The ATC taking money from "big oil", bears invading Ohio, ultra-runners dying in China, and keyboard warriors saving lives - we are covering all sorts of late and breaking news in the outdoors realm!

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One of our earliest YouTube inspirations joins us on the podcast - Frozen from Outdoor Adventures. When we started getting into YouTube back in 2016, Frozen was the go-to for midwest backpacking. He has made a huge impact on our channel.  

We sit down with Frozen and talk about adjusting to COVID life, how being a family man has impacted his backpacking, how he feels about the growing backpacking youtube community, his upcoming hikes for this year, and when he's coming to Columbus to livestream with the Schill Bros :)

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The CALL IN SHOW IS RETURNING.  

I can't believe we are doing this again. We fired up the phone line, poured some drinks, and let the call-ins roll in. We talk to listeners about their favorite bear stories, scariest trail encounters, and some epic backpacking trips. This went almost four hours so BUCKLE UP.  

THANK YOU to everyone who donated via superchats, and participated, we had a great time. As always huge shout out to Bryce Newbold for joining, make sure to check out his channel!

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We are getting ready to plan a pretty sweet backpacking trip to Colorado this summer, and we thought we would give the internet some insight into our process. Joining us is our buddy Scott, a very qualified outdoorsmen that we we will be going with.

During this livestream we will go through our process of trip planning, and crack open some fresh drinks from Endeavor Brewing and Spirits.  https://endeavorbrewing.com/

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We sit down and do the Q&A we were supposed to have back in March.

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We are BACK from spending multiple weeks traveling around California, Nevada, and Colorado. During our Nevada leg we had the opportunity to experience the high desert - at Massacre Rim Dark Sky Sanctuary, located in the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE NEVADA  

We discuss camping in the desert, "overlanding", the west, Andy's experiences sleeping on the ground, mountain & winter backpacking, and some of our sweet trips coming up this summer

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In addition to being the token millennial on the youtubing circuit, Kyle O'Grady is a youtuber, podcaster, and thru-hiker from the northeast. We are huge fans of Kyle, and he's a repeat guest on the podcast.  

We BS with Kyle about how he got into youtubing and podcasting, some of his favorite hikes, his AT through-hike, upcoming hiking plans, and some of the wierdest encounters he's had on trail. 

 Kyle is a great dude - check out his channel and podcast:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC72zCOrxkfXxZAnqQoS43Qw 

https://trailtales.podbean.com/

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The wives join us to taste test some meals LIVE. We have a collection of various backpacking, just-add-water, dinners from some cottage vendors.

We have been looking for good resources relating to hot tents for awhile, so we figured we would invite two YouTubers that have a TON of experience on the matter.  We are joined by Justin from It's Good in the Woods and Devin from Backcountry Exposure. Both of them have extensive experience using hot tents in many different conditions.  

We talk different types of hot tents, their favorites, some fun hot tent experiences, common myths about hot tenting, some great tips & hacks, and if you're going to die from carbon monoxide exposure  

Check Out Their Channels! 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvStG3J85bTj6QqgUB5ly8w 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVyZtccA-oMchXHai-CJyPA

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We are having the GREAT DEBATE tonight on backcountry BSing - LIVE  Our friend Sam, also having 10+ years experience with both hammocks and tents joins us to break down the pro's and con's of these shelter systems spread across various categories.  

We go DEEP into the various attributes linked to tents and hammocks, and hope this might serve future backpackers as they decide between the two. We also open up the phone-a-friend line and talk to the king of hammocks - Spiguyver backpacking.  Of course we discuss current events, pop open some choice bourbon, and have a great time!

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