Walking Barefoot Across the US with Anton Nootenboom
Anton Nootenboom is an endurance athlete, mental health advocate, and world record holder known as the Barefoot Dutchman. He has walked thou...
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Setting Records and Winning the Cocodona 250 with Rachel Entrekin
Rachel Entrekin is an ultrarunner and three time champion of the Cocodona 250, one of the most demanding ultramarathons in the United States...
The Secret to Healthy Feet and Pain Free Adventure with Courtney Conley
Courtney Conley is a movement specialist, foot health expert, and author of the national bestselling book Walk. Through her work as founder...
A 3-Year Bike Journey Around the World with Samer Abouhamad
Samer Abouhamad is a long distance cyclist who biked 46,000 miles through 61 countries during a three year journey around the world. He bega...
Setting Ultramarathon Records at 75 Years Old with Michael Koppy
Michael Koppy is a 75-year-old ultrarunner and retired engineering professor from northern Minnesota who is still breaking records in endura...
Slacklining Around the World with Breannah Yeh
Breannah Yeh is a slackliner, highliner, and content creator who has spent the last six years dedicated to life on the line. Whether she's l...
How to Pace an Ultramarathon Runner with Lisa Jhung
Lisa Jhung is a writer, trail runner, and ultramarathon pacer who first began pacing runners more than 25 years ago. Drawn to the challenge...
First Woman to Walk the Length of the Americas with Lucy Barnard
Lucy Barnard is an Australian adventurer walking the length of the Americas, a years long expedition from Argentina to Alaska she began in 2...
Kayaking 310 Miles Down the Klamath River with Tasia Linwood
On June 12, 2025, 15 year old Tasia Linwood set out to kayak 310 miles down the Klamath River, from southern Oregon to the coast of northern...
Biking Across Every Continent with Liam Garner
Liam Garner is a long distance cyclist who set out at 17 to bike from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina, completing nearly 20,000 mi...
How to Talk to Trees with Lindsay Branham
Lindsay Branham is an environmental psychologist exploring how we build deeper, more reciprocal relationships with nature. Her work invites...
Finding Purpose in Endurance Running with Yassine Diboun
Yassine Diboun is a Portland-based ultrarunner and coach who found endurance sports during recovery from addiction. After signing up for his...
Training Tips for Your Next Adventure with Joe Holder
Joe Holder is a Nike Master Trainer and GQ fitness columnist with a track record of coaching elite athletes and high profile clients. Ground...
Rowing Solo Across the Atlantic Ocean with Taryn Smith
In January 2026, Taryn Smith became the third American woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, completing a 46 day Atlantic Ocean cross...
Swimming 140 Mies Across Lake Powell with Shane Schieffer
Shane Schieffer is an endurance swimmer who spent more than 15 years dreaming of a full length swim of Lake Powell, the desert reservoir str...
Thru-hiking The Appalachian Trail with 15 Kids with Nikki Bettis
Nikki Bettis turned a simple hike on the Appalachian Trail into an audacious plan to thru hike the entire trail with her fifteen kids, rangi...
How The Bucket List Family Travels the World with Garrett Gee
Adventurer Garrett Gee turned a four month family trip in 2015 into The Bucket List Family, documenting world travel with his wife, Jessica,...
Paddling 1,200 Miles from Ottawa to New York with Dan Rubinstein
In 2023, Dan Rubinstein completed a 1,200 mile stand up paddleboarding journey from Ottawa to New York City and back. His expedition followe...
Trekking and Transforming Family Dynamics on The Camino de Santiago with Lauren Duke
Lauren Duke holds a master’s degree in psychology focused on physiology and body based behavior, and studies how movement helps us process e...
RERELEASE: Becoming the First Woman to Travel Around the Moon with Christina Koch
Welcome back to Earth, Artemis II crew! In honor of Christina Koch becoming the first woman to travel around the moon, we're rereleasing her...