Ep. 1125: Biking from Alaska to Argentina with Leanna Carriere and Dr. Timm Dobert
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 580 Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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In this episode, Curt interviews Dr. Tim Dobert and Leanna Carriere about their ambitious project, Wings of Survival, which involves a bike tour from Alaska to Patagonia following the migratory path of the Whimbrel coastal bird. They discuss their athletic backgrounds, the motivations behind their journey, the importance of environmental conservation, and the impact of storytelling in raising awareness about environmental care. The conversation highlights their previous adventures, the planning and preparation for their upcoming expedition, and the significance of community engagement and personal connections during their travels.
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| 0:00.0 | Episode 1,125 biking from Alaska to Argentina for wings of survival and sports for nature athletes. |
| 0:16.0 | You're listening to the Adventure Sports Podcast. We talk with adventurers from around the globe to bring you the inspiration and motivation you need to get started in the outdoors or to keep you moving if you're already there. |
| 0:28.2 | Now here's your host, Kurt Linville. |
| 0:30.4 | Hello, friends, and welcome to the Adventure Sports Podcast. |
| 0:33.9 | Today I have a couple here, Dr. Tim Duhlbert, and he'll pronounce it correctly in a minute, |
| 0:40.1 | and Leanna Carrier, and she can pronounce that correctly in a minute, |
| 0:44.7 | and the two of them have teamed up on a project they're calling the Wings of Survival, |
| 0:51.1 | and they are planning an epic bike touring trip from northern Alaska down to southern |
| 0:58.0 | Argentina I guess Ushuayas so anyway that's coming up but in preparation for that they've already |
| 1:03.8 | biked all the way across Canada done a lot of amazing exploits and they're doing this for a very |
| 1:09.7 | special cause so I'm excited to find |
| 1:12.0 | out more about that today with you so tim and leanna welcome to the program thanks for having us |
| 1:18.2 | thanks so much both of you are our adventurers and athletes of your own right prior to taking on |
| 1:25.2 | this project so we probably should find out the backstory. Lianna, |
| 1:28.9 | why don't we start with you? Sure. Yeah, I'm born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, was a track |
| 1:34.6 | and field athlete for Canada. I competed in the women's pole vault internationally and then |
| 1:41.0 | became Canada's first female decathlete. Yeah, shortly after that, I had my daughter. |
| 1:46.9 | I have an eight-year-old daughter, and I kind of took to endurance sports |
| 1:50.8 | so I could balance my mom life, my training life, pushing the stroller or letting her sleep |
| 1:56.3 | and being on the bike. |
| 1:57.8 | And I started exploring multi-events, but in the endurance side so swim bike run triathlons I was |
| 2:04.1 | inspired to do iron mants because I loved the the mental push I really like pushing my body to |
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