This week Clint and Dawson discuss plans for a new format being Fall 2024. In the meantime we will pull podcasts from the vault of over 255 episodes. And we will dol a few podcasts when possible. Our goal is to develop a new show format and also do a whole lot of adventuring this Spring, Summer and Fall. Thanks for listening! Find all our episodes at dayfirepodcast.com Powered by: Rock Creek Outfitters - www.rockcreekoutfitters.com Sponsored by: Mountain View Auto Dealers Chattanooga...

Dawson is back in the studio AND he has put together 4 short stories from a few recent episodes that he really likes! So - give them a listen and share! Story 1: Episode 242 - A Couple Screws Loose / Cameron Muilenburg Story 2: Episode 236 - Chris Joice / Single Speed Story 3: Episode 243 - Shifting Gears With Meaghan Hackinen Story 4: Episode 238 - Jay Curwen: Let’s Race Thanks for listening! Find all our episodes at dayfirepodcast.com Sponsored by: Mountain View Auto Dealers Chattanooga...

Dawson is out this week and we were fortunate enough to have Jason Finnell step in and co-host with Clint. Jason is an avid outdoor enthusiast and has been on Day Fire multiple times. Jason invited some of his friends from SORBA (Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association) to join us in-studio. Philip Darden - Executive Director and Jen Flavin - Development Director, stopped by and we talked about SORBA's mission, the challenges, the opportunities, their successes, and much more! It was a fun...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Mitchell Connell. Mitchell is an avid cyclist who splits his time on the bike between commuting, touring, and riding roads, trails, and gravel. As long as Mitchell’s riding bikes with his friends, he’s happy. Mitchell works as a bicycle nonprofit professional and freelance photographer and writer. Mitchell is the founder of Two Bikes Knoxville, Two Bikes Chattanooga and is a contributor to The Radavist. Mitchell has helped grow Two Bikes from a small...

This week Clint and Dawson sat down with three guests, Luke Swab, Matt Schweiker and Michael Kohn . In December 2023, these three friends from Chattanooga Tennessee, packed their bags and bikes for a trip to Nepal to tackle the Annapurna Circuit on bike. Nepal is renowned for being the home of the world’s highest mountains, the Himalayas. The route climbs 33,776 feet over 240 miles and reaches a high point at Thorong La Pass at 17,769 feet. Matt, Luke and Michael came back with stories of...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down and catch up with Shawanna Kendrick. This is the second time we have had Shawanna on the podcast. Shawanna is the Founder and CEO of The Hiking Healing (H2) and Outdoors (O) Life. H2O, as it’s often called, is a licensed business providing a safe space for black women to grow personally as they seek to find a sense of self in nature. Shawanna's organization is based out of Chattanooga Tennessee. Since its inception, H2O has curated spaces for just over...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Meaghan Hackinen. Meaghan is a Kelowna-based writer and ultra-cyclist whose two-wheeled adventures have taken her from Haida Gwaii to Mexico’s high plateaus, across Canada and the United States, and from North Cape to Tarifa along some of Europe’s highest paved roads. Meaghan loves to compete and doesn’t shy away from pushing her limits. She is a Trans Am Bike Race, Transcontinental Race, NorthCape4000, and Paris-Brest-Paris brevet finisher. In 2023,...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Cameron Muilenburg. Cameron is a freelance filmmaker living in Chattanooga. We talk with Cameron about the making of his new award winning film; A Couple Screws Loose. The film is the story about a three day ultra endurance ride in the Cherokee National Forest. Follow Luke Swab and Matt Schweiker as they link together the Dirty 130, Tellico Highlands and the Death March and ride the mileage between the routes. A funny and inspiring film that everyone...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Lisa Randall. Lisa graduated with the highest honors from Georgia Tech in 2000, She worked full time as a civil engineer while juggling a heavy training and racing schedule. She entered the professional mountain bike ranks in 2004 after 2.5 years of racing, but definitely struggled to see results since she was trying to train at the pro level while working full time. In 2006, she discovered a new addiction, Adventure Racing, and has competed in dozens...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Tim Morgan. Tim is the Chief Sports Officer at Chattanooga Sports, a division of Chattanooga Tourism Co. We talk about the Chattanooga Marathon on March 1-3 weekend 2024. We dive into some of the details of the event and what it takes to host a highly successful event in downtown Chattanooga Tennessee. Tim says thank you to all the hundreds of volunteers it takes to host this event and also all the agencies involved. We also talk about the course and...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Katrine Hase. Katrine last summer "2023 set out on her bicycle from Jasper, Alberta Canada to ride to Antelope Wells, New Mexico along the Great Divide. Katrine did this amazing trip because she wanted to do something epic to celebrate her 50th year on the planet and her 10th year of sobriety. What better way than to spend two months in the mountains cycling? With the support of family she sets off on this solo journey. Her journey on the Great Divide...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Jay Curwen. Jay is a veteran of hundreds of races...he has been fortunate enough to find his way to the front many times...from ice hockey, pole vaulting, cross country and swimming in high school & college, to a stint as a professional triathlete with 2 Ironman World Championship finishes and several US team appearances...as well as 3 USA Triathlon AG National titles...and finally a USARA National Championship in adventure racing. Jay is also the...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Moose Mutlow. Moose has nearly 4 decades of traditional and alternative education experience around the globe. He has course directed 58-day Outward Bound instructor trainings in Appalachia, been a deputy headmaster in the Kalahari Desert, managed a beach concession on the Mediterranean, slogged through Australian rain forests with middle school students, juggled as a street performer in too many cities to mention, has more than 2000 days of field...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Chris Joice. Chris's talents range from snowboarding to backpacking but the bike has been his passion since 2010. Chris has been a single speeder since 2012 and an endurance rider since 2013. He has raced Dirty Kanza 200, riden the Co trail, raced the TNGA, the adventure/pisgah exposure, Hurican 300, AMLX (512), Unbound XL 350, Trans Virgina 500, Arkansas High Country 1000 and many other gravel and mountain bike races. He loves mapping out new routes...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Robyn Carlton who is the CEO of the Lookout Mountain Conservancy in Chattanooga Tn. Robyn's leadership and her talented staff are responsible for an amazing Partnership with the Howard School which began in 2012. The program has grown from 5 to 18 students and are ready to expand to 30 as soon as the funding is possible. What began as a few students helping with trail development over a Christmas break has become a model of how conservation can be used...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Jim Donini. It is only fitting that we caught up with Jim in who knows where, packing for another climbing trip. Our recording is a bit gritty but fitting for our guest. Jim has been setting new free-climbing standards in Yosemite Valley in the early seventies, Jim Donini’s career has continued by pioneering hard alpine climbing in Patagonia, Alaska, Karakoram Himalaya, China, Peru, Venezuela and Antarctica. A former Exum guide and a founder of...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Chris and Sara who are a husband and wife traveling duo who share their adventures through YouTube, podcasting, blogging and Instagram helping others pursue a life outside of the normal 9-5 hustle. Currently they are preparing their 1988 Toyota LandCruiser to ship to Argentina to begin overlanding in South America. We talk about travel tips, share adventures and learn about their new upcoming adventure. Thanks for listening! Find all our episodes at...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Meg Landymore. Meg is an ultrarunner, wife, mom of two, military veteran, small business owner, physician assistant and ultrarunning coach. She has been a runner for twenty years and has been running ultra marathons for eleven of them. Meg has set course records and podiumed at a number of races of distances ranging from 50K up to a FKT of the 144 mile Double S.C.A.R. and recently on the Appalachian High Route ~345 miles. Finally, she has run the...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Laura Killingbeck. Since age 18, Laura has traveled tens of thousands of miles by bike, foot, thumb, and boat; listening to peoples’ stories, moving through landscapes, and seeking to understand patterns of human nature. In between journeys, she lived and worked for 13 years in experimental communities in the U.S. and Central America. For most of that time she lived in tiny houses, usually off-grid or low-grid, without WiFi or running water. She...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Carey Lowery and talk adventure and bike racing with one of the most accomplished understated people we have had on the podcast; "and we have had many extraordinary folks on the show". Carey is a veteran that served 9 months during Operation Desert Storm (1990-1991) in Saudi Arabia and Iraq. When not racing her bike, attempting FKT's, doing adventure races or just having a long day in the mountains Carey is a Veterinarian in Athens Tennessee who is...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Carey Lowery and talk adventure and bike racing with one of the most accomplished understated people we have had on the podcast; "and we have had many extraordinary folks on the show". Carey is a veteran that served 9 months during Operation Desert Storm (1990-1991) in Saudi Arabia and Iraq. When not racing her bike, attempting FKT's, doing adventure races or just having a long day in the mountains Carey is a Veterinarian in Athens Tennessee who is...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Katie Thornton. Katie is an avid angler and fly fishing guide based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. As a former Fishing Manager for Orvis, she began On the Fly Outings to share the art of fly fishing through excursions and guided instruction. There is nothing she has found more enriching than sharing the soulful art of fly fishing. She began fly fishing as a kid with her dad in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It was something special they could share and make...

This week Clint and Dawson have Tara Dower back on the podcast. Tara's list of FKT's and ultra runs podiums is becoming very long. Some of Tara's 2023 results; Run Rabbit Run, 100 mile hares 1st female; Hellbender 100 1st female; Ohio's Backyard Ultra overall 6th; Devil Dog 100 Ultra Dec 2022 1st overall. We talked with her about her July 2023 fkt on the Colorado Trail. Her supported results were 8d 21h 59m. Her journey is amazing and started with a partner Liz Derstine but shifted after 3...

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Mary Cates. From track and field and cross country trails to 100 mile mountain races with a little television producing career sandwiched in between, Mary Cates has been a part of the running community most of her life. Most recently, she won the Yeti 100 Endurance run as first female and second place overall with a time of 17 hours. She’s currently a coach with over 100 athletes and she’s still racing on roads and trails all over the southeast. You...