Acadia Gantz is a midwife, running coach, and former river guide and ski patroller who lives, works, and plays in the western Maine mountains.
Content note: this episode includes discussion of sexual assault, alcohol use, disordered eating, and depression. Please take care while listening.
Acadia and Angie talked about:
- Leaving Colorado State University to guide rivers and work ski patrol
- How party culture gets baked into seasonal outdoor work
- Being the only woman guide at her outpost, and the sexual assault by a senior guide the company protected
- Self-medicating with alcohol, disordered eating, and ultrarunning
- Four attempts at the Bear 100, and the 2023 race where she cried for 36 hours
- Sobriety, a sobriety community, EMDR, and feeling lighter on her feet in the woods
- Sharing her story publicly for the first time, and the stories that showed up once she did
Big news: Acadia is coaching the new trail half marathon cohort of the Trail Running Sisterhood, our 2027 scholarship program. Applications open November 2026.
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