Mike and Jason head to Portland, Oregon for the ultimate mountain adventure. They’ll attempt the first known summit and circumnavigation of Mount Hood, a brutal 42 mile tour of the mountain, within a 24 hour period.
The Jackson Hole Picnic is an unofficial triathlon attempted by some of the most elite athletes in the world. It entails a 24 mile bike ride, a 1.5 mile alpine lake swim, then a summit of the Grand Teton before turning around and doing it all in reverse on their way back to town.
The guys head home to Boston and into the White Mountains, where they first cut their teeth. The mission is to complete the Presidential Traverse in a single day, taking in all 10 summits -- including Mount Washington where the strongest winds in American history have been recorded -- before getting Jason back on a plane to make it home for his daughter’s 2nd birthday.
Mike and Jason head down to Zion National Park to take on one of the most famous big wall routes in the world the Moonlight Buttress. Towering 1200 feet over the valley floor, the Moonlight Buttress offers pitch after pitch of exposed crack climbing in one of the beautiful parks in the country. After a hard day of climbing, and a sleepless night on the wall, the boys have to dig deep to make the final ascent.
For this mission, Mike and Jason head to the remote Utah Desert to take on a variation of the Stone House Lands Bikepacking loop. Their goal is to cover over 160 miles on bikes in just 2 days. This will be a massive push on back roads and rugged terrain that winds through the otherworldly landscape of the San Rafael Swell. Battling bike mechanical issues, freezing cold temps, and sheer distance forces the guys to think on their feet to get this mission done. This time Monday might beat them.
On this mission, Mike and Jason head to Maui for a Sea to Sky to Sea multisport mission. Starting on the southern coast, the boys will run 20 miles and 10,000 feet to the summit of Haleakala and then hop on downhill mountain bikes for a thrilling 35 mile, 10,000ft descent to the northern coast. The following day, the guys meet up with a pro surfer Niccolo Porcella to attempt a downwind, open ocean, standup paddle adventure.
Mike and Jason head out on a hiking and packrafting mission of the Sawtooth Range in central Idaho. First, they’ll trek 30 miles across the stunning high alpine mountains before rafting down the challenging class two and three rapids of the Salmon River to finish the weekend.
Mike and Jason return to Mexico to take on its highest point, the 18,000-foot dormant volcano Pico De Orizaba. First, they'll attempt to summit the peak under brutal weather conditions. Then, on day 2, they'll challenge themselves to run the new 33-mile, high-altitude trail that circumnavigates the mountain called the Gran Sendero Pico De Orizaba.
Mike and Jason take on the infamous Mount Whitney Low to High. They'll bike over 142 Miles with 17,000 Feet of elevation gain from Badwater Basin, the lowest point in the United States, to Whitney Portal before getting off their bikes and climbing another 7 Miles and 6000 feet to Summit Mount Whitney, the highest point in the lower 48 states.
Mike and Jason head into the San Juan Mountains backcountry in Southwest Colorado to take on the Million Dollar Ski Traverse. Named after Colorado's million dollar highway 550, this mission consists of 25 miles of skiing with over 10,000 feet of elevation gain across the beautiful yet dangerous mountain terrain. This challenge will be especially difficult with avalanche dangers, extreme weather, and tough navigation.
Mike and Jason meet up with friend and adaptive athlete Dan Kosick to take on the Grand Cayon's Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim Traverse. It's a roughly 42-mile trail run with over 11,000 feet of elevation change. 100 degree temperatures and the fact that the guys are trying to complete the double traverse in under 24 hours will push them to their limits. The Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim is a classic crossing of one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the world… twice.
Mike and Jason head to Nevada to explore the trails and mountains around the beautiful Lake Tahoe. They plan to ride a 125-mile loop around the lake while reliving memories of past missions in the area. Going earlier in the season means brutal high winds, cool temperatures, and snow on this challenge—find out how they handle some gnarly hike and bike situations.
Mike and Jason head to Acadia National Park in Maine to take on the Acadia Peaks Traverse. It's roughly 65-mile trail run with over 18,000 feet of elevation change and summits all 42 peaks of Acadia’s rugged landscape. While the highest summit is only 1,500 feet the mission will be extremely challenging due to the rugged terrain, tough navigation, an unrelenting ups and downs of the forest.
Vermont has more breweries per capita than any other state in the U.S.; so it only makes sense that Vermont would have a 255-mile bikepacking route with dozens of breweries and restaurants along the way. Mike and Jason head to to the Green Mountain Gravel Growler with NFL linebacker, Dhani Jones, to attempt 160 miles of the course.
Mike and Jason head to Yosemite National Park to take on the Tuolumne Triple Crown. This route is a roughly 11 mile technical rock climbing traverse & scramble that crosses three iconic peaks, Tenaya, Matthes Crest and Cathedral Peak. They’ll follow up the triple crown on day 2 with a 17 mile long trail run to take them from Tenaya Lake trailhead down into Yosemite valley.