Rob Pope: Superhuman

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In 1994, Forrest Gump took the box-office by storm and became a staple of cable TV reruns in the following decades. Its feel good message about a simple man who lived life heart first struck a chord, but hidden inside a six minute montage was a grueling test of the human limits -- a 15,000 mile ultrarun across the US almost five times. In 2018, Rob Pope became the first to complete this superhuman run, and became fascinated with others who push their limits. Listen to Rob talk with other superhuman folks on How To Be Superhuman Support comes from Kuat Racks Oboz Terns Use code DIRTBAG to save 25% off your first order Diaries+ Members-- Their support is powering the Diaries- thank you! You can join today. Our book, States of Adventure, 30 stories adapted from The Diaries, is out in the wild. See if it's available on your local shelves or order it here: geni.us/StatesofAdventure

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0:00.0	In our new series, And Then What, we're following up on news headlines that you read,
0:04.8	but then maybe you don't hear much about afterwards.
0:07.8	This month, we're talking public lands sell-off.
0:11.1	What's happening?
0:12.1	How can you help?
0:13.0	We break down the process and how you can have an impact.
0:16.2	Stay tuned after the episode to hear our latest edition of And Then What.
0:20.2	The Diaries is supported by Trail Angels.
0:22.4	A lot of us have been there.
0:23.6	Something goes wrong.
0:24.6	It rains for five straight days while we're on the trail.
0:27.0	Someone slips.
0:28.1	Eat some stitches.
0:29.4	And the world seems to know it.
0:31.2	A Trail angel swoops in and makes a tough situation better.
0:35.0	Trail magic is an incredible thing to witness and feel. And right now there
0:39.3	is a global network of Trail Angels, aka Diaries Plus members, that power this project and help us
0:46.7	bring our show to 100,000 subscribers. A few people are going a little out of their way to make
0:53.2	something incredible happen.
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0:58.9	You join the Diaries, you become part of a movement, and you keep this project running for
1:03.8	this generation of through hikers and dirt bags and the next.
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