Photos: From Coast to Crater, an Endurance Adventure on Maui

“Boundless” is a show on the Esquire Network that follows hosts Simon Donato, Paul “Turbo” Trebilcock, OCR athlete Hunter McIntyre and ultraunner Rory Bosio as they compete in endurance adventures around the world.

Recently, while training for the show, Donato went to the Hawaiian island of Maui where he teamed up with McIntyre, Bosio and Max Wilcocks for an epic challenge they called the Maui Wowee.

The group started at the Pacific Ocean near Paia, Hawaii and rode bikes to the summit of Haleakala, the massive volcano that makes up a large portion of the island. They then dropped the bikes off and ran a lap around the Haleakala crater, before grabbing their bikes and riding back down to the ocean. In all, the three covered 90 miles on the day, including 17 miles of running. It took 13 hours and 30 minutes.

Here are photos of their challenge, taken by Liz Barney. The third season of “Boundless” kicks off on April 12th and will include endurance challenges in the U.S., Greenland, France, Sweden, Canada and more.

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The day before the challenge, the crew visited Haleakala and checked out the crater trail.

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Another shot from the crater trail the day before the challenge.

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Riding toward the crater.

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Riding toward the crater. In all, the ascent totaled 10,000-plus feet of elevation gain.

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The four rode to the 10,023-foot summit before dropping 3,000 feet over 3.75 miles into the crater. There, they ran a lap around the crater.

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Circling the crater.

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The Haleakala crater is within Haleakala National Park.

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All told, there were 17 miles of running.

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The team gets back on the bike and heads back to the ocean.

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Done! Beer was in order after the 90-mile journey finished at the beach.

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