Ep. 41 - Emma Flukes, a scenic trip to Hell
Bikes or Death
Patrick Farnsworth
4.8 • 563 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2020
⏱️ 129 minutes
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Summary
Emma Flukes doesn't shy away from a challenge. In fact, she seeks them out and seems to thrive there. She is the brainchild behind the twisted, grueling, unsanctioned, unsupported, route described as "a scenic trip to Hell", and known as Tassie Gift. In Nov. of 2019 she and a handful of other lunatics set out to test themselves in some truly unprecedented weather making the 1,100 miles and 125,000 ft. of climbing even more challenging. As I followed along as a dot watcher and instagram stalker I was surprised and impressed by Emma's attitude, she seemed completely unphased by any of it, and at some times seemed to thrive. After the race we started chatting about recording a podcast, but it took several months (my fault) before I was able to peel back what was really going on behind the veil of instagram.
A month ago she participated in and took second at the Vic Divide. She chatted with the creator of the race Lewis Cidor on his new podcast Overland Archive. Her telling of the race was much less dramatic that one may expect, but I won't ruin the surprise here. You gotta listen.
I'd recommend that you check out her instagram profile @oneflukeshot before you listen to this one. It's actually pretty insane and will add context as you listen.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Bikes for Death podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | My name is Patrick and I'm your host. |
| 0:06.0 | I hope everyone is doing well, staying safe, practicing very good social distancing and taking this shit seriously. |
| 0:15.0 | I know it is on all of our minds, but hopefully podcasts are a great way to get your mind off of all the |
| 0:24.2 | craziness in the world right now and all the stress and just the mental health of being home |
| 0:32.0 | and distance from your friends and loved ones. I know everybody is adjusting to that. But hopefully this podcast and others |
| 0:40.8 | is a great way to just get a break, relax, remember funner times and look forward to more |
| 0:49.7 | adventures on the horizon, hopefully in the near future. Today's guest is Emma Flukes, who is a person that I've been wanting to interview for quite |
| 1:01.1 | some time. |
| 1:01.7 | I first found out about her just on Instagram. |
| 1:04.7 | She was participating in an event called Tassie's Gift. |
| 1:07.9 | I really enjoyed following along her Instagram stories because the weather was |
| 1:12.5 | terrible and she just had this great, uh, just outlook and perspective and, and a sense of humor about |
| 1:19.2 | the whole thing. And overall, I just, uh, yeah, I, I didn't really, I didn't know her at all. Uh, |
| 1:25.2 | I just kind of got a feel for her from Instagram. I equally enjoyed our |
| 1:30.7 | chat. She is very entertaining, has some great ideas of her own. I really like that she doesn't beat |
| 1:39.8 | to anybody else's drum. She's just doing her own thing she's staying in her lane figuring out what |
| 1:44.9 | works for her and maybe some of that will translate and help some of y'all out there but most importantly |
| 1:50.7 | i think it's it's just a good message to remember to do it your way there's no one right way to do it and |
| 1:56.4 | figure out your own path and find your own happiness. And so it was great. |
| 2:01.3 | It was a great conversation, great perspectives, and I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did. |
| 2:07.5 | We actually chatted for quite some time. |
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