Adventure Edge Radio Videos

On this episode of Adventure Edge Radio, we feature an extraordinary woman named Kathrine Switzer, the first female to run the Boston Marathon, and Alec Wilkinson, a writer with The New Yorker. Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon with an official number. The year was 1967 and Switzer was seen by some as a threat to the all-male tradition of the Boston Marathon. The story of that historic race and what happened to Switzer as a result (a race official tried to forcibly stop her from running see photo) is the stuff of legend. We will hear it from her directly. We re also talking with Alec Wilkinson this week, a writer for The New Yorker magazine. Back in August, Wilkinson took on an assignment about the adventure sport of free diving. Free diving is where participants dive as deep as they can in the ocean while holding one single breath. We ask Wilkinson how the topic came to his attention and whether or not he aims to try it (and how long he s able to hold his breath underwater in the bathtub). Download, listen in and enjoy the latest episode of Adventure Edge Radio! Photo: Kathrine Switzer runs the Boston Marathon. As a race official (in black) tries to forcibly remove her, Switzer s boyfriend comes to her defense.

This week on Adventure Edge Radio, we re featuring interviews with survivor and author Norman Ollestad, a barefoot runner named Barefoot Ted, and a young adventurer and friend of the late Robert Gauntlett, Diego Gonzalez Jovan. Norman Ollestad is the the author of a compelling new book called Crazy for the Storm. In 1979, Ollestad just 11 years old survived a small plane crash that killed his father, his father s girlfriend and the pilot. Stranded nearly 9,000 feet up on an icy, steep mountain Ollestad made his way down to safety and 30 years later he looks back on that event and the life he had with his adventure-loving father. Barefoot Ted is a leading proponent of minimalist running and one of the wild characters that populate Christopher MacDougall s best selling new book Born to Run. Our talk with Diego Gonzalez Jovan is a follow up to the untimely death of Rob Gauntlett, National Geographic Adventure magazine s Adventurer of the year for 2008. Jovan was a former adventure buddy of Gauntlett s. When he came across our Adventure Edge Radio interview with Gauntlett the last before he died he got in touch with us, wanting to share some stories. Diego Gonzalez Jovan talks about Gauntlett and about his own inspiring adventurers, one of which has just begun. Download, stream and share the latest Adventure Edge Radio podcast here at Sierra Trading Post.

We ve got a great podcast for you this week on Adventure Edge Radio. We re talking with John Rasmus, the editor-in-chief of National Geographic Adventure magazine; Christopher McDougall, author of the book Born to Run; and elite adventure racer Danelle Ballengee. In honor of National Geographic Adventure s 10th anniversary, Rasmus talks to us about adventure, the making of the magazine and some of the great writers at National Geographic Adventure. Christopher McDougall talks to us about his new book, Born to Run, which is currently a Top 20 on the New York Times Bestseller list. Born to Run is a rousing true adventure tale that has McDougall traveling to the Sierra Madre in search of the legendary running tribe of Tarahumara Indians known for their endurance, prowess and for running barefoot. McDougall also talks about the running shoe industry and how running barefoot may be the best thing serious runners can do to avoid long-term injury. Last but not least, we re talking to Danelle Ballengee, an elite adventure racer who suffered a nearly fatal accident while running on a remote trail outside of Moab, Utah. Incredibly, after being seriously hurt and lost for more than two days, she was saved by her dog. Listen in and enjoy

This time out, Adventure Edge Radio features interviews with exceptional Applachian Trail thru-hiker Andrew Thompson, acclaimed author David Grann and Olympic marathoner Frank Short. We begin with Andrew Thompson, the current record holder for the fastest finish of the 2,160 mile Appalachian Trail. Thompson also just became the 8th runner - out of nearly 700 - to finish and win the Brakely Marathon, arguably the hardest footrace in the world. We re also talking to David Grann about his new book: The Lost City of Z: A Tale Of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon. A current New York Times bestseller, the book details the 1925 disappearance of British adventurer Percy Fawcett in the Amazon. Fawcett was determined to find and prove the existence of El Dorado, the mythic city of gold and that of an ancient and advanced civilization. A great interview with Frank Shorter (pictured), perhaps the best American marathoner of all time and winner of the 1972 Olympic gold medal in Munich and the silver medal in 1976 in Montreal, wraps things up. Shorter talks about the current state of American distance running, his role in the United States Anti-Doping Agency and the progress we ve made in keeping sports clean. Download and enjoy!

Adventure Edge Radio is back and we ve got a great podcast for you today. Jimmy s talking to author, environmentalist and National Geographic explorer Jon Bowermaster about his latest book AND Ironman triathlete Dave Scott, known simply as The Man in triathlon circles. Bowermaster s book, Wildebeest in a Rainstorm: Profiles of Our Most Intriguing Adventurers, Conservationists, Shagbags and Wanderers, features the amazing adventurers he s written about in the past 20 years, including Sir Richard Branson, Bobby Kennedy Jr., David Brower, Peter Beard, Warren Miller and Jake Burton Carpenter. The legendary Dave Scott is a six-time Ironman World Champion. Scott was the first inductee into the Triathlon Hall of Fame and his battles with Mark Allen during the Hawaii Ironman, particularly in 1989, are epic. Hear him talk about that as well as the possibility of racing in Hawaii again this year. We re also talking about workout gear and fitness apparel this week on Adventure Edge Radio. Download and enjoy!

This week on Adventure Edge Radio, we re featuring an interview with Rick Ridgeway, who was recently inducted into the Adventure Hall of Fame by National Geographic Adventure magazine. Ridgeway has been a leading mountaineer – he was one of the first Americans to scale K2 - and adventurer for over 35 years. Ridgeway is also the VP of Environmental Programs and Communication for Patagonia, the outdoor gear and clothing company. Ridgeway and Patagonia have most recently teamed up with Freedom to Roam, an initiative that aims to provide migratory routes for large animals through protected wildlife corridors in the U.S. and Canada. Based on the fact that big animals require hundreds of miles of interconnected, undisturbed habitat in order to thrive, Freedom to Roam has established several large eco-system conservation campaigns on both private and public land. To learn more about Freedom to Roam, visit their website. Listen in and enjoy

This week on Adventure Edge Radio, Jimmy talks to Marshall Ulrich, who just finished running across America. We told you about Running America 08 back in September - Ulrich and fellow endurance athlete and adventurer Charlie Engle planned to run across America to raise awareness of childhood obesity and set a new record. Unfortunately, Engle was injured along the way and had to leave Ulrich to cover the remaining miles alone. But Ulrich finished strong on November 4th, just 52 and a half days after he started running in Seattle, WA. Ulrich is no rookie when it comes to endurance events. He s completed over 116 ultra marathons, 12 expedition-length adventure races, including all nine Eco-Challenge adventure races (he s one of only three people in the world to do this), and he s reached each of the Seven Summits, including Mt. Everest and all on first attempts. Listen in and enjoy

This week on Adventure Edge Radio, Jimmy Buff interviews journalist Laurence Gonzales, contributing editor to National Geographic Adventure magazine. Gonzales is the author of Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies and Why, a book that examines the results of amazing tales of survival in extreme situations, and Everyday Survival, Why Smart People Do Stupid Things. The new book looks at how human beings have gotten themselves in trouble so quickly on planet Earth and what, if anything, we can do about it. Gonzales also writes a monthly column for National Geographic Adventure and wrote the cover feature in the August issue of the magazine titled How to Survive Almost Anything. Gonzales also writes a Deep Survival blog for National Geographic Adventure. We ll also talk about gaiters in the gear highlight and have the Last Word with some personal ruminations on adventure life and death. Listen in and enjoy

In this episode of Adventure Edge Radio we have news about a man who survived 5 days lost on Mount Adams in Washington State. We ll tell you about the longest and highest bike ride ever – on a high wire. And, just in time for Halloween, we have a story about a Wisconsin man who paddled a 750-pound hollowed-out pumpkin 150 miles down the Wisconsin river for charity. Our feature interview this week is with Hans Florine, who earlier this year, along with climbing partner Yuji Hirayama, broke the record for the fastest climb up the legendary Nose route on El Capitan in July. (And then last week, broke it again.) In our gear highlight, we ll take a look at Gore Tex®, that most wonderful of fabrics, and we have the Last Word, too – some personal ruminations on the world of adventure. Listen in and enjoy Photo credit: Paul Hara

In this episode of Adventure Edge Radio, Jimmy s got results from the Ironman World Championship and an update on what Steve Fossett was planning next at the time of his disappearance. We re also talking about war veterans whitewater rafting and kayaking as rehabilitation and two notable news stories from the skies over Mount Everest. Our feature interview this week is with Wendy Booker, a 54 year old woman from Boston who, ten years after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, is on the verge of completing the Seven Summits – the highest mountain peaks on each continent. She s also run nine marathons since her diagnosis. Talk about inspirational. This episode s Gear Highlight is on backpacks, and the Last Word is about the joys of canine company on the trails. Listen in and enjoy

This week on Adventure Edge Radio Episode 10 we ve got news about a new world record in the marathon, an adventure race in South Dakota, and another fast Appalachian Trail run. We re also talking about a racy and controversial new snowboard design, an animal adventure tail, er tale, and a bank robbery with an adventure twist. We ll also touch on last week s big story about the discovery of adventurer Steve Fossett s pilot s license, plane and, possibly, remains. Our feature interview is with ultrarunning legend David Horton, who set the record for the fastest run of the Pacific Crest Trail, from Canada to Mexico. Our gear highlight will be on snowshoes, and the Last Word will examine a quest to run a legendary race. Download and listen in

This week on Adventure Edge Radio, we re talking about Jet Man (or Fusion Man as some call him) Yves Rossy – the Swiss daredevil who flew 22 miles across the English Channel strapped into a homemade jet-propelled wing and lived to tell about it. We ve got the race report for the Spartathlon – a 152-mile run between Athens and Sparta in Greece that traces the footsteps of a hero of antiquity. We also have the results of a report that says running slows the aging process. Good news for all you runners. This week s feature interview is with Roz Savage, who just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Hawaii to raise awareness of environmental issues. Our gear highlight is on performance sunglasses and eye wear and the Last Word touches on persistence in the face of adversity. Download and enjoy