Ep. 1095: Caleb Burns - Guiding in the Cascades

Adventure Sports Podcast

Curt Linville

Sports, Science, Fitness, Nature, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.6 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this conversation, Curt Linville speaks with Caleb Burns, a mountain guide with extensive experience in adventure sports. They discuss the benefits of living an adventure-based lifestyle, the importance of guiding in outdoor activities, and the unique challenges of mountaineering. Caleb shares personal stories that highlight the significance of listening to one's instincts in the outdoors and emphasizes the value of hiring a guide for safety and logistics. The conversation also touches on the emotional and physical challenges of mountaineering and the rewarding experiences it offers. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hi, friends. Thank you for joining the Adventure Sports podcast today.
0:13.0	Today we have Caleb Burns with us. And Caleb Burns is a mountain guide. He's been doing search and rescue for 13 years.
0:24.0	He loves the outdoors and adventure sports, especially mountain biking, rafting, kayaking, skiing, and snowboarding.
0:31.3	He sounds like he's checking all of my boxes, so we're going to have a lot of fun talking about this.
0:35.0	He works with SWS Mountain Guides, and we're going to talk more about their specific program in the second half of the show.
0:44.7	But for starters, we just want to talk about adventure and what it's like to live an adventure-based lifestyle.
0:50.7	So Caleb, welcome to the program.
0:53.6	Thanks for having me. Happy to be here. Oh, you bet.
0:59.4	You know, I was thinking about mountain biking, rafting, kayaking, skiing, snowboarding.
1:05.6	I don't do a lot of the water sports anymore, although I still do. I just don't, it's not a
1:10.7	main focus, but everything's not a main focus,
1:11.3	but everything else is a main focus. And so you and I are really parallel in the sports.
1:17.8	Why is it that you selected those sports in particular to be ones that you enjoy?
1:24.7	I think a lot of it has to be with where I am.
1:28.3	Living where I do, I'm an hour and a half from the beach, I'm an hour and a half from a
1:33.3	14,000 foot peak, and I'm an hour and a half from the deepest lake in North America.
1:38.3	I've got amazing mountain bike trails within 20 minutes drive of where I'm at, and probably
1:43.3	the second most famous river in the lower 48 is literally less than 15 minutes
1:49.1	from my house.
1:50.7	Okay, based on that, let's see if anyone can guess where you are.
1:54.7	That's quite the description.
1:57.1	Okay, we've got the coast.
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