Pumpkin Spiced Lattes may be your thing, but over at Chez Clare it's all about Josh Wine. Clare and this weeks guest, Jessie Sherman, crack open a bottle while talking all things girl--you know, like working on your pull-up game, chopping off your boobs, and which crags are cursed. This week also features some exciting news about our favorite big-assed animal friends, the bears! Let's fucking go! 

GUYS PUT AWAY YOUR PUMPKINS LET'S DRAG SUMMER OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE and talk about some good old fashioned summer things like completing thru hikes (this episodes a couple of super exciting finishers!), eating mayo as sustenance, and flashing drones while on hikes. What? Didn't want to see our boobs? Then leave your drones at home! Today's guest is ray of sunshine (and podcast cover artist!) MEG DAVIS, trail name "Beans." We giggled A LOT but also got serious for a sec and talked about the complexities of the sometimes v toxic outdoors community that we both care about a lot (CW: sexual assault). Join us on this rollercoaster! Learn how metal bears are! Contemplate poop with us! And remember, we're rooting for you. 

Ahhh yes, the end of summer! Time for last minute beach sessions, back-to-school prep, saving your friends from Canada, and raging forest fires in the Amazon? Anyone? On today's episode we get into all of that with an interview--that is only interrupted once by Clare's 3 rambunctious cats--of sweet, sweet Maria (trail name Dirty Avocado) touching on topics from what cultural identity we most identify with to getting run over by bears. You know, only the most important things. Xoxo

Podcast IG: @backcountrybtchs 
Clare's IG: @miss.clare.in.the.wild
Maria's Avocado: @cotezi 

Clare is back in Maine and it feels so... weirdly quiet! To honor the great rocky-coast state, this episode covers all things ocean--whales, fisher(wo)men, lumpy fish, grumpy people, and being stoked on sharks. To get some true salty perspective, Clare sits down with local fishing legend (and absolutely cutie patootie) Sadie Samuels to talk all things salty, and get real about how to heal, or at least keep going, after unthinkable trauma (TW: Domestic Abuse). 
IG:
Clare: @miss.clare.in.the.wild
Sadie: @sadiethesiren 
Backcountry Bitches: @backcountrybtchs 

Is it summer yet? It sure is starting to get hot in here, especially down near the border in Tucson, where the Scott Warren case recently wrapped up. Clare discusses how this humanitarian court case relates to our backcountry lives, especially "trail angel" culture. 
After, Clare sits down (in a closet) with the lovely and fierce model, climber, and organizer Sam Ortiz (@samortizphoto) to talk about all the important things, like how to make REI custom plan a trip around your bucket list, and then pay for you to go on it...although that might just be Sam and her endless charm. 

Intro music by the mother f%^&ing greatest, @lou.rawk
Artwork by the endlessly talented @megmegmegegg