I just love that feeling of, you know, you've got a course, whatever it is, you know,

point A to point B along this line, and it's you and your equipment, and here's your time

and go.

And, you know, there's no support vehicles, there's no, you know, all the hoopla, it's just,

it's just very simple on that. It's just you and your skills and your gear and the route.

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Episode 243, Hefe Branum talks about bike packing and the Colorado Trail Race.

Welcome back to another episode of the Adventure Sports podcast.

This is Travis.

Hefe Branim is originally from Connecticut, but has since transplanted himself to beautiful Gunnison, Colorado, where he spends his workdays as a bike mechanic in his free time,

mountain biking, bikepacking, and endurance racing.

In 2014, Hefe won the 2,700-mile Tour Divide, and he's even won the 500-mile

Colorado Trail Race four times now.

Hefe, welcome to the show.

Thanks.

Thanks for having me.

Appreciate being here.

All right, man, let's jump into it.

So first, I alluded to you growing up in Connecticut.

Let's talk a little bit about that, and what made you transplant yourself to Gunnison, Colorado.

You know, I would say I have a fairly normal background growing up in Connecticut.

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