Wild Ideas Worth Living – Details, episodes & analysis

Joe and Ann Evermore live in Colorado and they take wild parenting to a whole new level. Their kids are five, eight and 10, and each of them is a skilled hiker and rock climber. In 2022, their oldest son Sam became the youngest person to climb El Capitan via rope ascent. 

Connect with Sam & Joe: 

• Website 
• Instagram 

If you enjoyed this episode: 

• Listen to Raising Kids Wildly 

Thank you to our sponsors: 

• Capital One: Check out the REI Co-op Mastercard program and learn about local REI Fund grantees
• Honey Stinger

Taku Kondo makes delicious meals outside with ingredients that he forages or catches in the wild. He documents his cooking creations on his YouTube channel, Outdoor Chef Life, which features videos of Taku harvesting the ingredients and preparing meals back at camp.

Connect with Taku: 

• Outdoor Chef Life YouTube channel
• Website
• Instagram
• Jocelyn & Taku's YouTube, Instagram & website 

Thank you to our sponsors: 

• Capital One: Check out the REI Co-op Mastercard program and learn about local REI Fund grantees
• Honey Stinger

Galen Kirkpatrick is a world class paraglider - in 2022 she was the FAI Women’s Pan-American Paragliding Champion, and in 2023 she became the overall US National Champion. Paragliding has become a vehicle for Galen to get in touch with herself and see the world from a new perspective.

Connect with Galen: 

• Instagram

Thank you to our sponsors: 

• Capital One: Check out the REI Co-op Mastercard program and learn about local REI Fund grantees
• Allbirds

Rue Mapp spent her youth swimming in creeks and playing on her family’s ranch in California. As she got older, Rue explored new ways to get outside and enjoy nature, but she didn’t see many other Black people in the outdoor spaces she loved. In 2009, she started a social enterprise called Outdoor Afro. In 2015, Outdoor Afro became a national not-for-profit that celebrates and inspires Black connections and leadership in nature. Now, Outdoor Afro, Inc. is releasing a clothing line in collaboration with REI Co-op that honors the history of Black people in the outdoors and celebrates Black joy.

Shop – Outdoor Afro Inc. + REI Co-op Hike Collection

Connect with Rue:

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter 

Resources:

• Outdoor Afro Website
• Outdoor Afro Instagram

Listen and Watch:

• "Made Together" Video
• Rue Mapp’s 2018 episode

Episode sponsors:

• Teva
• Sonos

A few years ago, Marley Blonsky bought a bike as a way to get to work. Soon after, she started bike camping and fell in love with the freedom of cycling. Fast forward to 2020, and Marley started All Bodies on Bikes with past guest and fellow body inclusive cyclist Kailey Kornhauser. The pair were featured in a beautiful short film, and they’ve been written about in some of the industry’s most prominent cycling publications. Now, Marley is traveling around the country working with riders and brands to advocate for size inclusivity.

Connect with Marley:

• Marley’s website
• All Bodies on Bikes website
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Marley’s Instagram
• All Bodies on Bike Instagram

Resources:

• Check out the Wild Ideas episode with Kailey Kornhauser, co-founder of All Bodies on Bikes.

Episode sponsor:

• Teva

The day before his 26th birthday, Tom Turcich walked out the door of his home in Haddon Township, NJ. He was setting off to walk around the world. Seven years and over 25,000 miles later, Tom returned home. Four months into his trek, he adopted a dog, Savannah, to keep him company. The pair’s adventure was filled with highs and lows - kindly interactions with strangers, health scares, beautiful scenery, and lots of lessons learned. 

Connect with Tom:

• Website
• Instagram 

More on walking around the world:

• Becoming Someone You're Proud Of with Mike Posner

Sponsor: 

• Sonos 

Over the past few years, alpinist, filmmaker, and climate activist Graham Zimmerman has watched his home in Bend, Oregon get consumed by smoke over and over again. As someone who loves spending time outside, Graham wondered what exactly he could do to help. He created the podcast Wildfire to dig deep and investigate the raging infernos that threaten our homes on planet Earth. 

Connect with Graham:

• Website 
• Instagram 

Resources:

• Check out REI Co-op Studios Wildfire Podcast
• Learn more about Protect Our Winters

Sponsor: 

• Sonos 

The Boogie Board Wave Chasers is a club of women between the ages of 55 and 95. Five days a week, on the beaches of San Diego, these women charge waves, and have the time of their lives. Boogie boarding keeps these women young. It is a workout to swim against the current, hop up on their boards, and get up off the sand. Most of all, together, these women have built a community that cheers them on, in and out of the water.

Learn more about the Boogie Board Wave Chasers: 

• Drew Barrymore Show
• ABC 10

Sponsor: 

• Sonos
   

In 2018, writer and journalist Katie Arnold took the ultrarunning community by surprise when she won one of the toughest ultramarathons in the country, the Leadville 100. When an opportunity arose to compete in this famous 100 mile race, Katie committed to training for Leadville her way. Her training was “unconventional”, but it totally worked. At 46 years old, Katie completed the course with one of the fastest women’s times in race history.

Connect with Katie:

• Website 
• Instagram
• Purchase Katie's book, Running Home
• Twitter
• Facebook

Sponsor: 

• Sonos

Chalk artist David Zinn is known for leaving anonymous work on sidewalks, under rocks, and in other unexpected places. He walks around Ann Arbor, Michigan with a little wooden box of brightly colored chalk. As David strolls the neighborhood, he looks for features of the streetscape– oddly shaped cracks in the pavement or chunks of brick missing from retaining walls– to use in his drawings of whimsical, mischievous little creatures. The lines of the sidewalk become a tightrope for a rabbit to balance on, a sprinkler head becomes the eye of a frog, a pine cone becomes the tail of a cat. 

Connect with David:

• Website 
• Instagram
• TikTok
• Facebook

Sponsor: 

• Sonos