Wednesday, October 14, 2026Long Walks and Rabid Dogs - Cam "Swami" Honan (Part II)
In Part 2, Cam and Doc get into what he's built and what he believes. The Hiking Life: a free resource started in 2010 while he was building the websi...
Wednesday, October 14, 2026Long Walks and Rabid Dogs - Cam "Swami" Honan (Part I)
Backpacker Magazine has called Cam "Swami" Honan the most traveled hiker on earth. He has walked more than 75,000 miles across 68 countries. His Hikin...
Saturday, October 10, 2026Trail Stories - There's a Fine Line Between Sad and Impressive with Cam "Swami" Honan
Backpacker Magazine has called Cam Honan the most traveled hiker on earth. He has walked more than 75,000 miles across 68 countries. He completed the ...
Friday, October 9, 2026The Cottage - Episode 2: Quit Your Day Job
Every cottage gear founder had a moment when they walked away from a conventional career. In "Quit Your Day Job," we hear four of those stories. Whitn...
Wednesday, October 7, 2026"I Had A Big Old Blank Canvas." - Watergirl (Part II)
In Part 2, the real story of why Andrea was primed for that stranger's suggestion in Vermont comes into full focus: years of political reporting that ...
Wednesday, October 7, 2026"I Had A Big Old Blank Canvas." - Watergirl (Part I)
Andrea Zelinski had been covering the Texas State Legislature for the Houston Chronicle for years and was newly divorced when a stranger on the Appala...
Monday, October 5, 2026Dark Miles - Larry and the Long Way Back (with Shawn Mahoney)
In October 2019, Shawn Mahoney's cousin came into his room to turn off an alarm that had been ringing too long. Shawn was unresponsive. His cousin sta...
Saturday, October 3, 2026Trail Stories - Don't Rush Me with Andrea "Watergirl" Zelinski
Andrea Zelinski was a political reporter in Austin, covering the Texas State Legislature, when the wheels started coming off. She had covered a church...
Friday, October 2, 2026The Cottage - Episode 1: The G4 and the Yellow Pad
Glen Van Peski never set out to start a gear company. He was an engineer with a 70-pound pack who decided to make himself something lighter. When hike...
Wednesday, September 30, 2026Suck It Up, Buttercup - Carl Roberson (Part II)
In Part 2, Carl Roberson's life after the AT comes into focus: a 14-year-old turned 15 section-hiking Yellowstone, turned 23 doing the Colorado Trail ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2026Suck It Up, Buttercup - Carl Roberson (Part I)
Welcome to Season 12. Carl Roberson hiked the Appalachian Trail at 14. Not a section. Georgia to Maine. 1974. With a 37-pound Kelty external frame pac...
Saturday, September 26, 2026Trail Stories - Suck It Up, Buttercup (with Carl Roberson)
In 1974, a 14-year-old kid from Delaware named Carl Roberson hiked the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. He carried a 37-pound Kelty pack. He u...
