Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!

This episode is part 2 of a conversation with Kelly Halpin. Kelly is a professional mountain ultra runner and adventure athlete. She spent her earlier years climbing, hiking, and snowboarding in the Tetons and surrounding wilderness. For the past decade Kelly has merged her passions for running, climbing and exploring remote and wild places by setting fastest known times around the world and establishing long technical routes in her home mountain ranges. She enjoys the challenge of pushing herself mentally through difficult endurance feats, typically solo and unsupported. Kelly works hard through adventure and art to inspire people to get outside and connect with the natural world.

In the second half of our conversation, we talk about...

• Kelly's experience with the Wasatch Ultimate Ridge Linkup, a technical mountain running route spanning 36 miles and 18,000 ft of total gain circumnavigating Little Cottonwood Canyon in Utah
• her participation in the Bhutan Snowman Race in 2024
• Kelly's experience with the infamous, invitation-only, incredibly arduous, and bizarre Barkley Marathons!
• her relationship to fear, risk, and challenge
• the role illustrating and art plays in Kelly's life
• the many threats to public lands in the United States right now, and the importance of advocating for and protecting them
• ...and a whole lot more

Thank you for joining us!

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Kelly's Website: https://www.kellyhalpin.com/athlete/

The Wasatch Ultimate Ridge Linkup (WURL): https://fastestknowntime.com/route/wasatch-ultimate-ridge-linkup-ut ; https://runuphill.wordpress.com/2015/08/23/wasatch-ultimate-ridge-linkup-wurl/

Bhutan Snowman Race: https://snowmanrace.org/

The Barkley Marathons - Jasmin Paris "The Finisher": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgTEsybXw-4

PUBLIC LANDS RESOURCES:

Patagonia Action Works: https://www.patagonia.com/actionworks/about/

Outdoor Alliance Activism 101: https://www.outdooralliance.org/advocacy-101

Greater Yellowstone Coaliton: https://greateryellowstone.org/take-action/public-lands#/10/

5 Calls: https://5calls.org/

Resistance Rangers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/resistancerangers?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

Park Disservice Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkdisservice?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

Stop data center development near Mt Hood: https://5calls.org/issue/mt-hood-public-lands-hr655/

Stop mining in the Boundary Waters: https://5calls.org/issue/boundary-waters-mining-cra/

Proposed budget cuts to the National Park Service: https://www.npca.org/articles/11371-president-s-budget-proposal-slashes-national-park-service-funding-amid

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