Death Hike Recap — 90+ miles, 21k of climbing, and we survived...

The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

by Exo Mtn Gear

Sports, Sports:wilderness, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2018

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

This was the fourth year that Exo Mtn Gear co-founders, Steve Speck and Lenny Nelson, gathered a group of guys to embark upon a challenging hike nicknamed “The Death Hike”. The hike has changed each year — the location, the distance, the terrain, and the participants. This year, thirty-one crazy fools showed-up to hike 90+ miles through some of Idaho’s most beautiful and rugged mountains. In the end, we hiked 92.5 miles and climbed over 21,000 feet in elevation. Some of us took a few detours (got lost) and hiked even more. null of the past Death Hikes had been easy; but none of them could come close to this year’s distance and total vertical. Of the thirty-one that started, twenty-one completed each and every mile of the hike. Those other ten gents either dropped-out completely or sat-out portions of the hike. For more information about the hike, including detailed gear and food lists, a What's In My Pack video, and more, visit http://ExoMountainGear.com/133

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0:00.0	I did go like completely rogue and wore a brand new pair of underwear I've never worn before on the hike.
0:05.0	Which was super cute by the way.
0:06.5	Yeah, they were.
0:09.0	A little blue and gray striped undies.
0:25.0	Welcome to the Huntback Country Podcast, presented by Exo Mountain Gear.
0:29.5	This podcast and the gear that we produce at Exo Mountain Gear share the same purpose.
0:34.5	To make you more capable, confident and successful Backcountry Hunter.
0:39.5	This show is all about providing you with valuable information from experienced hunters.
0:43.5	So learn more about the podcast or about our Backcountry Hunting Packs.
0:47.5	Visit exo-mountaingear.com
1:00.5	We'll welcome to this episode.
1:04.5	This is number 133.
1:07.5	And we are recapping the death hike that a bunch of us just recently completed last week is this is published.
1:14.5	So this episode is going to be a bit different.
1:16.5	Steve and I kick off the episode talking about the death hike, what it is, some of the gear that we used,
1:21.5	the nutrition approach that we took, the lessons that we learned.
1:26.5	So we can cover it from our perspective.
1:28.5	But then we in the second half of the show wanted to hear about the other guys.
1:33.5	So we had 31 guys start the death hike.
1:36.5	21 of those guys completed all 90 plus miles and 21,000 plus feet of climbing.
1:43.5	And we wanted to hear their stories.
1:45.5	So what worked for them?
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