I really didn't set the record for other people to see it.

I would have been honestly happy if nobody knew because it makes it so much harder what everyone's watching and everyone was watching, it seemed like.

I'm really happy that I can share what I've learned, but the actual motivation and outcome is very internal.

In his daily life, Dan Hobbs is a pretty normal guy.

He lives in Minnesota, works as a chief revenue officer, and he's a dad to two kids.

People who see him at the grocery store or at a PTA meeting

would never guess that Dan is a record-breaking mountain athlete. I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is

wild it is worth living, an REI Co-Up Studios production brought to you by Capital One.

In 2022, Dan Hobbs set the record for the fastest self-supported person

to climb every 14er in Colorado. For those who don't know, a 14er is a mountain that exceeds

14,000 feet in elevation. These incredibly tall peaks have a certain allure for mountain athletes.

Many of them require technical skills and are exposed with little protection from the elements.

In Colorado, there are 58 14ers. Dan Hobbs climbed every single one of them in 14 days.

To put that into perspective, that's like climbing a mountain every five

hours for two weeks straight. Dan Hobbs, welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living. You have a beautiful story,

and yeah, you're a stud. All 58-14ers fastest known time. I'm stoked to have you on.

Yeah, thank you. I'm super excited about this.

Thanks for having me. And yeah, that's great to meet you. So you're not like a professional athlete.

You're not a full-time adventure. Most people who break records that involve running and climbing

have been climbers since they were kids. Yeah, yeah, but it's definitely a different story for me. You know, I grew up on a farm

in Wisconsin. So, you know, I worked hard, but I had never done a single competitive sport. I'd

never been on a team for anything. I've never ran. I mean, honestly, until I was 27, I don't think

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