
Alpine Start
Professional Mountain Athlete, Grace Staberg, explores the limits of human performance and life outside of sport with some of the biggest names in the endurance scene.
Episodes
38 episodes
Pascal Egli: Swiss Mountain Runner, Ski Mountaineer and Glaciology PhD
Pascal Egli is a swiss mountain runner and ski mountaineer for Dynafit. He has won a number of skyraces in Europe, the US and South America. He is a lecturer at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim and has earned a...
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Rachel Pohl || Artist, Entrepreneur and Adventurer
Rachel Pohl is many things: a professional artist, an entrepreneur and an outdoor athlete. Originally from Bozeman, Montana, her and her husband recently relocated to the Lofoten Islands in Norway. Rachel has carved out a niche for ...
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Hadley Hammer || Professional Skier and Writer
Hadley and I talk about growing up in the Tetons, competing on the Freeride World Tour, transitioning to filming, greiving loss in the mountains, moving to Europe, letting creativity shine through and much more. Hadley joined the Fr...
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1:14:42

John Croom: On professional cycling, trade teams and a new career in retirement
John Croom is a former professional track cyclist for Team USA. He is an 8X National Champion, Pan American Games Champion and National Record holder. Additionally he’s is a coach and the owner of the Chaney Windows and Doors UCI Track Trade t...
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Scott Johnston | Co-Author of Training For The Uphill Athlete and Owner of Evoke Endurance
Scott Johnston is the co-author of Training For The New Alpinism and Training For The Uphill Athlete. He was a co-owner of the coaching buisness, Uphill Athlete, and now owns the Evoke Endurance coaching buisness. Scott has a backgr...
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1:16:20

Endurance Dispatch || Episode 1 with Nikki LaRochelle
Welcome to endurance dispatch with Nikki Larochelle and Grace Staberg. Find conversation on the latest happenings in the mountain endurance sports world, ramblings on the future of sport and plenty of "origins unclear" banter. We hope you enjo...
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Nicole Gasparini: Professional Swiss Mogul Skier
Niki is a 25 year old professional mogul skier from Cadro, Switzerland. She competed on the World Cup for about 10 years with her first World Cup start in 2013. During the 2015/16 season, she won the overall standing of the European Cup. She also ...
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Adam Campbell | On Moving Through Mountains + Moving Through Grief
Adam Campbell is a professional mountain athlete for Arcteryx, with podium finishes at the Hardrock 100, CCC 100K, Ultra Trail Mount Fuji and the Squamish 50. He now calls the Canadian Rockies home and has also competed for the Canadian National S...
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1:43:00

Brendan Leonard: Semi-Rad on Creativity and Hating (Loving) Running
Brendan is the creator of Semi-Rad.com, a freelance writer and illustrator. His art has long held the hearts of those who love getting outside to work hard but don't take themselves too seriously. He's also a contributing editor at Adventure Journ...
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1:00:19

Mike Foote: Pro Ultrarunner and Ski Mountaineer for the North Face
Mike has had incredible longevity as an athlete and has won the Bear 100, finished 2nd at the Hardrock 100 3 times, finished 3rd at UTMB in 2012 and been the first American male at UTMB. He's also been on the US National Skimo Team and holds the N...
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1:03:48

Pro Nordic Skiing, the Transalpine and Finding your Niche with Leah Lange
Leah Lange joins us from her home in Bozeman, Montana to discuss her career as a professional nordic skier with the BSF Pro Team. What she liked, why she ultimately left, and what she's up to now. We also discuss our race together at the TransAlpi...
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1:15:40

Alayna Sonnesyn: Professional Nordic Skier, SMS T2 Elite Team
Alayna is a nordic skier for the SMS T2 Elite team and joins us on an afternoon off of summer training. Originally from Minnesota, she skied for the university of Vermont and earned her degree while doing so. We talk about her development as a nor...
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Jake Black on Climate Policy, Advocacy and Protect our Winters
Jake is the Director of Programs at Protect Our Winters. He first joined the Athlete Alliance in 2012 while pursing a career as a professional snowboarder. He then worked as a writer and photographer on the subject of sustainability and climate in...
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Hannah Allgood: Gorge Waterfalls 100K Winner on Running, Sponsors and Redefining our Relationship to our Bodies
Hannah Allgood is a Sports Medicine PT from Colorado Springs, Colorado. This Spring, she won the Gorge Waterfalls 100k in a very competitive field. She has recently signed on as a Dynafit athlete with big goals at races like CCC in August of 2022....
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1:10:33

TJ David: The Infinite Game, Skiing Professionally + Living Authentically
TJ David is a Colorado-based endurance athlete, professional skier and owner/coach at Microcosm Coaching. His relationship to the brand marketing and content creation side of being a professional athlete has evolved over time, as has his athletic ...
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Abby Levene on Collegiate Running, Professional Contracts and Cultivating Creativity
Abby was a D1 distance runner at Princeton and CU Boulder, turned pro triathlete, turned pro runner for adidas, turned free agent. She also works for Gaia GPS and Outside Inc, is Co-Host of the Outspoken Podcast and is the picture of integrating c...
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1:24:27

Mike Ambrose: Product Marketing/Development for Salomon HQ
Mike Ambrose is the Product Line Manager for Salomon and has worked on projects like the recent Ultra Glide trail shoe. For the past three years, he has been living in Annecy to work at Salomon HQ and just recently relocated back to Utah. Mike him...
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Teague Holmes on Big Objectives, Overcoming Adversity and Mountain Culture
A professional skier, experienced mountaineer and paraglider, Teague offers his perspective on big goals, risk management, decision making and the beauty of the environments we recreate in. We also discuss overcoming mental and physical adversi...
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Lindsay Webster: 3X Spartan World Champion and Endurance Athlete
Lindsay is arguably the best female OCR racer out there. She’s won the Spartan World Championships 3 times, and is the only one to have been able to do so. She has an incredible number of podium finishes in OCR and has also been competitive as a r...
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Dakota Jones: Professional Ultrarunner and Climate Activist
Dakota is a professional ultrarunner, with wins at notable races like Transvulcania, Pikes Peak Marathon, San Juan Solstice 50 Miler, Broken Arrow Skyrace and the Lake Sonoma 50 to name a few. He's also placed 2nd at the Hardrock 100 and will be r...
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John Gaston: Strafe Co-Founder + US National Team Member
The co-founder of Strafe Outerwear, John Gaston has established himself as one of, if not the most, dominant American skimo racers. With multiple National titles, World Cup finishes and Grand Course races to his name, Gaston has helped pave the wa...
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Ross Herr: Director of Sales and Marketing for Oberalp North America
Oberalp North America operates the Salewa, Dynafit, Wild Country, Pomoca, and Evolv brands in the U.S. and Canada. Herr and I discuss his work with the brand, industry trends, marketing to different consumer bases and his own personal evolution as...
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Katie Schide + Germain Grangier: Professional Ultrarunners and Mountain Athletes
Katie and Germain both have top-10 finishes at UTMB and have won races like the UTCAM, MIUT and the Swissalpine Marathon. Together, the pair traversed from Cervinia to Chamonix in 3 days along the summer Haute Route. The project, which they com...
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Davide Giardini on Pro-Triathlon, Boulder Skimo and Italian Roots
Originally from Lago di Garda, Davide Giardini’s athletic background ranges from FIS skiing to pro triathlon where he achieved 4 pro wins, dozens of podiums, and a World Championship top 10 representing Team USA. After retiring from pro t...
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Rory Kelly: USA Skimo Comedian + Software Engineer
Rory Kelly is one of America’s most beloved skimo racers in the humor department. A former Cat-1 cyclist, he's incredibly fast on skis and has notable performances in World Cup skimo races, at the Skimo World Championships and in teams races li...
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