Action In Solitude

Joe Grant is a professional mountain athlete that has completed some of the hardest endurance races in the world, like the Hardrock 100, UTMB 100, Iditarod Invitational, and The Colorado Trail Race. But Joe's achievements go far beyond the races he has competed. He has also completed some mind-bending self-supported adventures like the Tour of 14ers, where he biked to and summited all 57 of Colorado's 14ers, and the Nolan's 14, which links 14 14ers over 100 miles in Colorado's Sawatch Range. Before leaving for Europe to compete in the Tor des Géants, a 200-mile endurance race in the Aosta Valley, Italy, Joe stopped by the house in Boulder, Colorado and we chatted about what it was like growing up in France, his love for rollerblading, working on child education while living in Kenya, how he got into ultra running and endurance sports, how he ended up in Colorado, what he thinks about self-support adventures vs. supported adventures, what it's like to be an ambassador for Scarpa and Black Diamond, why he decid