Mike Foote - "The relationships I've made are cooler than the things I've done" - #54
From an FKT on the Ptarmigan Traverse to 61,000 vertical feet skied in one day, Mike Foote is as skilled as he is at home in the mountains. But here's question: What's the dumbest thing you've ever d...
4 Okt 201931min
Katie Schide & Germain Grangier - Top Ten at UTMB with an FKT in New Hampshire - #53
Katie is from Maine; Germain from France - they both were top 10 at UTMB, then went to New Hampshire for their passion project: the Hut to Hut Traverse. They ran the whole Traverse together, with Kat...
27 Sep 201930min
Emma Mure and Sara Aranda - Overall FKT on the Wind River High Route - #52
This August, the pair went sub-4 days on the WRHR, a terrific 100 mile traverse of the Wind River Range in Wyoming. "I was into backpacking and climbing, then discovered trail running and loved the l...
20 Sep 201928min
Caspar Coppetti - How to Start a New Running Shoe Company - #51
The competition is intense - how do you start a new running shoe company, and be successful? "My friend gave me a prototype, and I said, 'forget it, don't even try, you'll never succeed against the b...
13 Sep 201931min
Luke Nelson: What's so special about the WURL? - #50
Luke has FKTs on the Idaho 12ers (9 summits over 12,000'), and the Utah 13ers (17 over 13,000'). A few weeks ago he did the Wasatch Ultimate Ridge Linkup, a gnarly but entirely logical Jared Campbell...
6 Sep 201926min
Jason Hardrath - How to Climb Technical Volcanos - Alone - at Night - #49
The Cascade Trifecta, then the Rainier Infinity Loop - Solo and Self-Supported - one week apart! The Infinity Loop alone is 130 miles with 47,000' of elevation gain. How did he do it? "I slept for 9...
30 Aug 201932min
Sunny Stroeer - From China to Nolan's, Always at Altitude! - #48
This is Sunny Stroeer's second appearance on the Fastest Known Podcast. As a person who not only attempts but thrives on self-supported, big mountain FKTs, Sunny offers honest perspective on what moti...
23 Aug 201930min
Jennifer Pharr Davis - #47
Jennifer famously set the Overall record on the Appalachian Trail earning her National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, but is also the author of 7 books, a public speaker, runs a guide service, and...
16 Aug 201932min
