Episode 148 - Tatra Mountains of Slovakia and Poland, Moosilauke and Welch Dickey, White Mountain Trail Collective Fraud case
04/19/24 • 113 min
This week we highlight a recent trip to the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia - we love the White Mountains and New Hampshire but occasionally we highlight other areas. We’ll break down the travel, the logistics and the culture around this beautiful part of the world. Plus recent hikes on Moosilauke and Welch Dickey, tick season reminders, more eclipse news, the head of a non profit trail association accused of fraud, and some highlights of NH’s historical markers.
This weeks Higher Summit Forecast
Welcome back to our Sponsor - CS Instant Coffee
Welcome Back to our Sponsor - 2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks
Topics
- Thanks to Dave and Eric for sitting in last week
- Tick season - Ant odors and Zombie Deer Disease
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Happy birthday Xylo and cat rescues and climbers
- Eclipse Wrap Up
- 21 Types of hikers
- Hiking Exoskeletons
- AMC Awards Ceremony - SLASR will be there
- White Mountain Trail Collective caught up in a fraud scandal
- Guy runs the length of Africa and survives
- Zealand Road Update
- Recent Hikes - Moosilauke and Welch Dickey - accidental bushwhack
- Segment of the Week - Poland and Slovakia
- Historical Markers
Show Notes
- Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews
- SLASR Merchandise
- SLASR LinkTree
- It's tick season. Hopefully you smell like an ant.
- 2 Wyoming hunters may be first in US to die of ZOMBIE DEER DISEASE (CWD)
- Volunteer opportunity for White Mountain clean up
- A rescue story about Link the Cat
- Link’s instagram page
- Post-Eclipse news: 54000 more cars than usual headed south in NH after eclipse
- 21 types of hikers - Which one are you?
- Chinese company developing an exoskeleton for hiking
- Head of White Mountain Trail non-profit accused of fraud
- Briton becomes first to run the length of Africa
- Mike’s Moosilauke GPS Track - Beaver Brook to Benton with a whack
- Krakow and Slovakia
This week we highlight a recent trip to the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia - we love the White Mountains and New Hampshire but occasionally we highlight other areas. We’ll break down the travel, the logistics and the culture around this beautiful part of the world. Plus recent hikes on Moosilauke and Welch Dickey, tick season reminders, more eclipse news, the head of a non profit trail association accused of fraud, and some highlights of NH’s historical markers.
This weeks Higher Summit Forecast
Welcome back to our Sponsor - CS Instant Coffee
Welcome Back to our Sponsor - 2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks
Topics
- Thanks to Dave and Eric for sitting in last week
- Tick season - Ant odors and Zombie Deer Disease
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Happy birthday Xylo and cat rescues and climbers
- Eclipse Wrap Up
- 21 Types of hikers
- Hiking Exoskeletons
- AMC Awards Ceremony - SLASR will be there
- White Mountain Trail Collective caught up in a fraud scandal
- Guy runs the length of Africa and survives
- Zealand Road Update
- Recent Hikes - Moosilauke and Welch Dickey - accidental bushwhack
- Segment of the Week - Poland and Slovakia
- Historical Markers
Show Notes
- Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews
- SLASR Merchandise
- SLASR LinkTree
- It's tick season. Hopefully you smell like an ant.
- 2 Wyoming hunters may be first in US to die of ZOMBIE DEER DISEASE (CWD)
- Volunteer opportunity for White Mountain clean up
- A rescue story about Link the Cat
- Link’s instagram page
- Post-Eclipse news: 54000 more cars than usual headed south in NH after eclipse
- 21 types of hikers - Which one are you?
- Chinese company developing an exoskeleton for hiking
- Head of White Mountain Trail non-profit accused of fraud
- Briton becomes first to run the length of Africa
- Mike’s Moosilauke GPS Track - Beaver Brook to Benton with a whack
- Krakow and Slovakia
Previous Episode
Episode 147 - Eric Todd Sweet - Dave Sh*ts in the Woods - 48 Peaks Alzheimer's
Episode 147 of the Sounds like a Search & Rescue Podcast
This week, while Mike is galavanting about in Europe, Stomp is joined by Eric Todd Sweet and Dave Shits in the Woods, live and in the flesh at the Woodpeckers Studio to discuss the apoc-eclipse, modern art, granny afghans, geocaching, some new gear ideas, recent hikes and people falling off cliffs out west. Later in the show we’ll be joined by Cindy Hession and Alana Barrett from the Alzheimer’s Association; They’ll tell us all about the great fundraising event, ‘48 Peaks ALzheimer’s.’
Show Notes:
00:00:00 - Mount Washington Observatory Forecast
04:58:08 - Hikingbuddies.org
06:13:09 - Show opener
07-16-084 - Eclipse talk
15:08:113 - Dave Shits is a Sweezer
16:10:139 - News Station plays wrong eclipse video
17:18:645 - When Cicadas attack
18:49:087 - Modern Art Update
21:49:606 - Geocaching chat
- What is geocaching?
- Where is it allowed? No wilderness or alpine zones.
- How does Leave No Trace fit with Geocaching, if at all?
25:00:441 - History Segment - East Pond Mill - CCC Camps - Camp 24 - Livermore Town
29:02:774 - Vaucluse Gear
30:39:593 - Dad Joke - Eclipse Edition
32:07:630 - Pop Culture Talk - Summit, THe Board Game - The Joker Part II - Curb Your Enthusiasm - GOT - Dark
35:46:299 - SLASR’s GEAR REVIEW -
- Eddie Bauer - Rechargeable Dual Arc Lighter with COB light
- Skunky Wipes - Look great for backpackers / through-hikers
39:01:782 - 48 Peaks Alzheimer’s
41:39:468 - Buy Me a Coffee donations
42:36:801 - CS Coffee
43:07:828 - Recent Hikes - Cone Mountain - Brown Ash Swamp - Dave’s ‘NH Inappropriate 69’ Hiking list - Sachem Peak - Carr Mountain
54:28:466 - SLASR’s GUEST(s) OF THE WEEK -
- Eric Todd Sweet
- ADK’s - snowshoes required - mud season
- 150 Mt. Washington summits - Jenny Craig of Mountaineering
- Adaptive Sports Partners - Artist Bluff - Mt. Washington Sunrise Ascent
- 1:08:34:860 - Dave Shits in the Woods
- NH Highest 500 - Squatters ruining passage for hikers on private land.
- Nash Stream Forest
- Caltopo
- Wilderlist app
- Infinite Storm spruce trap
1:14:18:037 - SLASR’s NOTABLE HIKE OF THE WEEK - Who will it be??????
1:23:43:570 - SLAR’s HIKING TOPIC OF THE WEEK - 48 Peaks ALzheimer’s with Cindy Hession and Alana...
Next Episode
Episode 149 - AMC Awards, Welcome back Lynn, Cardigan via Holt Trail, Black Mountain, PCT Hiker Drama
This week we highlight the AMC Awards ceremony that took place last weekend at Exeter High School. Plus Stomp’s DJ plans, Lynn Swezey or Swezer? Or Swizzle is back. She will update us on a recent wilderness first aid class she participated in and some other updates on Hiking Buddies and recent adventures. Hiker Drama on the Pacific Crest Trail, College kids falling off cliffs, Gear Review, A recent hike on the Holt Trail to the summit of Mount Cardigan, another recent hike on the Chippewa trail on black Mountain and some recent search and rescue news.
About Lynn Swezey
Lynn’s 48 Peaks - Longest Day Team
This weeks Higher Summit Forecast
Topics
- Grimes DJ Meltdown and Stomp’s summer DJ Plans - Coachella, SXSW, Burning Man
- Welcome back Lynn - Rock and Ice Climbing, SOLO Wilderness Class, Hiking Buddy News
- Historical Markers
- Chronic Wasting Disease update - Correction
- Hiker Drama on the PCT
- Stomp’s Gear Review update - Lowe Sirac 65L
- Forest Roads are still closed
- Animals on the loose, Sasquatch, Mount Everest
- Roz the Adventure Cat
- Recent Hikes - Welch Dickey, Black Mountain, and Cardigan via the very steep Holt Trail
- AMC Awards Ceremony
- Recent Search and Rescue News
Show Notes
- Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews
- SLASR Merchandise
- SLASR LinkTree
- Grimes meltdown at Coachella
- Virtual Education Series
- Wilderness First Aid Classes
- national database of historical markers
- Chronic Wasting Disease update
- Prions
- PCTA put out an alert on a thru hiker
- PCTA then puts out a retraction saying the post was not authorized
- Then a scary video of the guy confronting another hiker in a shelter is released
- Lowe Alpine Sirac 65L Trekking Pack
- Coyote spotted in Central Park NYC
- Cowboystatedaily
- New study reveals insight into Sasquatch sightings.
- Wyoming mountaineer's quest for Everest denied by China
- Ros - Adventure Cat
- Rachel White Mountain
- Sarah Ford Holt
- Camp Mowglis History
- AMC Annual meeting, Awards and Dinner
- 24 year old social media influenc...
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