Sounds of the Trail Podcast

Ep 2-06 You and Your Meat Suit

June 21, 2016 by Gizmo 1 Comment

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Your most important piece of hiking equipment? It’s your meat suit, that ol’ body of yours that’s doing the work to get from place to place. In today’s episode we talk about the effects of thru-hiking on our bodies… and our minds, because that’s part of our body too. We also have two interviews with former combat veterans hiking with Warrior Expeditions, who talk about how thru-hiking is affecting them. Special guests: Yours Truly, Push, Bare Bones, Slim Jim, Helton, and Sage.

Music Attributions:

Go Tell It On The Molehill (Doctor Turtle) / CC BY 4.0

and

Songs For The Dawn Of Peace (Leon Lishner) / CC BY-SA 4.0

Ep 2-05 Getting Acquainted (With Yourself)

June 7, 2016 by Gizmo 1 Comment

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Being on trail is a great way to get to know… yourself. From the gross to the profound, our correspondents and fellow hikers discuss what they’ve learned so far from their time as thru-hikers.

Big thanks to Audible for supporting our podcast! Get a free 30 day trial at audible.com/hikertalk.

Special guests: Magic Mike, El Tejano, Rafiki, and 2%. Check out El Tejano’s blog here.

Ep 2-04 The Finite Life

June 2, 2016 by Gizmo 2 Comments

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With just one life to live, why spend it walking around the country, being hot, cold, thirsty, hungry, and tired? In today’s podcast, we ask some hikers what is the best part of their thru-hiking day – the part that makes it worthwhile – and they tell us what keeps their spirits up despite the blisters and the hemorrhoids (ouch!).

Our trail correspondents are starting to pick up trail names, so you’ll hear some new names with the voices you’ve already been introduced to. I’m working on an update of the About Us page which will be up soon and should help out with keeping all the names and voices straight.

Special Guests: Raven, Goofy, P.S., Storytime, Patriot, and Chance.

Ep 2-03 I didn’t know…

May 26, 2016 by Gizmo 7 Comments

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Thru-hiking season has officially begun! All our correspondents are out on trail, finally finding out what trail life is all about, and what they didn’t know before they started. This podcast fills us in on the reality vs the expectations.

Special guests:
Mishap, Shortcut, Spoony, Knees, Bacon, Fruit Snax, Boyardee, and Splinter.

Ep 2-02 More Introductions

May 17, 2016 by Gizmo 3 Comments

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We’ve heard from our Appalachian Trail correspondents, but it’s time to meet the rest! In this podcast episode we get to hear from our 2016 Pacific Crest Trail and Continental Divide Trail correspondents. From the night-before-the-trail jitters to their motivations for getting on trail, we get to know them a little better.

Episode 2-01 – Hyperfreedom

May 9, 2016 by Gizmo 6 Comments

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Sounds of the Trail is back for the summer thru-hiking season! In this podcast episode we introduce some of our new correspondents who will be attempting thru-hikes of the Appalachian Trail in 2016. We get to hear about their reasons for thru-hiking, some of their hopes, and some of their fears. Is that a random twinge of the the knee or is it…?

Next week we’ll be hearing from our Pacific Crest Trail and Continental Divide Trail hikers as they get started.

Thanks to Smiley 501, John Malusa, and Jesse Silverman for help with the new intro.

Episode 30 – Before and After

March 31, 2016 by Gizmo 3 Comments

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In this episode we get to hear from two hikers at two different points in their thru-hikes – the Before and the After. Special guests Sandpiper and Buff. We also include some very dubious info on water treatment – I personally recommend a filter.

Music by: Baby Gramps

I’m getting back on the AZT this afternoon, but I’ll be back in May to officially launch our second season! – Gizmo

Episode 29 – The Key Players

February 28, 2016 by Gizmo 13 Comments

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Today’s podcast is all about the real stars of our show – the trails themselves. We talk about our 2016 lineup – the Appalachian Trail, the Pacific Crest Trail, and the Continental Divide Trail – discuss hiking family histories, and get to hear from the Triple Crown hiker Wired one more time for some trail stories.

Wired keeps a blog of all her hiking adventures, so if you want to learn more about her, check it out here: Walking With Wired

Music by: Baby Gramps
Other sounds are from Freesound.org and include:
Les Paul Rock by guitarelement
Boom4 by noisecollector
1234567_guitar by growingup
(Used under CC-BY 3.0 License)

Episode 28 – This Is Why We Do It

February 15, 2016 by Gizmo 6 Comments

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IMPORTANT: If you are an Appalachian Trail Class of 2016 hiker (thru-, section, or otherwise), please listen right away! We need your help!

As we get ready for thru-hiking season, we take a minute to remember why we want to do this. In this episode we hear from special guest Wired as she tells us what she has gotten out of thru-hiking and what about it has motivated her to keep hiking (over 10,000 miles by foot and counting).

Then we get to hear from our friends at the Dirtbag Diaries, as they share with us the story of a hiker named Paul, and why they need our help.

If you are interested in helping Paul, go to Paul’s Boots and see how you can help out. The Dirtbag Diaries is trying to find all their volunteers by February 17, 2016, and it’s coming up fast.

When you’re done with that, take a minute to check out Wired’s blog: Walking With Wired.

Music by Baby Gramps.

Episode 27 – An Everyday Commitment

February 10, 2016 by Gizmo 6 Comments

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One guy, with one goal – to ski 2.5 million vertical feet in one year. That is, 2.5 million feet UPHILL. To make this happen, Aaron Rice is planning on skiing 10 hours a day, every day, for an entire year. Kimchi sits down with Aaron and his friend Joey Campanelli to talk about what it takes to do something like this, and why skiing uphill every day for 10 hours a day is something that anybody would even want to do.

This subject is a little bit of a break from our usual hiker talk – we hope you enjoy it! The Sounds of the Trail team is working REALLY hard right now to get ready for the upcoming 2016 thru-hiking season. We’re lining up a lot of great stuff, so stay tuned!

If you’re interested in learning more about our guests today, check out their webpages and instagrams.
Aaron Rice
www.airandrice.com
His insta: @airandrice

Joey Campanelli
www.joeycamps.blogspot.com
His insta: @joey.camps

For avalanche awareness
https://utahavalanchecenter.org

And as always, big thanks to Baby Gramps for the music.