Over the River and Thru the Woods
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Some freestyle holiday rambling.
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SPECIAL: COVID-19 and Your Hiking Plans
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In this episode we address the very difficult question: How might your hike impact the spread of COVID-19 in the trail community?
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Beginners Again
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We're back!
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Episode 050 - Zero Day
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An episode about nothing.
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Episode 049 - The Katahdin Koala (LEMMY!)
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Easily our most requested guest. Listen in on this reunion between Green Giant and Lemmy. We do our best to tell his story without spiraling into inside jokes... much.
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BONUS - Travel for a Loop with Ryan Bedell
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Ryan Bedell has been to over 40 countries and lived in 4. He has a passion for learning about people and places different from what he’s used to, and he loves to hear the stories of others. The podcast was born out of a desire to let people tell their stories of movement, intercultural exchange, and genuine human connection.
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Episode 048 - The Secret Lives of Ridgerunners
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Each month in addition to their regularly scheduled duties Ridge Runners also get treated to a little well deserved R&R. This July, Jim Fetig of ATC Headquarters invited me to join him and four NoVA Ridge Runners at the PATC's rustic cabin retreat, the Blackburn AT Center, near Harper's Ferry.
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Episode 047 - Tough Girl Challenges with Sarah Williams
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File this one under "Inspirational"! Sarah Williams is not only a veteran outdoor adventurer and world traveler, she has spent the past few years curating HUNDREDS of hours of conversation with other inspiring women from around the world on her amazing podcast, Tough Girl Challenges.
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Episode 046 - Muddy Moose
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Chris "Muddy Moose" German is a hiker, trail angel, river guide, ice climber, shuttle driver, photographer, and all around super-cool guy. In hopefully the first of many visits, Muddy Moose tells us stories of adventure and shares much advice, both inspirational and practical.
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Episode 045 - Mighty Blue Goes Number Two
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Steve Adams, trail name Mighty Blue is on the Appalachian trail, again. Best known for his hiking memoirs "Creaking Geezer Hidden Flagon" and "Three Weddings and a Sabbatical", he also produces the popular hiking podcast "The Ultimate Midlife Crisis".
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Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods" is the book and/or movie that introduced so many of us to the Appalachian Trail that it seems almost silly for us to have taken this long to shake it down.
Come hang with the gang and we spill this thing onto the floor, pick through the parts and decide what's too heavy, and what's too light.
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BONUS!!!
Becky's Thought Provoking Questions about this film:
"Hiking is not walking" A simple question is what's the difference? Is it hiking only when you have a stick or a backpack?
"You are not doing this alone" Did anyone's significant other lay down any ground rules before agreeing a long distance hike was a good idea? What adjustments did you have to make because of loved ones' issues?
"You ARE too old" How much does health/age play into a thru hikes? Did you all have physicals before leaving home?
"Can you tell if people are going to make it all the way to Maine when you drop them off?" As you met others on the trail could you tell, as hikers yourselves, who would not make it?
"You never know what lies ahead." What thing made this true for each of you?
"Can't be uphill all the way to Maine!" Is the AT uphill mostly? Or any of the other long distance trails?
Mary Ellen criticized their tents and the other guy asked about Bryson's pack. What would you say is the most talked about piece of gear among hikers?
I can read our local newspaper in five minutes and be satisfied. But when I was at PV's for so long I found myself buying papers because I missed them. When you got to town what did you "have" to have as far as reading material? Maybe nothing.
Did you ever strike out to walk for something in town like Bryson tried to walk to KMart and found it impossible? Maybe forgetting you weren't on the trail?
Who do you identify with from the movie? Bryson? Katz? Mary Ellen? the two young helpful guys? The annoying nerd in the bunkhouse?
Katz had his whiskey bottle, Bryson had his walking stick, Lemmy had his memory sticks. What do you feel you "have" to carry on hikes?