Episode 202 - Dave’s Hits in the Woods - Wantastiquet Monadnock, Dry River, Wachusett, and the 1988 case of James Foley
Sounds Like A Search And Rescue Podcast
Release Date: 07/10/2025
Sounds Like A Search And Rescue Podcast
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Welcome to episode 202 of the sounds like a search and rescue podcast, this week we are joined by friend of the show and bushwahacker extraordinaire, Dave Shits in the Woods. Dave is going to provide a recent trip report on his backpacking trip on the Wantastiquet Monadnock trail. Plus a look back at July of 1988 - the case of James Foley a missing hiker that was unfortunately found deceased after a 10 day search, all this and recent hikes on Wachusett, The Dry River to Mt. Monroe and rescues on Mount Washington and the Great Gulf Trail, gear review, dad jokes and strategies to avoid grizzly bear attacks.
This weeks Higher Summit Forecast
SLASR 48 Peaks Alzheimers team - Join here!
Topics
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Dave is back
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Three things Nick cannot do and Brady Bunch talk
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Music Minute - Bruce Hornsby
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NH Search and Rescue Events - Mt. Washington and Great Gulf rescues
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Straight line challenge
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National and Global SAR News
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Guy dives head first into his car to avoid a Grizzly
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Hiker falls off a cliff due to altitude sickness
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Boston man falls into a volcano
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Brazil hiker falls into volcano
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Pony Express
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Gear talk - Silky Saw, Deer Fly Tape, camp pillow, dragon fly pin
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Dave breaks down the Wantastiquet Monadnock Trail
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Nick hikes Wachusett
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Mike hikes the Dry River to Mt. Monroe
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Notable Hikes of the week
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The Case of James Foley from July 1988
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Stephen Harvard Search from July 1988
Show Notes
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Man dives headfirst through an open car window to avoid grizzly.
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Bostonian falls 30 feet into boiling caldera at Hawaii's Volcano Park
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Brazilian Dancer / Influencer falls into Volcano in Indoneia
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Pony Express delivers mail through the historic Oregon Trail
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Man dives headfirst through an open car window to avoid grizzly.
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Bostonian falls 30 feet into boiling caldera at Hawaii's Volcano Park
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Brazilian Dancer / Influencer falls into Volcano in Indoneia
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Pony Express delivers mail through the historic Oregon Trail
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