Introducing: The Atlas Obscura Podcast

In October 2017, climber and national park ranger, Quinn Brett, took a horrific 100-ft fall in Yosemite National park when climbing a route on the iconic El Capitan, which Quinn had already climbed be...

28 Dec 202351min

Originally aired November 30, 2017Thru Hiking any one of the Triple Crown trails is a mighty feat in and of its own. Then you have the Triple Crown itself once you've successfully thru hiked all three...

21 Dec 20231h 5min

More than 20 years ago, 7th-grade Kurt entered his first mountain bike race at the Minnesota Zoo, and he's been racing and adventuring on bikes ever since. After bouncing around the road and scenes wh...

18 Dec 202358min

Originally aired Aug 13, 2018Felicity Aston MBE is a British Polar Explorer, author, speaker and expedition leader. In 2012, she became the first woman to ski alone across Antarctica, a journey of 108...

14 Dec 202352min

Adventure education: Greg Morrissey's Mountain Goat Movement – guiding transformative expeditions for young people from the Adirondacks to Antarctica, connecting them to explorers and storytellers, an...

11 Dec 20231h 5min

Hey y'all! After 50 hours of helping with broadcasting of the Last Paddler Standing paddleboard race over the weekend, I was whooped! You can check out the highlights on LPS's social media and the SUP...

7 Dec 20232min

Skiing 14ers: Frank and Brittany Konsella share experiences on Colorado's high peaks and advocate for public lands access – US Forest Service challenges, diverse user opinions, pending decisions in Cr...

30 Nov 202357min

Paddleboard racing: John Knippers becomes the first to finish the world's longest annual paddle race, the Alabama 650, covering 650 miles in just 8 days.The longest annual paddle race in the world is ...

28 Nov 20231h 11min