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#403: Josiah Jones 2 -- Filming Jeff Mercier for Ice Climbing Film "Ephemeral" by Chris Ward

#402: Ray Zahab 6 -- Our Kapik1 Backpack Trip through Death Valley by Chris Ward

This week we are chatting with Cyclist Steve Herschberger! Welcome to 2025 and to the new season of the Like a Bigfoot Podcast!! This week's episode is a very open discussion about a healthy mindset, the obstacles we face, and how to recover from trauma (both physical and emotional). Steve Herschberger is an extremely accomplished cyclist- having raced all over the world. A year ago he was hit by a driver in a hit and run, breaking half of his ribs, his collarbone, spine and neck. This episode is all about the comeback. What it takes to recover from some serious hard times life throws at you! Hope you all learn from and enjoy the conversation as much as I did!! MORE FROM STEVE: Substack: https://stevehershberger.substack.com/

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE!!! In honor of the shortest day of the year and the coldest season of the year, we are releasing two conversations with one of the coolest (literally) guys I've met, Ryan Wanless!! The first half is a conversation after Ryan survived the coldest Arrowhead 135 and the second half is years later after he completed the 1,000 mile Iditarod on foot!! Enjoy the episode!! Happy Holidays!!

This week’s BIGFOOT REPLAY is with adventurer, polar explorer, environmentalist, Minnesotan, and wonderfully nice guy Paul Schurke!! Paul is a legend in the adventure world- completing multiple expeditions to the North Pole (including an unsupported trip in the 80s), dogsledding across Siberia (to convince the US and Soviet Union to open the Bering Strait to help out Inuit families), following in the footsteps of Teddy Roosevelt’s River of Doubt expedition in the Amazon, crossing South Georgia Island by the same route as Ernest Shackleton, and so much more.

This week we are revisiting a conversation from 2019 with ultrarunning's absolute phenom Courtney Dauwalter!!

"That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run." - Forrest Gump I'm extremely excited to welcome Rob Pope, the real life Forrest Gump, to this week's show! Over the last few years, Rob has taken on the EPIC challenge of recreating Forrest Gump's famous run. Over 15,000 miles across the United States 5 times, he tested the limits of his own endurance and experienced the U.S. to the absolute fullest. Over his year and a half adventure he experienced highs and lows, received major support from strangers along the way, and ran through some of the most iconic places in the country. The human connections he made, along with the places he explored were life changing. Completing the challenge was absolutely unprecedented. Today's episode is all about this INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE. Rob shares how one of his last conversations with his mother about "Doing one thing that makes a difference in this world" inspired this challenge. He also chats about the adventures he had along the way, along w

BIGFOOT REPLAY!!! This week’s guest is the incredible ocean rower Lia Ditton! Lia is a sailor, rower, adventurer with a lifelong passion for ocean travel. In this week’s episode we chat all about what it was like to spend 87 days alone on a record setting row across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Hawaii. Lia dives into her mindset, what it was like to spend so much time with herself, how she battled self doubt, fear, and anxiousness as she explored the lowest of lows and the highest of highs! Such a unique and epic adventure has given her amazing insights on life, adventure, and the world at large. I truly hope you enjoy this episode!! I’m excited to share Lia’s journey with the world. If you are interested in seeing more of this quest, be sure to check out her short film “87 Days: Alone Rowing the Pacific” on Vimeo!! MORE FROM LIA DITTON: 87 DAYS film: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/87daysalone Website: https://rowliarow.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rowliarow/ MORE LIKE A BIGFOOT:

Clips from Episode 189 and 372 with my friend and wisest man I know Paul Scheuring!!

This week we are celebrating EPISODE 400 with my good friend Phil Pinti!!!! Topics covered: Wrapping up season 2 and plans for season 3, future projects, Phil's prep for Gila Monster 300, Life of Phil post "A Long Way From Nowhere", Route 66 Ultras, and much more!! Thank you so much for supporting the show over the last 400 episodes! This whole project has truly been life changing for me!! Leave a review for the pod!! It'll inspire me over the next few months as I prepare for Season 3!

This week we are chatting with one of the hosts of the EXCELLENT "Bush and Banter" Podcast, Jennifer Mabus!! Jen was a guest on this show a few years when she backpacked the entire Pacific Crest Trail, an adventure of a lifetime. Now she's started a family and dives deep every week on her podcast with a wide variety of adventure guests. It truly is one of my favorite adventure podcasts of all time! Hope you love this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it! Jen rocks! MORE FROM JEN: Bush and Banter Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bush-banter/id1639961984 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bushandbanter/ Jen's PCT Journey: https://www.youtube.com/@JenniferMabus

This week we are joined once again with the best leadership coach in the country John Petersen!!! In this episode John talks about Trust, teaches us what to do after you've identified your core values, shares some tales from adventure - biking from Cali to Chicago, bring back and rowing across the Monterey Bay, and rowing to Antarctica! This is a fantastic episode that I am going to listen to multiple times for all of the wisdom!! MORE FROM JOHN PETERSEN: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnrpetersen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john.r.petersen/ Website: https://www.thresholdrising.com/

#397: Adam Casey 5 -- Adventure Life and the Connections We Make Along the Way by Chris Ward

#396: Nic Chiri 3 -- The Highest of Highs and Lowest of Lows at Booneville Backroads 100 by Chris Ward

This week we are celebrating our 8th year of the podcast by taking a walk down memory lane with my lovely wife Lindsey Ward!! In this episode, Lindsey blatantly rips off Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent from Ted Lasso) and his podcast "Films to Be Buried With!" by stealing his format to ask me about some of my favorite adventures. We talk adventures and I also give a recommendation for a past Like a Bigfoot Podcast for each category! Hope you all enjoy!!!! This one was tons of fun to record!! Categories covered: FIrst Race/Adventure Which one scared you the most? Which one made you cry the most? Most underrated race/adventure Sickest you felt Sexiest? (hahahaha) Laughed the Hardest Biggest Failure Re-Adventurable (best to repeat) Most Awesome Which race/adventure Means the most to you? Which race/adventure was Objectively the best?

#394: Cody Taylor 3 -- The Bruce Trail Unsupported FKT, 900Kms Through Ontario by Chris Ward

This week we are chatting with Alan Tenta from Season 10 of "Alone"!! MORE FROM ALAN: "Tenta Outdoors" Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@alantenta9825 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alan_tenta/

MORE FROM JASON: Website: https://jasonromero.net/ "Running into the Dark": https://jasonromero.net/running-into-the-dark "Success Cycle": https://jasonromero.net/the-success-cycle-book

This week we are chatting with spearfished and free diver Skye Bailey about her journey into the sport! MORE FROM SKYE BAILEY: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skye_dive_/ "Bombardier" Short Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0iij5H4m9g&t=1s

This week we are chatting with competitive cyclist Hannah Otto about her film "Kokopelli Strong" documenting her quest to set the FKT on the Kokopelli Trail!! Hannah has been an elite athlete since she was 9 years old, has competed in major cycling races all over the world, and recently stepped up to the challenge of riding the Kokopelli Trail as fast as possible. The film is a wonderful story, documenting the ups and downs, successes and failures of a very driven person trying to do something incredibly difficult. It's a beautiful example of failure being the foundation from which you succeed. The Kokopelli Trail is my favorite place on earth and has changed me at a deeply personal level so I was very excited to geek out about this place with someone who understands the power this place holds! I truly hope you enjoy the episode and encourage you to check out Hannah's Film "Kokopelli Strong"!! Photo credit: Marcus Gracia MORE FROM HANNAH: "Kokopelli Strong": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq-kcxMBrVA