Mountaineer and thru hiker Melany "Sonic Boom" Boivin joins Doc from Quebec to discuss a variety of important topics, including thru hiking luxury items, poutine, stress fractures, flip flopping, the impact of the trail on anxiety and depression, and re-writing the book.  Tune in for all the deets.

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Fresh off the CDT to complete his Triple Crown, Elliot "Beats" Pacheco sits down for some serious discussion with Doc.  Topics include diversity on the trail, pet peeves, shaking hands with the Devil, family and societal expectations, post trail depression, and the dangers of setting up your tent under widow-makers.

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Lulu TARS Aguiniga, having just completed the PCT, sits down to talk about rugby, mountaineering, toe socks, the struggle to be comfortable being uncomfortable, letting it flow, and the importance of being in the moment.

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Grant "Detour" Breidenbach sits down with Doc to detail one of the most epic weather-filled JMT thru hikes you will ever hear about.  Detour, the son of a meteorologist, shares some stormy tales, as well as the importance of food storage on the trail, some serious uh-oh moments, and how the Thru Hiking Syndicate roped him in.

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Fresh off his 3,100-mile thru hike of the CDT, Triple Crowner Justin "2taps" Helmkamp sits down with Doc to discuss gear, trail life, trail family, hiker support groups on Zoom, and the joys of post-holing.

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Listen in as John Kelly and Jeremiah Stringer of the Backpacking Podcast put the tough questions to Doc!  

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Hooch, a past guest and good friend to the pod, returns for a spirited conversation an a wide variety of topics, including: the dangers of setting up your tent in the dark in a patch of poison sumac, marathon training when weddings get in the way, using a Go Pro on a thru hike, monsoons at 11,000', cold soaking, salt pills, and how to earn a Purple Belt. 

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Sisters and engineers Micro and Bicycle reconnect on an 18-day hike through the Sierras on the JMT.  Along the way, they learn a little about themselves and each other.  They sit down with Doc to discuss Micro's obsessive spreadsheeting, submerged resupply buckets at MTR, big wall climbing aspirations, and other stories from the trail.

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In this special crossover episode, the Solitude and John Freakin' Muir podcasts collide when fan favorite and epic contestant Colter Barnes from Season 8 of Alone sits down with Doc and Jukebox.  Listen in as Colter shares his experience on Chilko Lake, including stories of worm-infested woodpecker carcasses, maggot farming, building boats and many other behind the scenes details.  If you are a devoted follower of Alone, you only saw one hour of the 1,000 hours he recorded.  Hear what got left on the cutting room floor.

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Jose "Pepe LePew" Zambrano drops in to share some harrowing experiences in the Sierras.  During his chat with Doc, they talk bear strategy, creative approaches to avoiding hypothermia, highlights on the JMT, Randy Morgenson,  and plenty about gear.    

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