/

BBC Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-43517715

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BIGFOOT REPLAY!!!

This week’s guest is the incredible ocean rower Lia Ditton!

Lia is a sailor, rower, adventurer with a lifelong passion for ocean travel. In this week’s episode we chat all about what it was like to spend 87 days alone on a record setting row across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Hawaii.

Lia dives into her mindset, what it was like to spend so much time with herself, how she battled self doubt, fear, and anxiousness as she explored the lowest of lows and the highest of highs! Such a unique and epic adventure has given her amazing insights on life, adventure, and the world at large.

I truly hope you enjoy this episode!! I’m excited to share Lia’s journey with the world. If you are interested in seeing more of this quest, be sure to check out her short film “87 Days: Alone Rowing the Pacific” on Vimeo!!

MORE FROM LIA DITTON:

87 DAYS film: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/87daysalone

Website: https://rowliarow.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rowliarow/

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Clips from Episode 189 and 372 with my friend and wisest man I know Paul Scheuring!!