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Cal Ulmer

Cal Ulmer

Outdoor enthusiast who shared his ill-fated 24-hour nonstop hiking challenge on the Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) podcast.

Sep 16, 2026

3:40
So tell us a little more of the details and some of the dire things that happened as you went along.
3:47
well we we parked our car just on the hillside by a satellite tower and then we got onto the track our track was this dirt road that made about a gosh 60 mile circle in kilometers that would be 100 of them so a good round number for both metrics and so we started just on this dirt road that It goes around the mountains, primarily at the base.
4:12
So you're climbing up a little on the hills, but for the most part, it stays relatively flat.
4:16
Not a lot of altitude gain.
4:18
In our heads, we thought, yeah, put on a good pair of trail runners.
4:21
This will be fine.
4:22
And we looked at the forecast about 12 hours before, you know, the night before and a little bit that morning, and we felt good.

8 MINS LATER

12:01
Did you ever get hypothermic at that point? I know it's summer or warmer weather, but did you get hypothermia and start to chill and shiver and things?

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