I just started to really feel out of it like very sort of disoriented. I didn't really know what my body was wanting. I was like, God, do I want sleep? Do I just, I can't really eat, but I kind of feel like I'm hungry.

Like it was just a mix of everything and I was sort of slipping a little bit in terms of my control

of exactly kind of what I was doing I guess it's kind of what you try to go in there

for it like get into those moments trying to figure them out, but what is happening,

it can be a little intimidating because you're losing grit of exactly what's going on.

Greetings, podcast, listeners, fans of the outdoors, lover of mountains.

Welcome back to another episode of the Bill Yang Podcast with today's guest, Mountain Athlete, Joe Grant.

Now when I start off to do this podcast, I wanted to shout away from topical conversations, right?

Who won which race, who set the course record this past weekend and so on.

But this is one I wanted to have and share with you guys because of the sheer enormity

of the accomplishment. So imagine if you will traversing across 14 summits all over 14,000 feet spanning approximately 100 miles.

There are long nights, long days. You're battling fatigue, you're battling heat, both

cumulative soreness in the legs, sleep deprivation, climbing up mountains,

bushwhacking, orienteering, descending down, scree fields,

all among many other challenges.

And now, imagine, if you will, going about this challenge all by yourself with nothing more than an 8 liter pack carrying the essentials.

This is the Nolan's 14. To not only do it in one push without the 8-up GPS and in under 60 hours, but with speed in mind,

attempting to set the unsupported FKT, which is shorthand for fastest known time.

A couple of notes before we begin,

we throw a lot of names out there

including the name Alex.

And while I do clarify it at the end, the Alex

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