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Adventure Sports Podcast

Ep. 338: Backcountry Skiing and Mountain Biking - Jeremy Benson

Adventure Sports Podcast

Curt Linville

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

4.6579 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

On today's show, we're talking backcountry skiiing, snowboarding and mountain biking in Lake Tahoe, CA. Author and sponsored athlete, Jeremy Benson, joins Curt to talk about the fun there is to be had with these adventure sports as well as the books he has written on them.

Books:

"Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes: California" 

http://amzn.to/2EaZOXg

"Mountain Bike Tahoe: 50 Select Singletrack Routes"  

http://amzn.to/2qveBKh

 

 

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You know, some of my other favorite days are the big spring touring days down on the east side

0:05.3

where you're skiing 8,000 vert runs, you know, from 13 plus to 14,000 feet,

0:12.3

down to the high desert in the sagebrush at 7,000 feet.

0:15.8

Episode 338, skiing, snowboarding, and mountain biking with Jeremy Benson.

0:20.3

You're listening to the Adventure Sports podcast brought to you by 180 Tech. 38, skiing, snowboarding, and mountain biking with Jeremy Benson.

0:24.8

You're listening to the Adventure Sports podcast, brought to you by 180 Tech.

0:28.9

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.

0:33.3

Now here's your host, Kurt Lindville.

0:38.3

Everyone, thanks again for listening in to the Adventure Sports podcast. Kurt here.

0:43.4

Hey, today I have Jeremy Benson with us, and Jeremy is a sponsored skier.

0:49.6

He's also a mountain bike racer.

0:51.7

He's out in Tahoe, living the dream.

0:56.2

And so Jeremy grew up in Connecticut,

1:01.4

and after college, he and a bunch of his college buddies moved to Tahoe, and Jeremy has been there for quite a while now, sorting out how to live an adventure-based lifestyle. He's also the author

1:08.6

of a couple of books, Backcountry ski and snowboard routes of

1:13.4

California, and also mountain bike Tahoe. Both of these books came out this year, which is really

1:20.3

awesome. Jeremy, welcome to the program. Thank you for having me. It's nice to be here. Yeah,

1:25.9

man, it's our pleasure so i got to hear

1:28.7

this story a little bit of the back story so you grew up in connecticut and you uh went to college

1:34.4

and then a bunch of your buddies and you came out to tahoe so you know that's that's bullet points

1:39.4

but what got you think in tahoe uh the tahoe thing was sort of, it just sort of happened.

1:47.7

A friend of mine in college, her older brother was already living out in Lake Tahoe.

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