Tonight’s guest on the Late Night History podcast is Sierra Brown, a current firefighter at a firehouse in San Diego, California. Sierra has lived quite the adventurous lifestyle from living on a sailboat in Mexico to competing in 100-mile Ultramarathon races to spending several fire seasons as a wildland firefighter.
On this episode, expect to learn the history of the hotshot crews in which Sierra was assigned. The hotshots are considered a national resource and respond to wildfires all around the US. We also talk about how Sierra became a smokejumper at age 38 and some memorable experiences throughout her career.
Later in the episode, we discuss how Sierra has found outside outlets to challenge herself, including her latest ultramarathon called the Man Against Horse Race. Outside of running, Sierra utilized the therapeutic outlet of spearfishing, which you’ll learn all about in this episode.
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