From The Backcountry

Bubba's Backyard Ultramarathon is a last person standing race that is run each October by Run The Whites. The concept is simple: finish a 3.5 mile trail-loop once per hour, and be at the start line a…

Zach McCarthy is an ultra-runner, backcountry skier, and outdoor adventurer from western Maine. Recently, Zach won the 50-mile Kilkenny Ridge Race in the northern White Mountains of New Hampshire, co…

Eli Burakian is a photographer, backpacker, and distance athlete from New Hampshire. Eli goes big on huge routes that people haven't thought to do yet, and his FKTs include the Cohos Trail, Live Free…

There are a LOT of FKT routes out there. The Fastest Known Time website lists a few routes across the entire U.S. that constitute its "premier" list, but in terms of finding the biggest, grandest rou…

Zane Wasicko is a backpacker and trail-runner from Pennsylvania. Zane has accomplished a lot already, (including section-hiking the entire AT with his dad from when he was 15-17 years old), but most …

Scott Benerofe is a thru-hiker and peak bagger from the northeast who is currently based out of Vermont. Scott hiked the Long Trail in 2016, the AT in 2019 (we never met), and has finished the NE115.…

The past week I've been moving to a new place and starting medical school, so things have been incredibly busy! I din't have time to schedule a conversation this week, so instead I'm doing an Ask Me …

Liz "Mercury" Derstine is a distance athlete and professional musician. She has some incredible efforts under her belt, including the northbound women's Appalachian Trail FKT, the women's Pinhoti sel…

Alyssa Godesky is a professional triathlete and endurance athlete based in the northeast. She Holds the women's supported FKTs on the Long Trail and Adirondack 46, and most recently she bested my FKT…

Stef Bishop is an accomplished ultra-endurance athlete based out of Long Island. She has performed at the highest level in multiple disciplines of endurance sports, including winning the World's Toug…

Jack Kuenzle is an endurance athlete and coach for Uphill Athlete who travels around smashing some of the largest FKTs out there. In this episode we talk about many of his efforts, but we largely foc…

Whitney Pearson is a long distance hiker, peak bagger, and distance athlete based out of the White Mountains. She holds some awesome unsupported FKTs, but most recently she became the first woman to …

Beginning on July 19th, Xander Keiter and I - along with a large support crew - set out to try to set the fastest known time for the New Hampshire 4,000 Footers. I ultimately set the new trailhead to…

Philip Carcia is a distance athlete, hiker, backpacker, content creator, and lover of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. As of June 21st, Philip has embarked on his third attempt at a single calen…

Philip Carcia is a distance athlete, hiker, backpacker, content creator, and lover of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. On June 21st, Philip will embark on his third attempt at a single calendar …

Shane Moore is a backpacker, surfer, and swimmer. Shane and I have been friends since highschool and hiked over 1,400 miles of the Appalachian Trail together in 2019. Revel in our *high-level* conver…

Ben Peterson is a backpacker, 2021 Appalachian Trail thru-hiker, and my older brother. Listen this week as we discuss our different hiking adventures and our parallel but very different journeys to l…

First, yes I know it's May 18th and not April 18th. I apologize for my idiocy. This week I ramble about a few more days on the New England Direttissima and why I ultimately decided to stop. I also ra…

This week I ramble about my second week on (but mostly off) the New England Direttissima. Follow along for broken gear, scraped up legs, and graduation fun.

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This week I ramble about my first few days on the New England Direttissima, a thru-hike of the New England 67 4,000 footers. Sorry about the quality of the podcast this week and the next few weeks, I…