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Back to SearchEpisode #93 - George Andrews (Tin Man)
George Andrews has a deep love of hikers and hiking so, when he retired, he wanted to involve himself in the community. He had always been keen to ke…
7 years, 6 months ago
Episode #92 - Joel "Buddy" Wier III (Nami)
Buddy Wier is something of a late bloomer. He became interested in hiking after his retirement, accumulating gear though not immediately getting out …
7 years, 6 months ago
Episode #91 - Linnea Van Manen (Shiver)
Linnea Van Manen struggled with Lyme Disease as a young girl and felt the effects through her teens. Lyme manifested itself by intense bouts of bursi…
7 years, 6 months ago
Episode #90 - Kayla McCarthy (Popeye)
Kayla McCarthy, her father, and her mother set out to hike the Appalachian Trail in 2014. Only Kayla and her mother reached Katahdin as her father in…
7 years, 7 months ago
Episode #89 - Tom Healy (Toasted Toad)
This week's guest, Tom Healy, is somebody who I hiked around for a while in 2014. He seemed so comfortable out in the woods that I assumed that he ha…
7 years, 7 months ago
Episode #88 - Eli Best
This week, Eli Best tells me about the journey she took on the Camino De Santiago back in 2004. She had suffered a heart attack and organ failure sev…
7 years, 7 months ago
Episode #87 - Spencer Leebolt and Blaike Bateman (Pit Boss and Play By Play)
Spencer Leebolt and Blaike Bateman have almost reached the halfway mark on the Appalachian Trail. Spencer is Blaike's stepfather and, although he had…
7 years, 7 months ago
Episode #86 - Devan Horn (Shawty)
For a hiking show, Devan Horn wouldn't normally belong. Yet this extraordinary woman, a long-distance runner and rider, chose to hike the Colorado Tr…
7 years, 8 months ago
Episode #85 - Art Donovan (CraftE)
A member of the Class of 2018, Art Donovan is fulfilling a dream that his mother had 50 years ago. With retirement came the desire to cross the AT of…
7 years, 8 months ago
Episode #84 - James Smyle (Mayhem)
This weekend, April 28 and 29, the Flip Flop Festival will be held in the adjoining towns of Harpers Ferry and Bolivar, partly to celebrate the begin…
7 years, 8 months ago