{"podcast":{"title":"Wild Ideas Worth Living","slug":"wild-ideas-worth-living-481079","podcast_index_feed_id":481079,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/pyeGnjub","website_url":"https://www.rei.com/wildideasworthliving","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/55852e43-a0a4-463c-b9dd-a679b5897ab8/e880e160-ab03-4b27-8180-e15aacfd5b1b/3000x3000/wiwl-refresh-2024-key-art.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"REI Co-op","episode_count":427,"summary":"High-impact interviews for those who love adventure and the outdoors. Host and journalist Shelby Stanger interviews world-class explorers, athletes, authors, scientists, health experts and entrepreneurs about how they’ve taken their own wild ideas and made them a reality, so you can too. Some of the wildest ideas can lead to the most rewarding adventures.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T20:19:51.167992+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-ideas-worth-living-481079"},"episode":{"title":"Big Wall Climbing and Ultrarunning with Thomas Bukowski","slug":"big-wall-climbing-and-ultrarunning-with-thomas-bukowski","published_at":"2026-03-24T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-ideas-worth-living-481079/big-wall-climbing-and-ultrarunning-with-thomas-bukowski","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-ideas-worth-living-481079","url":"https://www.rei.com/wildideasworthliving","audio_url":"https://afp-941004-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/32ddc983-385c-47d5-ac70-165c3c8c5922/episodes/b008a2b5-92fb-409f-ad89-ee7a8f152221/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=32ddc983-385c-47d5-ac70-165c3c8c5922&awEpisodeId=b008a2b5-92fb-409f-ad89-ee7a8f152221&feed=pyeGnjub","summary":"In 2022, Thomas Bukowski took a risk that felt personal and professional by applying to The North Face athlete development program and pitching himself as a climber worth betting on. As a queer athlete from Hong Kong who found climbing later than most, he has long carried the feeling of being an outsider, then watched that narrative shift when he earned a place on The North Face climbing team. Since then, he has chased fear into major climbs in Argentina, Alaska, and Pakistan, and in 2024 he pushed into trail running by running the 211 mile John Muir Trail in four days.","meta_description":"In 2022, Thomas Bukowski took a risk that felt personal and professional by applying to The North Face athlete development program and pitching himself as…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1583,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wild-ideas-worth-living-481079/episodes/big-wall-climbing-and-ultrarunning-with-thomas-bukowski/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-ideas-worth-living-481079/big-wall-climbing-and-ultrarunning-with-thomas-bukowski.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}