From The Backcountry
Episodes
#21 - Zane Wasicko | White Mountains Direttissima Age Record
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Zane Wasicko is a backpacker and trail-runner from Pennsylvania. Zane has accomplished a lot already, (including section-hiking the entire AT with his...
#20 - Scott Benerofe | Winter Appalahian Trail Thru-Hike
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Benerofe is a thru-hiker and peak bagger from the northeast who is currently based out of Vermont. Scott hiked the Long Trail in 2016, the AT in...
#19 - Ask Me Anything #1
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The past week I've been moving to a new place and starting medical school, so things have been incredibly busy! I din't have time to schedul...
#18 - Liz "Mercury" Derstine | Self-Supported Long Trail FKT
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Liz "Mercury" Derstine is a distance athlete and professional musician. She has some incredible efforts under her belt, including the northb...
#17 - Alyssa Godesky | The Two Fastest on the New Hampshire 4,000 Footers
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alyssa Godesky is a professional triathlete and endurance athlete based in the northeast. She Holds the women's supported FKTs on the Long Trail ...
#16 - Stefanie Bishop | Death Races, FKTs, and the Speed Project (oh my!)
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stef Bishop is an accomplished ultra-endurance athlete based out of Long Island. She has performed at the highest level in multiple disciplines of end...
#15 - Jack Kuenzle | White Mountains 100 FKT
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Kuenzle is an endurance athlete and coach for Uphill Athlete who travels around smashing some of the largest FKTs out there. In this episode we t...
#14 - Whitney Pearson and the Pemidential FKT
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whitney Pearson is a long distance hiker, peak bagger, and distance athlete based out of the White Mountains. She holds some awesome unsupported FKTs,...
#13 - New Hampshire 48 Supported FKT
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Beginning on July 19th, Xander Keiter and I - along with a large support crew - set out to try to set the fastest known time for the New Hampshire 4,0...
#12 - Philip Carcia | Part 2 - Single Season White Mountains Guide Pre-Hike
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Carcia is a distance athlete, hiker, backpacker, content creator, and lover of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. As of June 21st, Philip ha...
#11 - Philip Carcia | Part 1 - Single Season White Mountains Guide Pre-Hike Conversation
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Carcia is a distance athlete, hiker, backpacker, content creator, and lover of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. On June 21st, Philip will ...
#10 - Shane Moore
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shane Moore is a backpacker, surfer, and swimmer. Shane and I have been friends since highschool and hiked over 1,400 miles of the Appalachian Trail t...
#9 - Ben Peterson
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Peterson is a backpacker, 2021 Appalachian Trail thru-hiker, and my older brother. Listen this week as we discuss our different hiking adventures ...
#8 - From The Trail - New England Direttissima Part 3
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
First, yes I know it's May 18th and not April 18th. I apologize for my idiocy. This week I ramble about a few more days on the New England Dirett...
#7 - From The Trail - New England Direttissima Part 2
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week I ramble about my second week on (but mostly off) the New England Direttissima. Follow along for broken gear, scraped up legs, and graduatio...
#6 - From The Trail - New England Direttissima Part 1
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week I ramble about my first few days on the New England Direttissima, a thru-hike of the New England 67 4,000 footers. Sorry about the quality o...
#5 - K. Mac Guthrie
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mac is an ultra runner, backcountry skier, skimo racer, and soon-to-be graduate of Northeastern University. She has run a 100K on the Florida Trail, a...
#4 - The New England Direttissima
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Will rambles about the New England Direttissima, seasonal allergies, skiing Mount Washington, physical therapy, and more. Send an email to fromtheback...
#3 - Zach McCarthy
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Zach McCarthy is an outdoor adventurer from Western Maine. He is an experienced backcountry skier, trail runner, and ultra runner. He is also the foun...
#2 - Adam Ribeiro
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Ribeiro is an endurance athlete, climber, ultra runner, and all around athlete. He has competed successfully in many athletic competitions rangin...
#1 - Xander Keiter
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Xander Keiter is a trail runner and ultra-marathon runner in New England, recent graduate of Boston University, future lawyer, and one of my closest f...