Episode 136 - Listener Spotlight - Dave &amp; Liz, The New Hampshire 4000 Footer List

This week we have a listener spotlight with our friends Liz and Dave (of Daveshits in the woods fame) joining us to talk about their hiking and outdoor adventure pursuits. They are both well experienced hikers in the New England area so we will talk to them about their background, we will expose the secret illuminati 500 Highest hiking group to the audience and learn about their gear preference, favorite hikes and plenty of other topics. All this plus the Garden of Eden has been discovered in the Catskills, Hot Tub parties are going to be harder to come by soon, snow shovel road rage, another story of a Vagrant homeless guy who turns out to be rich, a refresher on the rules of the 4000 footer list, gear reviews, pop culture, hikes on Owls head, Hiking and sledding Cannon.

Topics

Welcome Dave and Liz, Scheduling issues
Condolences on recent Hiker Fatality
Carnegie Hero Medal
Old Forest near Catskills
Becoming an Outdoor Woman event coming up
Hot Tub closure and Legionnaires disease
Shoveling Rage incident leads to three deaths
Fun things to do, Haverhill,
MA man dies and leaves $70,000 in his backpack
Topic of the week - Rules of the 4000 Footer List (33:00 minute mark)
Starlink mini dish
Dad Joke and Pop Culture Talk
Recent Hikes - Owls Head and Cannon (1:05 minute mark)
Notable Listener Hikes
Guests of the Week - Liz and Dave (1:18 minute mark)

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Topics

Welcome Dave and Liz, Scheduling issues
Condolences on recent Hiker Fatality
Carnegie Hero Medal
Old Forest near Catskills
Becoming an Outdoor Woman event coming up
Hot Tub closure and Legionnaires disease
Shoveling Rage incident leads to three deaths
Fun things to do, Haverhill,
MA man dies and leaves $70,000 in his backpack
Topic of the week - Rules of the 4000 Footer List (33:00 minute mark)
Starlink mini dish
Dad Joke and Pop Culture Talk
Recent Hikes - Owls Head and Cannon (1:05 minute mark)
Notable Listener Hikes
Guests of the Week - Liz and Dave (1:18 minute mark)

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Episode 135 - Tobey and Meghan from the Mt. Washington Auto Road

This week we are back from vacation and joined by our friends at the Mt. Washington Auto Road, Tobey Reichart the Auto Road General Manager and Meghan Moody Scwartz, the Auto Road Marketing and Events Director were kind enough to sit down with us this week to talk about all things Mt. Washington Auto Road. Enjoy the discussion about America’s Oldest Man Made Attraction where we will cover the history of the Auto Road, the operations behind maintaining the road, all the various events and activities available and we will learn about Great Glen Trails Outdoor Center and the Glen House Hotel. All this plus vacation recap, Stomp has been on a hiking kick with trips out to the Osceola, Tripyramids and Tecumseh over the break and some recent search and rescue news

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Topics

Happy New Year, Vacation recap and 1st Day Hikes
Apple Watch for hiking
Shout outs to @trailsignlove on IG, A Dad Joke and plug for New England Healing Sports Association
Mt. Washington Road Race Registration is opening soon
Listener Letter - injury on trail
Hiking Drama - when to drop your backpack / slackpack
Pop Culture - Cameo? Walter and Gus
Coffee Donations, Notable Hikes, Beer Talk and Stomp hikes Osceolas, Tripyramid and Tecumseh over the holidays
Guests of the Week - Tobey and Meghan from the Mt. Washington Auto Road (57:00 Min)
Recent Search and Rescue news

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Episode 137 - Welcome Sherpa Ant, Discussion of hiker fatality on Mount Guyot, Mount Washington name change

This week we are joined by KERRY UHLENDORF who is the owner of Sherpa Ant, an online retailer that offers a variety of creative Northeast mountain-inspired illustration, cards, apparel & gifts. Sherpa Ants mission is to HELP OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS PURSUE AND SHARE THEIR PASSIONS WHILE GIVING BACK TO THE community. In addition to her work Kerry is also a prolific hiker, having grown up in and around the northeast so we will talk about some of her favorite areas in the White Mountains. She has also completed the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail so we will ask her to give us her insights about what is going through this year's class of thru hikers head as they prepare to head out on the long trails. Also this episode we will discuss the recent hiker fatality along the Pemi Loop route, an attempt to change the name of Mount Washington has been denied, plus search and rescue news with 3 hikers in trouble on Mount Monadnock and 20 skiers getting lost out of bounds in Killington, Vermont.