Expedition & Athletic Highlights

2024

Greenland Snowkite Traverse (40 days)

  • Unsupported coast to coast - Isortoq to Qaanaaq, Greenland

  • 1,539 miles and 4x first ascents with Eric Gilbertson

2023

Scandinavian Arctic Traverse (77 days)

  • Northern Norway, Sweden, and Finland

  • Solo, self-designed route from western to eastern geographic extreme

  • 985 miles using skis, snow kite, and kayak

2022

Bigfoot 200 - Washington, USA (August)

  • 110/209 miles, 23k+ feet elevation gain

  • Sustained sprained hamstring tendon and DNF

Orcas Island Trail Race - Washington, USA (April)

  • 2nd overall

  • 50 miles, 12,000 feet climbing

2021

Druk Wangyel Half Marathon - Thimphu, Bhutan (December)

  • 4th overall

Lenin Peak, Kyrgyzstan (23,406’) (August)

  • Summit August 17th after 2 weeks with Cody West

Slovenia Mountaineering (July 24-30)

  • 16 peaks climbed

  • Established FKT on Triglav traverse via the Prag Route (north face)

Wyoming Mountaineering - (June 27 - July 8)

  • 11 peaks climbed (9/11 peaks at 13,000’ or higher)

  • ~100 miles and 40,000 feet of vertical gain

Bob Marshall Open - Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT (May 28-31)

  • Point to point navigation adventure challenge

  • 92 miles and 12,000 feet of vertical gain

  • Completed in 60 hours with John Fitzgerald and Nate Bender

Grand Teton to Yellowstone National Parks Ski Traverse (9 days)

  • Solo, 9 days, self-designed route

2020

Montana Top 50, FKT (17 days, 11 hours)

  • Solo, self-supported

Bob Marshall Open - Bob Marshall Wilderness (May)

  • Point to point, 90-mile unsupported traverse of the Bob Marshall Wilderness (Montana)

  • Completed in 53 hours with John Fitzgerald

2019

Nuts Yllas Pallas 100-mile - Finland (July)

  • 2nd place (20:44)

Matterhorn (Switzerland) via Hornli Ridge

  • On site, solo, unprotected - one week after 100-mile race

Boston Marathon, Top 4% overall (2:49:31)

Run to the Pub, 13.1-mile - 6/773 (1:17:41)

2018

Le Grizz 50-mile - 2nd place (6:20)

Bozeman Marathon - 2nd place

HURL Elkhorn 15-mile - 1st place

Thunderbolt Creek 30km - 3rd place

Late 2016 - early 2018

International travel - 3 continents, 13 countries, solo

  • Tarawera Ultra 60km, New Zealand

  • 2-month cycle tour Australia - Tasmania and New South Wales

  • 500+ km trekking in Nepalese Himalaya

  • Mount Rinjani, Indonesia

Alaska commercial salmon fishing - 2 seasons

2015

Ironman 140.6 - Coeur d’Alene, ID

Bowron Canoe Circuit, 120km unsupported - British Columbia, CA

2014

Ironman 70.3 - Lake Stevens, WA

Branden Joy is currently based in Seattle.