From The Backcountry

Over the past couple of weeks, I spent 12 days thru-hiking the Vermont Long Trail. During this episode I recorded snippets from different days of the hike, sometimes talking to myself and sometimes t…

Xander Keiter is an ultra-runner, Mainer, and 2nd year law student at Columbia Law School. Starting on June 19th, Xander set the record for the fastest run of Maine's 100 Mile Wilderness, throwing do…

Joffrey Peters is a trail runner and software engineer who lives in the Upper Valley in New Hampshire. He holds or has held many of the most competitive local FKTs in the area, including the Smarts T…

Nik Hase is a distance athlete, general connoisseur of outdoor adventures, and third year medical student at Tufts University. Nik and I know each other going way back to middle school, and I credit …

Jack Kuenzle is a famous petting zoo and OnlyFans star who occasionally also runs mountains. In just the last year, Jack has set speed records on the White Mountains 100, Ramsay Round, Bob Graham Rou…

Chris Fisher is an endurance athlete based out of Colorado. Chris has a bunch of huge efforts to his name, including 16 FKTs and 400,000 feet of vertical in one month back in October of 2021. Most re…

Mac and Jacob are a couple of rad mountain athletes and friends of mine dating back to my days in the Northeastern University outing club. They both throw down big missions on the regular, but most r…

Rue McKenrick is a professional backpacker, triple crowner, conservationist, and originator of the American Perimeter Trail (APT). He is the executive director of the American Perimeter Trail Confere…

Hey everyone! I'm super slammed with finals this week, and I didn't have time to schedule a guest for this week. Instead, I hopped on with one of my best friends and fellow trail runner Xander Keiter…

Phoebe Seltzer is a mountain guide and athlete based out of the White Mountains. She has a lot of hardcore efforts to her name, including multiple wins of the Otto Rhode race, a winter skimo race up …

Jason Hardrath is back on the podcast! Jason a mountain runner and athlete based out of Oregon. You might know him as the first person to reach 100 FKTs, but that only scratches the surface of his co…

Jordan Fields is a nordic skier and mountain runner based out of the Upper Valley. He's best known in the trail running world for being the only person to hold the Hut Traverse, Pemi Loop, and Presid…

Kyle O'Grady is a backpacker and content creator. He hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2018 and hiked most of the Pacific Crest Trail in 2022 before his hike was derailed by wildfires. He also runs a po…

Philip Carcia is a distance athlete, hiker, backpacker, and content creator from the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Listen to this second part of our conversation post the completion of his single…

Philip Carcia is a distance athlete, hiker, backpacker, and content creator from the White Mountains of New Hampshire. From June 21st through September 19th, Philip hiked every trail in the official …

The supported FKT of the New Hampshire 48 was an incredibly special project that we now have the privilege of watching back and experiencing with all of you. We’re excited to share the trailer for “T…

Dan Curts is a professional runner based out of the Upper Valley in New Hampshire. In this episode we discuss Dan's amazing running journey - all the way from being an All-American and champion 5K ru…

The Pod is back baby, and Xander and I are here to talk about absolutely nothing for an hour on Thanksgiving. Sorry for the hiatus, I hope to have a solid bi-weekly schedule going forward!

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Jason Hardrath is a mountain runner and athlete based out of Oregon. You might know him as the first person to reach 100 FKTs, but that only scratches the surface of his contributions to the sport. J…

Jesse Wall is the founder of Trustrength Athletics, an innovative athletics performance facility and community that specializes in sports performance training for athletes of all ages and competitive…