Chad Lubinski

Conversations with hybrid outdoor athletes examine endurance feats and adventure disciplines ranging from thru-hiking and ultra running to bikepacking, climbing, mountaineering, and splitboarding. The podcast format brings together personal accounts of demanding objectives, setbacks, training mindsets, and occasional entrepreneurship. It will suit viewers seeking motivation and perspective for ambitious time outdoors, while treating route, training, and safety decisions as individual responsibilities.

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Editorially reviewed: 10 October 2026

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Editorial focusBackcountry Hiking

Audience scale17K subscribers

Videos1,525 videos

Active since01 October 2012

Latest from the source

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Deep Dive

Chad Lubinski: Stories From Hybrid Outdoor Athletes

Main focus

Chad Lubinski centers conversations with athletes whose outdoor pursuits cross endurance sports, from thru-hiking and ultrarunning to climbing, bikepacking, mountaineering and splitboarding. The discussions pair major objectives with setbacks, training mindsets and occasional entrepreneurship.

Why it matters

Choose this for firsthand accounts that widen the frame beyond a single discipline, especially when considering an ambitious outdoor goal. Guests describe the mental and practical challenges behind demanding feats, offering motivation and context rather than a fixed blueprint.

Style

Guest-led podcast conversations keep the focus on lived experience: big objectives, adversity and the decisions that shape a journey. The tone is reflective and motivational, moving between endurance, adventure and the business ideas that can accompany an outdoor life.

Consistency

Across more than 1,500 videos, the archive spans connected endurance and adventure disciplines rather than one narrow sport. That breadth suits listeners who prefer varied athlete perspectives.

Thru-hiking and long-distance travel
Ultrarunning and endurance challenges
Bikepacking and self-supported adventure
Climbing and mountaineering experiences
Splitboarding and mountain pursuits
Training mindsets and resilience
Outdoor entrepreneurship

Editorial note

Treat routes, training plans, equipment choices and technical techniques as starting points for further research rather than instructions. Match plans to current conditions, personal experience and appropriate safety preparation, including qualified instruction where needed.