Ultra trail runner Tara Holland faces an unexpected obstacle just before her first 50km race, breast cancer. Tara doesn't let the news slow her down but she has to make a hard decision in order to give herself the best chance of defeating the disease. In 2019, Tara celebrates 5 years of being cancer-free and wins the Squamish 50, the same race she undertook as her first ultra marathon, five years earlier. Music by:Snap The Moon with Nick Gane and Jennifer Hammondhttps://soundcloud.com/nick-ganeAmbient Wave Music by ErokiaPhoto Credit: Hilary Matheson @thehilaryannOnline resources:www.breastcancer.orgwww.cancer.govwww.nationalbreastcancer.orgwww.oncotypeiq.com

Emma Friesen was born a champion and grew up surrounded by Olympian divers. It was only natural that she would develop a passion for the sport at an early age. After dedicating 18 years of her life to diving, Emma discovers that the sport that brought her so much joy could also take it all away. .www.undergopodcast.comPC Reese Moriyama.Articles mentioned:.CBC News and Sportshttps://www.cbc.ca/sports/sexual-abuse-amateur-sports-canada-protecting-kids-1.5014330.Born Bold, Champion Learns Balancehttp://www.hawaii.edu/malamalama/2011/07/friesen/.Sound & music credits:Sweetclouds Riff, Water Music Notes by LuckylittleravenSwimming pool jumps by XserraWater Drops -Hip Hop Track by shortiefoeva2Musical Drips Stylised by 7by7Bolt wins the 200m by RTB45Cinematic Guitar Loop by Frankum.Sponsored by http://www.brightsidepainting.ca/

Claire participates in the inaugural Whistler Alpine Meadow 100miler. The grueling 170km mountain running race has 9500m of vertical gain and loss (600 higher than Mount Everest!) Instead of a typical post-race recap, this episode contains live recordings taken during the race to reveal the harsh reality of long-distance endurance events.This is a story of friendship, frustrations, tears and hallucinations.PC: @guyfattalphotography

At 15, Ross Berg decided to be a mountain guide. Unlike most of us making a career decision at that age, he stayed committed and followed through. .Ross describes the high consequence nature of his work and the challenges he faces when leading his clients up the tallest mountain in the Alps..Under the mountain of success Ross has had with every endeavor, we uncover his fear of failure, his need for control and the reason why, at such an early age, he was drawn to the mountains..@[email protected] credits:Frankum, Frankumjay & Frankumjay Sounds; Andrewkn, Glen HobanMore info at www.undergopodcast.com

Everyone has a story. And it's never perfect. Claire gets more than what she signed up for while attempting to run a 100km race in the Sahara desert. What was meant to be a scenic, historical race, turned out to be a very tense and misleading experience. Nonetheless, the stressful race made Claire reflect on privilege, climate change and the journey that brought her here. Her trip to Egypt was a life-changing event that shifted her perspective of the world and the choices we make. Find out the real story behind the picture.

In 2017, two climbers set out to ascend a route on Yosemite's Dawn Wall, which had only been climbed twice since 1998. They spend 16 consecutive days on the wall and witness one of the biggest rockfalls recorded in Yosemite history. The two climbers talk about their relationship with fear, how they spend weeks on a porta-ledge and how they take the edge off..Music by Nick Gane Snap the moonhttps://soundcloud.com/nick-gane

In 2017 climbers Jon Rigg and Chris Trull spent 16 days on a big wall and witnessed one of the biggest and fatal rockfalls on Yosemite’s El Capitan. The two aid climbers talk about their relationship with fear, how they spend weeks on a porta-ledge hundreds of meters above the ground and how they take the edge off.