Wild West Podcast
1) Pro Skier Hazel Birnbaum on Retiring at 33
Lake Tahoe skier Hazel Birnbaum has traveled the globe on the freeskiing circuit for most of a decade, but this winter she decided to officially retire from the sport. What does that look like for a 3...Show More
2) Rock Climber Pete Whittaker on the Magic of Suffering
Pete Whittaker stops by to talk about his unique approach to rock climbing, why he loves suffering and his new book, Crack Climbing, out in January. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...Show More
3) Lake Tahoe’s First Private Ski Area
White Wolf would be Northern California's first private ski area -- like a gated community for skiing in Lake Tahoe. Owner Troy Caldwell sits down to run through how the whole thing would work and how...Show More
4) Big-Wave Surfer Grant Washburn
San Francisco surfer Grant Washburn comes on to talk surfing culture in the city. We cover the uncertainty around the future of the famous Mavericks surfing contest, the closing of SF's 50-year-old su...Show More
5) California's Secret BASE Jumpers
BASE jumper Daniel Ristow is on a mission to pioneer legal BASE jumping spots in California's Sierra Nevada mountains. (Click here for our feature story on his mission.) We discuss the state's secreti...Show More
6) Corey Rich on Photography, Yosemite Climbing and South Lake Tahoe's Future
Adventure photographer Corey Rich stopped by to talk about shooting rock climbers on El Capitan, South Lake Tahoe's exciting future, and his new book, "Stories Behind the Images." Learn more about you...Show More
Corey Rich on Photography, Yosemite Climbing and South Lake Tahoe's Future
47:12 | Nov 12th, 2019
7) A Year Alone at Sea with Sailor Randall Reeves
Randall Reeves has been at sea for 12 months and counting and is days away from completing a solo circumnavigation of Antarctica and the Americas. He traveled the Northwest Passage, the fierce Souther...Show More
8) Swimming in Garbage with Ben Lecomte
Ocean swimmer Ben Lecomte recently swam from Hawaii to San Francisco, making sure to pass through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. What he found is pretty depressing: plastic trash everywhere. We talk...Show More
9) The Future of California's Coast
Economist Jason Scorse runs the Center for the Blue Economy, a think tank dedicated to finding a healthy, sustainable equilibrium between society and the ocean. We cover the outlook for living on the ...Show More
10) Ski-Mountaineer Kit DesLauriers on Mindfulness, Exploration & Preservation
As the first person to ski off the highest peaks on all 7 continents, Kit DesLauriers has explored some of Earth's wildest places. We talk about finding freedom in the mountains, exploration in the 21...Show More
Ski-Mountaineer Kit DesLauriers on Mindfulness, Exploration & Preservation
41:02 | Sep 10th, 2019