We had the brilliant opportunity to sit down with my buddy Matt from college and chat with him about learning how to scuba dive. Matt shares with us his first few experiences, why he learned how to dive, and some of the things that he learned during his first few dives that helped him in the long run.

Repod-It! host Brian Schoening shares a gear story about his favorite backpack that he's had for eight years now. Listen along to the funny story that led to the current pack that he hikes with now.

A good friend, Cyrus Faramarzi, comes on to chat about learning how to surf over the last few years, and highlight a couple of key lessons he's learned during his first few years participating in the sport.

Without a week 5 compilation episode last week, we decided to mash these two weeks into one! Hear from Brandon Oliff, Meg Carney, and Kelli Jones about their favorite pieces of gear that they shared with us when they came on the podcast!

Kelli joined us on Repod-It! roughly a month and a half ago. She shared with us about a very well-loved jacket of hers that has been so rigorously-used that it might need some of it's stuffing replenished! Make sure to check out everything that NOSO is doing in the outdoor industry at nosopatches.com.

A great friend of mine, Giles Ray jumps on the pod to share one of his favorite outdoor experience. He and a friend from college planned their first trip by themselves through parts of Yosemite national park, and loved every minute of it! Tune in to hear more.

In today's episode of Gear Stories, Meg shares about her dog, and her gravel bike - the latter of which opened her eyes up to whole new world of bikepacking. If you would like to read any of Meg's work, check out her website megcarney.com.

It's been a while since Chap was on the podcast with us. He jumps on to talk about some of the cool stuff that Rerouted has been doing for the last few months, and share some of our favorite features of the Rerouted App!

Brandon Oliff joined us on the podcast to chat about his super exciting trip on the Continental Divide Trail. He had a quilt on that trip that he said was a lifesaver. Tune in to hear more about it!

In this week's compilation episode, we feature Jim Glover, and his mountain bike that he got a few years ago which changed his life, and Steven Reinhold talking about his favorite coffee maker that he takes on every outdoor adventure!