Lisa Gerber

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Breaking Trail

An exploration of outdoor adventure as a metaphor for life. Every other week, we talk to players in the outdoor and nonprofit world; in land conservation, recreation, and education to uncover stories that make the world a better place.

Rather than prescription, these stories serve as lessons and inspiration. Past guests have won Olympic Gold (Kikkan Randall), are empowering survivors of sexual abuse and sexual assault through therapy and mountain biking (Jeannine Anders), and make adaptive sports accessible to the backcountry (Vasu Sojitra).

This show is for those who prefer to define your own idea of success and break trail to get there.

Interested in being a guest? Learn more here.

Jason Welker: Breaking Trail Literally and Figuratively

January 11, 2021 by Lisa Gerber Leave a Comment

Jason Welker, executive director of Pend Oreille Pedalers, was an aspiring basketball player growing up in the suburbs of Indianapolis. At the age of 16, his life was pretty much up-ended when his father took a position overseas and moved his family to Malaysia. As you can imagine, this caused some angst in a teenarge […]

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Brian Harder – The Price of Admission into the Wilderness

December 28, 2020 by Lisa Gerber Leave a Comment

Today’s guest is a return guest, my friend Brian Harder. If you’re a regular listener, you know that Brian has been on the podcast many times. And today, we talk about the price of admission to the wilderness. We are not talking about permits and park fees. I should preface this by saying that we […]

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Lessons from the Outdoors in Leadership with Zoë Routh

December 14, 2020 by Lisa Gerber Leave a Comment

I’m always fascinated by the paths we take, and how a decision here or there leads to the next thing and then on to the next thing. Of course, extra bonus points for marrying two separate passions into one successful career, and a path of happiness. Zoë Routh is UK-born, Canadian-raised and Australian resident who […]

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Jessica Johnson: Gender Inclusivity in Outdoor Sports

November 30, 2020 by Lisa Gerber Leave a Comment

The stories we have been told our whole lives shape our world and what we do. What becomes so ingrained in us doesn’t even prompt us to question it, we simply don’t even think about it. Well, that’s not the case for everyone and I spoke with Jessica Johnson, who doesn’t identify one way or […]

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Courtney Condy: If not her, then whom?

November 16, 2020 by Lisa Gerber Leave a Comment

Courtney Condy was a recent college grad who felt disillusioned with the corporate grind while living and working in San Francisco. A last-minute trip to Nepal in 2015 changed her life forever when her trekking group got caught in the middle of an 8.1 magnitude earthquake two days away from Everest Basecamp. Upon returning to […]

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Rich Hohne: Defeating the Nagging Status Quo

November 2, 2020 by Lisa Gerber Leave a Comment

There is a ski area in Japan called Asahidake that is essentially a summer tram they open for winter to allow for tram-served backcountry skiing. It’s not patrolled or groomed (although there are two groomed roads that serve as sort of a thoroughfare to the bottom).  We couldn’t wait to check it out. pass this […]

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Anastasia Allison on Life after Near Death

November 17, 2019 by Lisa Gerber Leave a Comment

Anastasia Allison was an unusual kid. She was into things you and I probably were not such as volunteering at a national park as an interpretive guide wearing period costumes performing hymns and folk songs with her violin. Sounds like a super cool kid to me in many ways but sadly, Allison suffered a great […]

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Mary Fiedler | Optimal Health Through Menopause

November 17, 2019 by Lisa Gerber Leave a Comment

Many conventional doctors will tell women who are experiencing menopause that hormonal decline is a fact of life. Deal with it. Well, we don’t have to totally. There is help out there. I had a health issue this past March and I realized I knew a lot less about my body than I realized. Mary Fiedler loves […]

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Amy Charity Reflects Back on that Pivotal Moment

October 17, 2019 by Lisa Gerber Leave a Comment

The trajectory widens as you move away from that moment that changed everything. At the age of 34, Amy left the financial industry to pursue her passion and a career in professional bike racing. As an athlete, an Ironman, endurance trail running and finally cycling consumed her time outside of the corporate workplace. Amy raced for […]

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Wes King Part Two: Achieving Alignment

October 3, 2019 by Lisa Gerber Leave a Comment

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Today is part two of a fascinating conversation I had with Wes King, founder and CEO of Tahoe Trail Bar, a plant-based, non-GMO, gluten-free line of awesome tasting energy bars. You might want to check out episode 89 if you haven’t already and then come back for the continuation but here’s a quick recap: Last week, Wes walked us through a time in his life where he was searching for something to do with himself that went beyond getting out on the trail or the snow.

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