Anton Krupicka discusses two decades of mountain life, a broken leg that redirected him, exploration of scrambling and climbing, affiliation with La Sportiva, and a Leadville 100 comeback.
Anton Krupicka has spent two decades becoming something harder to define than a trail runner. This conversation is about identity, resisting trends, and what happens when running becomes just one way of moving through the mountains.
Anton talks about the broken leg that changed his trajectory, discovering scrambling and climbing, his influence on trail running culture, his relationship with La Sportiva, the unexpected Leadville 100 comeback, and what it means to keep pursuing the peak version of yourself as you get older.
- 00:00 Trends don’t matter
- 01:30 From trail runner to mountain man
- 03:52 When the whole landscape opened up
- 08:24 Identity, trends, and trail running culture
- 16:45 The Leadville 100 comeback
- 21:12 The peak version of yourself
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