Biking Through the Backcountry with Kait Boyle

Wild Ideas Worth Living

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🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Kait Boyle is an elite adventure cyclist who bikes over mountains, across deserts, and through canyons. Early on in her cycling career, Kait found her niche, falling in love with races in the 24 hour 300 mile range. In 2018, a serious accident turned Kait's life upside down and changed her perspective on the path she's carved.

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0:00.0	Exciting news you guys, wild ideas worth living is now available on YouTube.
0:07.0	You can find our latest episodes uploaded their weekly, plus video clips with some of our guests that give you a peek behind the scenes.
0:14.1	Check out all the content at YouTube.com slash REI. There's just something about riding in the back and
0:29.3	on trail that is so mentally engaging like it really brings you to the present
0:36.2	because you can't just zone out like you have to be paying attention and
0:39.4	figuring out how you're going to clear a section or what that climb looks like or
0:44.4	to an into your body and so it's just a way of moving in a landscape that
0:50.3	really brings me into myself and right into the place.
0:54.0	Kate Boyle is an elite adventure cyclist who bikes over mountains,
1:01.0	across deserts, and through canyons.
1:03.8	She competes in some pretty tough backcountry races where she rides solo, carrying only an
1:08.7	overnight pack, water, and her navigation system. Early on in her
1:14.0	cycling career, Kate found her niche,
1:16.0	falling in love with races in the 24-hour 300-mile range.
1:20.0	She even won the 24-hour world championship and holds titles and records in multiple
1:26.3	other endurance bike races. In 2018, a serious accident turned Kate's life upside down and changed her perspective on the path
1:34.9	she's carved. This episode is different from what you're used to hearing. It actually reminds
1:40.9	me of some of our older episodes of wild ideas worth living.
1:44.4	Kate has such an emotional story that we wanted to let her share in her own words as much as possible.
1:50.4	For this reason, it's a little longer and there are some moments where I get a little choked up.
1:55.0	I'm Shelby Stanger and this is wild ideas worth living.
1:59.0	An REI co-op studio's production brought to you by Capital One.
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