In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Ezra ‘Extra’ Johnson. Ezra is an ultra-experienced thru-hiker with over 15,000 miles on trails like the Pacific Crest, Appalachian, and Continental Divide. He’s also an ultra-light gear enthusiast, with a YouTube channel dedicated to ultralight philosophy and advice. With a baseweight of just 4 pounds, or 2 kilograms on the Pacific Crest Trail this season, Ezra has a lot of wisdom to share. We hope you enjoy. 

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In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Marley Butler chats with Cam Bostock. Cam recently achieved a new fastest known time on the Bibbulmun Track in the unsupported category, beating Marley’s time from last year. Marley asks questions from the listeners and also his own personal curiosities about Cam’s new FKT. Is the new time beatable? What was the most difficult moment? Why an unsupported FKT is so different to the supported category. And lots more. We hope you enjoy.

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In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam recaps his entire unsupported fastest known time attempt on the Bibbulmun Track. Cam just recently claimed a new FKT of 14 days, 7 hours, and 49 minutes, and it was one of the most difficult challenges of his hiking career. He runs through the entire FKT, day by day, sharing untold stories and all the highs and lows. We hope you enjoy!

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In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Jessica Guo. This year, Jess became the first woman to thru-hike both the Continental Divide Trail and the Great Divide Trail back-to-back, a 3,500-mile trek from Mexico, across the entire USA, and into Canada. She spent 5 spectacular and challenging months on trail, sharing the entire adventure through daily vlogs on social media. Jess dives into her struggles with mental health and how the trail has helped her heal. She shares wild and inspiring stories from her adventures, including a remote helicopter rescue where she earned her trail name ‘Stitches’, and how her parents supported her every step of the way, despite having doubts about their daughter walking alone through the wilderness for 153 days. We hope you enjoy!

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In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Mackenzie Burgoyne. Mackenzie, or Macka, is an endurance athlete with an equal passion for fast road running and also ultra-long-distance trail running. After thru-hiking the 1,000km long Bibbulmun Track in 2021, Macka returned to the same trail this year to attempt the Fastest Known Time. He achieved his goal in stunning fashion, running the track in under 9 days, pushing through many unexpected challenges along the way. Macka talks us through the entire record-breaking run, all the blood, sweat, and tears. We hope you enjoy. 

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In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam sits down solo to chat about his upcoming fastest known time attempt on the Bibbulmun Track. He covers training, logistics, previous FKTs and an overview of the trail. We hope you enjoy!

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In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Chase Tucker, known as Chase Mountains online. You might know Chase from his YouTube channel with over 200,000 subscribers, where he teaches you how to hike better, overcome pain, and learn your body in ways you never imagined. Chase is a seasoned adventurer, mountaineer, and thru-hiker with over a decade of experience training and rehabilitating hikers to move freely and pain-free in the mountains. Chase shares stories from his adventures, including experiencing a major earthquake whilst on the side of a 7,000m Himalayan peak. He provides insights into why you might be experiencing pain on the trail and how to overcome it, as well as advice on shoe choice, longevity, and mindset.

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In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Zach Seabaugh. Zach is an accomplished singer-songwriter and musician with 400,000 monthly listeners on Spotify alone. His music is inspired by life, relationships, and the outdoors, and he recently returned home to Nashville after walking 1,400 miles on the Appalachian Trail in the Eastern United States. Zach shares experiences from his first thru-hiking adventure on the AT and chats about his journey in music and the outdoors. We hope you enjoy!

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In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Alexander Campbell. Alexander is currently 2 and a half years and almost 20,000km into a walk around the entire world. He’s crossed 15 countries so far, starting in Sydney, Australia and isn’t even halfway through his trek. It’s been a wild and epic journey up until this point, and Alex joins the podcast from a small town in the country of Georgia between resupplies. He shares his motivations, struggles, and stories from the trail, including encounters with bears and crocodiles and run-ins with strangers that showed curiosity and generosity that you wouldn’t expect. We hope you enjoy.

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In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Hursh Dodhia-Shah. Hursh is a seasoned adventurer and entrepreneur, passionate about both climbing big mountains and building impactful companies. Alongside Cam, he’s co-founder of Optiventure, the first supplementation and nutrition company specifically dedicated to outdoor adventurers. Hursh shares experiences from life-changing mountaineering expeditions to Kilimanjaro and the Himalaya and tells the story of how Optiventure was born. We hope you enjoy.

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