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Episode 76: Backcountry Eats

May 14, 2020 By BirdShooter Leave a Comment

In Episode 76, Aaron Owens Mayhew joins the podcast. She is a registered dietary nutritionist, long distance hiker, and entrepreneur that offers some tips on eating healthy and feasting like a King or Queen as you explore the backcountry. In the show, Aaron provides some tips on meal planning and offers some suggestions for inexpensive, tasty, and lightweight meals. She also tells us some common misconceptions and mistakes that backpackers make on the Trail. Aaron has spent the last two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appalachian Trail, Backpacking, Backpacking Food, Backpacking Tips, Hiking, Long Distance Backpacking, Pacific Crest Trail, Podcasts, Thru-Hiker, Trail Talk

Tough Times & Sassafras Mountain

April 19, 2020 By BirdShooter Leave a Comment

There was a period nearly 20 years ago when times were tough. Airlines stopped flying, people stopped working, and the media spouted doom and gloom on cable TV for 24 hours a day. It was 9/11/01 and my first impulse was to get to the wilderness. So when the weekend came - that is exactly what we did. Here we are at the Chattooga River trailhead in 2001. Tough times are here again – albeit in a very different scenario. Stay at home orders are in place, schools are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appalachian Trail, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Backcountry Writing, Backpacking Articles, Backpacking With Kids, Backpacking With Your Dog, Camping With Kids, Camping With Your Dog, Hiking Articles, Hiking With Kids, National Forest, Photo Journals, Photos, Thru-Hiker, Trip Reports, With Dogs, With Kids

Episode 75: Harrison’s Pierce Pond Camps

April 15, 2020 By BirdShooter 1 Comment

In Episode 75, Tim Harrison snowmobiles to the top of Bates Ridge in northern Maine to catch up after our visit to Harrison's Pierce Pond Camps last fall. The camp is 1/10th of a mile off the Appalachian Trail and is coveted by thru-hikers for the hearty 7am breakfast - served to backpackers in the scenic backdrop off Pierce Pond Lean-To and 16 miles from the nearest township. In the show, Tim tells us about running the camp since 1986, his experience with hikers over the years, shares … [Read more...]

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Episode 74: The Pandemic Podcast

March 31, 2020 By BirdShooter Leave a Comment

In Episode 74, we record at a historic time. Coronavirus has caused a worldwide pandemic. The governor of Georgia just cancelled school for the year and ordered a "shelter in place" mandate across the State. So tonight we skip the studio interview, record with a combo of Skype, Join Me, and Zoom, and embrace the social distancing guidelines of the CDC. In the show, we discuss our time on the Trail this month, talk about how hiking has changed over the last two weeks, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appalachian Trail, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Backpacking News, Hiking, Hiking News, Humor, Long Distance Backpacking, Podcasts, Thru-Hiker, Trail Talk

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March 3, 2020 By BirdShooter Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Appalachian Trail, Backpacking Movies, Klondike Hikes, Slideshows, Videos

Episode 72: Right On Trek

January 29, 2020 By BirdShooter Leave a Comment

In Episode 72, Victoria Livschitz tells us about "Right On Trek", a website to help hikers and backpackers plan their multi-day backpacking trips. Victoria did her first thru-hike on the John Muir Trail only a few years ago but has since embraced the sport and logged recent ventures into Patagonia and the Grand Canyon. She joins the show this evening to tell us about her introduction to backpacking, how it changed her life, and why the serial entrepreneur was motivated to create other tools … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guidebooks, John Muir Trail, Long Distance Backpacking, Podcasts

Best Hiking Places In The United States

January 21, 2020 By BirdShooter Leave a Comment

Hiking is often considered to be a source of healthy exercise, both for the mind and the body. As we hike through the rough terrains, the uphill trails and the obstacles of mother nature, we exert physical exercise on our body, but at the same time, it's also about wandering the beauty of this earth and uncovering this beauty in various places where one might not expect to find it. Discovering the earth is the base human desire, it is simply something we're all born with. While spending some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appalachian Trail, Hiking, Hiking Articles, John Muir Trail, Long Distance Backpacking, National Parks

Walking To The Sun

December 23, 2019 By BirdShooter Leave a Comment

A full moon over the wildlife meadow and a sunset to boot! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bartram Trail, Long Distance Backpacking, Videos

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