2022 was a pretty amazing year for Wild Ideas Worth Living. We released fifty episodes this year and interviewed some pretty awe-inspiring guests. We learned so much about healing in nature, being present, the value in moving our bodies, and creating equal access to the great outdoors. We talked about food and plants and gear, about mountains and caves and trails. Our guests taught us that age is nothing but a number, that there is activism in pursuing joy outdoors, and that nature can bring people together.

To all of our guests and listeners this year - thank you.

Episodes to listen to:

• How to Suffer Outside with Diana Helmuth
• Healing in the Mountains with Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
• Making Indigenous Art with Louie Gong
• Growing a Garden with Marcus Bridgewater
• Walking Around the World with Tom Turcich
• Spirit of the Peaks with Connor Ryan
• Finding Yourself in Climbing with Mario Stanley
• Building Cotopaxi with Davis Smith
• Building a Running Community with Iman Wilkerson
• Riding Waves with the Boogie Board Wave Chasers
• Winter Treks with Emily Ford

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Whether we’re hiking a favorite trail or mountain biking for the first time, one of the benefits of adventuring outside is that we get to move our bodies. Katy Bowman is a body movement specialist who has written several books, including the bestseller, Move Your DNA. For decades, Katy has studied the science behind how our bodies react to living a sedentary life. All of her research has led her to some revolutionary ideas about how to stay a bit more active in almost any situation.

Connect with Katy: 

• Website 
• Instagram 
• Facebook 
• YouTube 

Resources: 

• Check out Katy’s books
• Learn more about how to move more during the holidays

Episode sponsors: 

• Check out REI’s Fall 2022 Editor’s Choice Awards

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Meg Fisher is one of the greatest para cyclists in the world. Twenty years ago, Meg was in a car accident that changed her life. During her recovery, she fell in love with physical therapy and pursued it professionally. She also discovered cycling thanks to an energetic service dog. Meg excelled in the sport and quickly began competing, gaining sponsors and winning competitions all over the world. 

Connect with Meg: 

• Website 
• Instagram 
• Facebook 

Episode sponsors: 

• Cotopaxi
• Check out REI’s Fall 2022 Editor’s Choice Awards

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Growing up in poverty with little access to outdoor adventure sports, Ryan Hudson never imagined he’d be snowboarding in big-time competitions and exploring the mountains of Alaska. Today, he’s taken expeditions with renowned athletes, starred in an adventure film, and he’s sponsored by brands like the North Face and Sierra Nevada. Ryan’s journey from "#streets2peaks" is an inspiring, and unlikely story. 

Connect with Ryan:

• Instagram 
• Twitter

Resources:

• #streets2peaks
• Watch Mountain Revelations
• Learn more about Outdoor Outreach

Episode sponsors: 

• Cotopaxi
• Danner

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Mauricio Artiñano, a former mission planning officer with the United Nations, has worked to bridge the gap between former combatants and civilians with a pretty wild idea - white-water rafting.

Connect with Mauricio:

• Instagram 
• Facebook
• Twitter

Resources:

• Caguan Expeditions

Episode sponsors: 

• Danner
• Check out REI’s Fall 2022 Editor’s Choice Awards

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Evelynn Escobar is a changemaker in the outdoor industry who’s building her movement a little differently. As the founder of Hike Clerb, Evelynn has taken an intentional approach to building a fun, stylish and inclusive community. As a result, Hike Clerb has achieved an incredible amount of success. They’ve worked with several well-known brands and are encouraging Black, Indigenous, and women of color across North America to spend more time in the outdoors together. 

Connect with Evelynn:

• Instagram
• Hike Clerb's Instagram
• Hike Clerb's website
• Watch REI Co-op Studio's "To Touch the Earth with Hike Clerb founder Evelynn Escobar" 
• Read more on REI's Uncommon Path

Episode sponsor: 

• Danner

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In 2021, yoga instructor Monica Ramos packed up her home and went on a motorcycle adventure with her husband and their eight-year-old daughter. The family of three left their home in Costa Rica and rode for four months: one month to get to Mexico and more than two months exploring every corner of the country. On the trip, Monica learned to incorporate lessons from her yoga practice - like awareness of her body and mindful breathing - into motorcycle riding.

Connect with Monica: 

• Instagram
• Facebook

Resources:

• Vist the Harmony Hotel 

Episode sponsors:

• Cotopaxi 
• Danner

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In 2017, Stacy Bare took fellow veterans back to Iraq, where they had all served during the war. The team skied some of the highest mountains in the country and made an award-winning film called Adventure Not War. Now, since becoming a father to daughter Wilder, and weathering a global pandemic, Stacy’s work looks a little different. Instead of bringing folks out to nature, he’s working to build and improve green space in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Connect with Stacy:

• Instagram

Connect with Friends of Grand Rapids Parks:

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook

Resources:

• Watch Adventure Not War
• Listen to Stacy on Wild Ideas Worth Living, 2018

Episode sponsors:

• Cotopaxi 
• Danner

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Emily Ford loves winter. She does most of her adventuring during the coldest months of the year in the most frigid parts of the U.S. In March of 2021, Emily became the first woman and the first Black person on record to complete the Ice Age Trail, a 1,200 mile trek that winds through the state of Wisconsin. In March of 2022, she completed a 28 day trek where she skied 180 miles with her dog Diggins. 

Connect with Emily Ford:

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook

Resources:

• Ice Age Trail
• Boundary Waters

Episode sponsors: 

• Teva 
• Cotopaxi

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Halloween approaches, and spending time outside is a little spookier than usual. As it gets dark earlier and leaves start to fall, our minds can run wild with visions of unknown creatures hiding in lakes or slithering across trails. Weston Davis - host of REI's Camp Monster podcast - tells the stories of these “impossible” creatures, and folks of all ages can’t get enough of them. He knows exactly how to build suspense and make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. 

Connect with Weston:

• Website
• Listen to the Camp Monsters podcast!

Episode sponsors: 

• Teva 
• Cotopaxi

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