Team Tumbles including the lovely Mrs. Cranky talk about their final leg of their west trip, the Grand Canyon!   We talk trails, temps, and gear and needless to say the excitement is building!  

Join the duo for 16 minutes of walking and talking about Great Basin National Park and Philadelphia and Wheeler Peak and carnivals.  We’re giving you the skinny of the second leg of our western trip visiting eastern Nevada.  Nothing more to say really. Enjoy the shit show and follow us on all the socials! ❤️❤️❤️

Alright y’all, we’re mentally and physically prepping for perhaps one of the more epic hikes we’ve done in our tenure as Team Tumbles, HALF DOME. 

That’s right friends, in just 3 weeks time we will be out West and soaking in that dry heat all while conquering feats that no native east coaster has dreamt of conquering…the drama..

We talk stats and gear for the 14 mile hike in Yosemite and voice our delirious opinions (since it is a humid 100 degrees on the east coast and they just ran..) about the upcoming saga. 

It is a momentous milestone for Team Tumbles as Tumbles and the Crank complete the AT section of Shenandoah National Park.  It was a pretty anticlimactic ending view-wise as they finished in the middle of the park but 2+ years later, it was pretty exciting.  A well deserved blackberry milkshake at Big Meadows Wayside and a trip to Luray Caverns rounded out the day as the duo sets sights for south and back north in Vermont. 

Enjoy, y’all!

We welcome back IBTAT to the podcast for a life update; what and where is he hiking?  After a fun weekend at AT Trail Days, he decided to continue hiking with Feathers, Roscoe, and Little Leaf Goat through the Shenandoah, the C&O Canal and beyond.  We talk about how full time hiking is going for him and what the next great trip awaits. 

Follow IBTAT on Insta!  @savedbymtns

on YouTube: IB TAT

Buy his awesome merch! www.savedbymtnsphotography.com

and Patreon: www.Patreon.com/IBTAT 

Follow Kate Cloud Feathers on YouTube!: www.YouTube.com/c/KateCloud

and Insta! Kate_Cloud_Feathers

And Little Leaf! @little_leaf_goat

(“69, dudes!”) kidding kidding.

We were joined by Tennessee’s Jess Lancaster for todays episode and we really want to explore that part of the US now!

Jess goes into her love of the Cumberland Plateau and talks about some great sounding trails in Eastern TN!  We also learn more about the Art Loeb Trail and hiking in Georgia in December.

We finish off the episode with Jess talking about anxiety and despite that, she still pushes herself to go out solo on trail. 

Thanks, Jess, it was a real treat to chat!!

Follow her on Insta! @shehikestn

We are so pleased to have had author Brian Livingston (Mr. Frodo) on the show!  Cranky,

flying solo, talks to Brian about his 2013 Appalachian Trail thru-hike, goes into characters and character arches in the book, and the process of writing and self-publishing a book.  Readers, and especially hikers, of ‘The Habits..’ will be able to identify with the main character Gabe as he goes through his journey on the Great East Trail.  Growth, friendship and adventure course through the book and we guarantee that you will enjoy it!

Thank you very much, Brian. It was a pleasure to chat with you. 

Brian’s website! brianlivingstonbooks.com

Cranky and Tumbles are BACK!  The duo finally started the Vermont section of the AT  at the southern end.  Covid, 95 degrees, ridge lines, and Bennington history phalluses await you this exciting episode. Enjoy, friends!