And I know that, you know, all those things are scary and they involve being vulnerable and putting yourself out there and opening yourself up.

But that's absolutely what this world needs.

It's just a few more people willing to really, really go for bat for the issues in a way that's more than just performative and is deeply empathetic and informed around the issues.

Hey folks, doing something a little bit new for this intro. I'm recording outside.

You can hear the birds. You can hear the crickets. It's a beautiful day. You might hear a car or two as well. I'm on my back porch. But,

you know, it's kind of appropriate for this episode because it's all about how do we take care

of the planet as athletes, as adventure athletes, because if you plan on using this planet to have adventures,

you should also plan on taking care of it. And that quote is actually from Zoe Rome,

the person I'm interviewing today. And this episode is from Without Compromise,

my other show that I host through Athletic Brewing Company. We release this episode the day after Earth Day to talk

about how do we take care of the planet as athletes? What are the most important things we can do?

Is it, you know, using metal straws or is it something more? Is it calling representatives of our

states to tell them we support certain, you know, certain bills,

certain legislation to help the planet.

So she's an editor for Trail Running Magazine and has written for tons and tons of different

publications.

And I thought it would make a really good episode for our show.

But before we get started, sorry, you can probably hear my dog tapping his toes around on the porch.

Oh, well, we're outside.

So before we get started, I wanted to make you aware of today's sponsor is Restoration Depot.

If you can't tell, I'm pretty tired right now.

I'm doing this pretty early in the morning. And Restoration Depot

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