Episode 4: Racing Marathons in a Wheelchair

How a woman with a disability became a world-class athlete

Photo courtesy Cheri Blauwet

Photo courtesy Cheri Blauwet

Photo courtesy Cheri Blauwet

Photo courtesy Cheri Blauwet

Photo courtesy Cheri Blauwet

Cheri Blauwet has been a wheelchair user since earliest childhood. But that hasn't kept her away from outdoor sports. She's won some of the country’s most competitive marathons and come home with several medals, including a gold, in the Paralympics. In this episode, we discuss what it was like becoming a world class racer, when you have a disability like hers – a disability that would stop many of us from pursuing any kind of significant outdoor activities.

Cheri Blauwet was featured in one of the 2008 Olympic/Paralympic Go World Campaign spots. Video courtesy Cheri Blauwet.

Episode 3: Pedaling and Paddling

What happens when the person you love doesn't love what you do?

This is a story about love. Love between two people who bonded over their passion for the outdoors, but who eventually realized that the thing they had in common was also one of their biggest differences. Their story will take us to the mountains of Wyoming, and the rivers of Arizona. And it’ll show us how hard it can be to share the thing you love most, with the person you love most.

photo courtesy dewey gallegos

photo courtesy jessica flock

Photo courtesy dewey Gallegos

Episode 2: Over The Hill

How one woman became an Olympic athlete at 'retirement age'

Biathlete Sarah Konrad skies in Kontiolahti, Finland. (photo courtesy sarah konrad)

Sarah Konrad is an Olympian who's competed in both cross-country skiing and biathlon, a sport that combines skiing and rifle shooting. Unlike most Olympic-level athletes, she did not grow up doing these sports. In fact, she didn’t start competing seriously until the age that many athletes are already retiring.

Episode 1: Living With The Deer

Wyoming naturalist joins game herd, 'becomes' a mule deer

Joe Hutto has spent the past eight years living with a herd of deer. He's a wildlife researcher, and he felt that the best way to understand the animals he was studying, was to essentially become one of them. This is the story of how he did that. It’s a story of love, of curiosity, and ultimately of sadness. And it’s a story about what happens when the line between fact and feeling becomes blurred. 

Joe Hutto stands with members of his herd of mule deer near Lander, Wyoming. (photo courtesy joe hutto)

Preview of Out There

Out There will launch officially later this week. Until then, here's a taste of what's to come on Episode 1. Stay tuned!