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Nick has had a crazy week with a family illness and Josh is all tied up, so Ash sits down with Nick to bang out a quick S(mall)PUDs episode! The forever-hiking buddies discuss their journey, experiences, and challenges (thus far) hiking with their daughter from the age of 2 weeks to nearly 2.5 years!

Local hikes in Rehoboth at 2 weeks with Daddy, summit dances on Mount Willard, many ascents of Mount Wachusett, Mount Van Hoevenburg in the Adirondacks, losing pinecones on Hedgehog Mountain, a temper tantrum on Mount Stinson, day hiking some of the Long Trail, sleeping in a carrier pack, forgetting a puffy and substituting with a blanket and hand warmers, hot days on the Cliff Walk in Newport, sunsets on Bald Mountain,"snackies" are paramount, plus many more "family" hiking stories, on this all-about-hiking-with-a-young-kiddo-episode of the PUDs Podcast!!!

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Osprey Poco Child Carrier

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Hedgehog Mountain with Ash & Rylan on Nick's YouTube Channel

Mount Stinson with Ash & Rylan on Nick's YouTube Channel

Sunset Ledge on the Long Trail with Ash & Rylan on Nick's YouTube Channel

Kingsbury Reservoir Loop with Ash & Rylan on Nick's YouTube Channel

Mount Willard with Ash, Rylan, Wilkie, Lorrie, & Mike on Nick's YouTube Channel

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Nick is back from bagging Mount Isolation for Winter with a great group of folks, and the boys catchup with Nick Higgins, James Leitner, Lynn Swezey on the other side of The Lincoln 100!

Josh may be drinking too much seltzer, the boys discuss snow cleanup strategies at length, be careful taking your kiddos to the Fall River Children's Museum if you're looking to avoid sickness, Nick bags his #45 peak for the Winter 48 with Mount Isolation using the Engine Hill and Iso Express bushwhacks and has an very snowy early-morning commute up to the Rocky Branch trailhead, and Josh and Nick catchup with the runners and crew chief of The Lincoln 100; the brainchild of the late-Chris Roma, to run 100 miles on a ~3 mile loop in Lincoln, New Hampshire in support of Mission Clean Water! We get into the experience, Nick Higgins finishing the 100 miles in ~33 hours, why James called it at the 24 hour mark, amazing support from the community in the Whites, Lynn holding down "the tent" on route 3, staying up through 2 nights, fueling strategies, running hallucinations, plus we discuss the upcoming SnowSafe Summit event in Rumney, New Hampshire (2/14/25 - 2/15/25!!!) on this try-not-to-explode-after-you-take-your-bicarbs-episode of the PUDs Podcast!!!

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Nick's Music Moment:

Violet - L.S. Dunes - 2025

Josh's Jazzy Music Moment:

Skip...

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Barn Door Hostel SnowSafe Summit Event Page

Mission Clean Water Lincoln 100 Page

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This week Nick and Josh welcome thru-hiker, peak-bagger, and manager of The Notch Hostel Tricia Case (also commonly known by her trail-name "Pearl") and learn  all about The Notch Hostel up in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, as well as her own pursuits hiking Vermont's Long Trail, the Appalachian Trail, and her experience cranking out a Single Season Winter 48 Four-Thousand Footers!

Josh is fired up tonight, Nick does some local hiking down in Newport, Rhode Island and has a close encounter with a deer along with some ice-fishing at Maspenock in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, Josh is disappointed in his body, a tidbit on last week's episode when it comes to the small wood-stoves in AMC huts during the winter, and we dive into a great conversation with Tricia about the expected and unexpected challenges of long-distance hiking, what it's like working at hostel during the AT Hiking Season, how Tricia got her trail-name, fireside chats, Summits in Solidarity, sunrise hikes, getting creative with thru-hiker leftovers, and everything about The Notch Hostel on this maybe-we're-going-to-have-to-camp-out-here-soon-episode of the PUDs Podcast!

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Nick's Music Moment:

Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Sharon Van Etten - 2025

Josh's Jazzy Music Moment:

Save Tonight - Eagle-Eye Cherry

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Pinkham Notch or bust! Nick has been continuing his quest to finish bagging the Winter 48 along with an overnight at Zealand Falls Hut! It's time to rundown hikes of the Carters, 'Cats, Zealand, and more!

Josh is freezing in the basement and Nick makes him turn off his space-heater because of background noise (spoiler, we realized this was because Josh's laptop mic was coming through StreamYard and his mic wasn't actually picking it up...oops!), why is Nick carrying around a dude named Ryan(?), Nick crashes a lap on the Lincoln 100 with Nick Higgins, James Leitner, and Philip Carcia, the Ice Castles leave something to be desired, Arethusa Falls is awesome, Josh enjoys a nice snow day and tries not to end up on the SLASR Podcast taking out the trash, and get ready to settle in with your 20 degree sleeping back and nice rehydrated meal as we recap hikes of Carter Dome, Zeacliff, Zealand, South Hale, Hale, South Carter, Middle Carter, and Wildcats "D" and "A" (phew!), on this hopefully-you-don't-mind-listening-to-a-lot-of-Nick-breaking-down-hikes episode of the PUDs Podcast!

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Nick's Music Moment:

Broken Bells - Broken Bells - 2010

Episode Links:

Nick's Short Film Edit of the Zealand Falls Hut Overnight Trip on YouTube

Carter Dome AllTrails

Zealand AllTrails

South & Middle Carter AllTrails

Wildcat Traverse AllTrails

Arethusa Falls AllTrails

Mission Clean Water Lincoln 100 & Donations

SNOWSAFE SUMMIT Facebook Page

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The boys are stoked this week to sit down with friend and listener of the podcast "daveshitsinthewoods"! We take a walk on the bushwhack-y side of things and hear about some of Dave's adventures off-trail; including his recent completion of the New Hampshire Hundred Highest (NHHH) along with his creation of a brand new New Hampshire hiking list: the New Hampshire Inappropriate Sixty-Nine (NHI69)!

Josh and Nick are feeling feisty, Nick has been spending a bunch of time up north and prepares to head up once again for the long weekend with family (oh no!), Josh has a new car, we hear about some upcoming winter hiking events, Josh makes Nick blush and sh*ts in the woods too(!), and you better get your compass and map ready as the boys chat with Dave about what it's like to be off-trail on adventures all over New Hampshire, animal encounters, navigation strategies, logging artifacts and other strange things you might find in New Hampshire's less-traveled areas, plus a whole new hiking list for those who are super-adventurous and perhaps have their mind in the gutter, on this anything-but-sh*tty-episode of the PUDS Podcast!!!

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Nick's Music Moment:

A Hundred Million Suns - Snow Patrol - 2008

Josh's Jazzy Music Moment:

Nada...

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Dave's Instagram

New Hampshire Inappropriate 69 Instagram

Alzheimer’s Association 48 Peaks Registration

Mission Clean Water Lincoln 100 & Donations

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Bundle up and get ready to move as the boys are joined by Nick Higgins and James Leitner! The pair are preparing to attempt 100 miles on a ~3.2 mile loop in 24 hours, starting on January 16th, 2025 in the heart of the Whites; Lincoln, New Hampshire, in honor of the late Christoper Roma and to raise money for the non-profit Mission Clean Water!

Josh tries to make Nick feel awkward with dead air, Josh refuses to put on space heaters in his basement studio space, Nick is still defrosting from bagging Carter Dome on a very cold day and visits the New England Aquarium, and settle in for the amazing story of family man, friend, and ultra-hiker Chris Roma! His passion for hiking, the outdoors, and using it to raise funds to provide clean water to people across the globe continues to reverberate and influence others in the Whites, and Nick Higgins and James Leitner are picking up where he left off! All this and a very theatrical hyperthetical on this how-many-laps-can-you-run-in-by-the-North-Woodstock-post-office-episode of the PUDs Podcast!

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Nick's Music Moment:

...Like Clockwork - Queens of the Stone Age - 2013

Josh's Jazzy Music Moment:

Small correction on last week...

Episode Links:

Alzheimer’s Association 48 Peaks Registration

Mission Clean Water Website

Mission Clean Water Lincoln 100 & Donations

SNOWSAFE SUMMIT Facebook Page

Mission Clean Water Facebook Page

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Hope you all had a great Christmas, Happy Holidays, and New Year's! The holidays are over, and the boys are back with a fresh episode for 2025!

Josh questions what kind of Taco Bell item Nick is, the boys recap their holiday celebrations, Josh visits the "Boston Museum of Illusion" and stays in Waterville Valley over New Year's and gets our for a few hikes; including Big Pines Path and Boulder Path, Nick continues chipping away at his Winter New Hampshire Four-Thousand-Footers with hikes of the Osceolas and Carrigain, how does Squid Game Season 2 stack up to the original, and the first hyperthetical of 2025 on this new-year-same-PUDs-episode of the PUDs Podcast!

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Nick's Music Moment:

Rome - The National - 2024

Josh's Jazzy Music Moment:

Decide - Djo - 2022 ("End of Beginning" single)

Episode Links:

Waterville Valley - Best Hikes for Kids

Osceolas via Greeley Ponds Trail - AllTrails

Carrigain via Signal Ridge Trail - AllTrails (keep in mind you will have to walk ~2 miles from 302 to reach this on Sawyer River Road and ~2 miles back on the way out)

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Happy New Year everyone!!!

We've got a special hiking podcast crossover episode for the holidays! On this episode of the PUDs Podcast, we kick it back to the first time Nick appeared as a guest on the Sounds Like A Search And Rescue (SLASR) Podcast Episode 157 back in June of this year!

Nick is Josh-less in Rehoboth while Mr. Rogers is up hiking with family and hanging out in New Hampshire's Waterville Valley, we hear about Nick's hiking background, Stomp recaps running the Mount Washington Road Race, some details on trail maintenance, Nick's trip to Joshua Tree National Park, and some very interesting White Mountains trail history from Mike, on this its-a-SLASR-Podcast-episode-wrapped-in-a-PUDs-Podcast-episode(?!) of the PUDs Podcast!

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays y'all!

This week the boys are joined by friend and Hiking Buddies 501(c)(3) Secretary; Lynn Swezey! Josh and Nick chat with Lynn on her hiking background, learn all about the Hiking Buddies organization, and Nick and Lynn give a rundown refresher on cold-weather hiking as we move into "official" winter in the Whites!

Nick bags Pierce for Fall on a particularly cold December morning and makes a jaunt up to Willard to score some views, Josh has a new angle using his good side and goes to a Christmas fair, the boys meetup for a candy cane hayride with family, Nick is losing his voice, Nick might need to get into toe socks, we have a fantastic conversation with Lynn about the founding of Hiking Buddies, its educational and safety initiatives, and take a deep dive into winter hiking preparedness discussing layering, gear, weather, and more on this its-time-to-bag-those-winter-four-thousand-footers-and-merry-christmas-episode of the PUDs Podcast!

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Hiking Buddies Website

Hiking Buddies NH 48 Facebook Group

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Barn Door Hostel SNOWSAFE SUMMIT

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Nick's Music Moment:
 
Stop at Nothing EP - Sea Lemon - 2023
 
Josh's Jazzy Music Moment:
 
Still listening to Christmas music!

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Nick and Josh are excited to sit down and chat with fellow podcasters and hosts of the "Sounds Like A Search And Rescue Podcast", AKA the "SLASR" Podcast; Mike and Stomp!

The boys have to reschedule podcasting plans due to inclement weather, Nick is back from Las Vegas and had fun looking at "The Sphere" all week, Josh sees Bristol Santa, Stomp is special, Mike needs a cool trail-name to use, the hiking-podcaster club is small but mighty, Mike and Josh don't like "dead air", and we dive into the humble beginnings of the now nearly two-hundred-episode-deep SLASR podcast, as well as the guys behind the mics, on this twice-the-hiking-podcasters-twice-the-fun-episode of the PUDs Podcast!

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Bristol Santa House

Search for Canadian hiker shifts to recovery

SLASR Podcast Official Site

SLASR Podcast on Instagram

Nick's Music Moment:
 
Dulling the Horns - Wild Pink - 2024
 
Josh's Jazzy Music Moment:
 
All the Christmas tunes...

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