Sounds Like A Search And Rescue Podcast

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 This week we are at Rek Lis Brewing for their annual Full Condition event. Ty Gagne is joining us, Ty has a new book coming up so he is going to drop a details about the upcoming book,  Ken Bosse is back for another comedy set, I’ll share some recent search and rescue data and trends, plus the Rek lis team, Andy from the Cog Railway along with Camryn, Patrick from Mt. Washington State Park, Mike and Jay from the Mt.Washington Weather Observatory,  Cindy from the Alzheimer's Association, and Lynn from the Hiking Buddies. All this plus some surprise guests.

This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

Donations

Conservation Officer to run Boston Marathon in memory of Levi Frye and suicide awareness.

Topics

• Welcome Littlefoot

• Welcome Ty Gagne (12:00) 

• Recent Search and Rescue Data (25:00) 

• Ken Bosse 

• Rek’Lis Steve and Marlaina 

• Lynn from Hiking Buddies, Cindy from Alzheimers 

• Welcome Patrick from Mt. Washington State Park and Andy from the Cog Railway

• Mike from Mount Washington Weather Observatory

• Q&A

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• Search and Rescue Data updated for 2024

• The Lions of Winter - Ty Gagne

Sponsors, Friends  and Partners

• Wild Raven Endurance Coaching

• Fieldstone Kombucha

• CS Instant Coffee

• 2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks

• Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast

• Hiking Buddies 

• Vaucluse - Sweat less. Explore more. – Vaucluse Gear

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 This week Stomp is off preparing for our live Full Conditions Event at Rek Lis Brewing so we have our friend Dave joining me to cohost. Dave recently finished New Hampshire Highest 100 so he will talk about his experience pursuing this list which is heavily focused on Bushwhacks. Later in the episode we are joined by Amy Niemczura Sowa who recently completed hiking all the trails in the Maine Mountain guide. We tend to focus on NH Redlining but our friends in Maine have their own crazy hiking pursuits so Amy will join us to talk about this accomplishment. Plus some White Mountain history, follow up on some true crime cases, a recap of the Rescue Me 5K, a preview of the upcoming Full Conditions Event at Reklis, A recent hike review of Mount Greylock,and Updated Search and Rescue Data for 2024

 This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

 Donations

Conservation Officer to run Boston Marathon in memory of Levi Frye and suicide awareness.

About Amy

Amy's Blog - Maine - The Way Life Turned Out 

https://www.instagram.com/thewaylifeturnedout/ 

Topics

• Welcome Dave

• Man fakes drowning, runs off to Uzbekistan

• Insurance Scammers use Bear costume to trash cars 

• Hikers carry 150 lbs worth of gear up Mt. Whitney and things go terribly wrong

• 2024 SAR Data 

• Arrest made on man who staged a fake bear attack

• Rescue Me 5K was a success

• Reklis Full conditions event is this weekend

• CO running the Boston Marathon to raise funds for Suicide Awareness

• White Mountain History - The Randolph Town Forest 

• Gear Review - Emergency Signal Balloon

• Beer talk and Dad jokes

• Mount Greylock Hike 

• Welcome Dave - NH 100 Highest list

• Welcome Amy Niemczura Sowa - Redlining / Hiking all of the Maine Mountain Guide

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• Wild Raven Endurance Coaching

• Guy fakes his own death and fled to Uzbekistan 

• A TikTok Video emerges that lays out his plan

• Missing Hiker Kevin Race 

• Guys try to scam insurance using a Bear Costume while trashing their cars.

• The Video is hilarious 

• Hikers carry 150 lbs of gear including 5 gallons of water - trip goes horribly wrong and they need a rescue

• SAR Case Write Up

• Updated 2024 Data is coming up

• Update on the case of a man who staged a crime to look like a bear attack

• Guy has quite a history

• White Mountain / NH History - The story of the Randolph Town Forest

• Emergency Balloon

• NH !00 highest

• Amy's Instagram 

• Amy's Blog - Maine - The Way Life Turned Out 

• Purchase the Maine Mountain Guide

• Section Hiker Summary of the MMG

Sponsors, Friends  and Partners

• Wild Raven Endurance Coaching

• Fieldstone Kombucha

• CS Instant Coffee

• 2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks

• Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast

• Hiking Buddies 

• Vaucluse - Sweat less. Explore more. – Vaucluse Gear

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This week we are joined by thru hiker Oats from Sawyer. You likely know Sawyer as the go to company for water filtration products for hikers. Oats is their community manager and an experienced Thru Hiker so she is going to join us for a segment to talk about her experience as a Thru Hiker, she’ll give us advice on the AT, an update on how recovery efforts are going in Western North Carolina, we will talk about Sawyer’s various product offerings and she will even tell some stories about her super cool Husky. All this plus a backpacker is murdered in Montana, A look at the story of the Kodiak Bear Whisperer Timothy Treadwell, a recent hike on Franconia ridge with some updates on the extensive trail work done this summer and fall plus some recent Search and Rescue news, 

This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

Donations

Go Fund Me - Peter Gibney

About Katie “Oats” Houston and Sawyer Products

@Oatshikes instagram

Oats Linktree

Sawyer 

Sawyer Products

Topics

• Rescue Me 5K 

• REI Limits Customers Returns

• Backcountry Crimes staged to look like bear attacks

• Tim Treadwell - the Alaskan Bear Whisperer gets eaten by a Bear

• Recent Hike on Franconia Ridge - Reviewing Trail updates

• Notable listener Hikes 

• Welcome Katie “Oats” from Sawyer

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• Wild Raven Endurance Coaching

• Rescue Me 5K

• REI is limiting some customers ability to return items

• Brutal murder of backcountry camper in Montana 

• A wild story out TN - Hiker killed, Murderer attempted to make the crime scene look like a bear attack

• Some Sightings of the suspect

• Timothy Treadwell Story 

• Grizzly Man Documentary

• Tilted Compass

Sponsors, Friends  and Partners

• Wild Raven Endurance Coaching

• Fieldstone Kombucha

• CS Instant Coffee

• 2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks

• Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast

• Hiking Buddies 

• Vaucluse - Sweat less. Explore more. – Vaucluse Gear

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 This week we are joined by Shawn Mahoney. Shawn is known as the guy who hikes with one of the biggest hiking celebrities in the region - Larry The Log. Shawn has been hiking with his log for the last few years and has now completed the triple crown of thru hiking - having done the PCT and CDT since he last joined us on episode 79. In addition to catching up with Shawn we have some weather predictions for the winter, we talk about whistle usage, Road closures, a woman drops her phone in a crevice and ends up stuck upside down for hours, missing elderly couple in Maine, Gear Reviews, Recent hikes on Crescent Mountain and Mount Randolph, and local search and rescue news. 

 This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

 Donations

Go Fund Me - Peter Gibney

About Shawn Mahoney

• NH Chronicle

• WOKQ Article

Topics

• Happy Halloween 

• Welcome Wild Raven Endurance Coaching! 

• Stick Season is here! 

• Daylight Savings is coming 

• Mike Travels to London

• Whistle safety discussion

• NH Farmers Almanac forecast

• Forest Roads Status

• Stuck between a rock and a rock

• Elderly people going missing 

• Trail Talk Highpoint Podcast (Thanks Al)

• Heart health

• Cold Turkey Plunge at Waterville Valley

• Gear talk

• Ty Gagne’s new book preview

• Welcome Shawn Mahoney - Larry the Log returns! 

• Recent Search and Rescue news

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• Wild Raven Endurance Coaching

• The oldest door in Westminster Abbey

• Forest Road Status

• TrailsNH

• Woman drops phone,  gets stuck upside down in cave

• Missing hiker, 72, found near her dead husband’s body in Maine woods kept alive after dog slept on her chest

• Missing woman in Ossipee, NH

• Husband offering a reward

• Follow up on a recent Rescue on Mount Madison

• Original Story of rescue

• Heart screenings offered after students death

• Life Line Screening Services

• Cold Turkey Plunge

• Lighting solution for those afraid of night hiking.

• Video 

• stocking stuffer

• The Lions of Winter - Survival and Sacrifice on Mount Washington

• Man Slips on Bingham Falls in Stowe, VT, hypothermic and still telling bad jokes

• Injured hiker, Mt. Roberts Trail

• Injured hiker, Ammonoosuc Ravine Tr

• Medical emergency, Mt. Chocorua 

• Injured hiker, Tripyramids 

Sponsors, Friends  and Partners

• Wild Raven Endurance Coaching

• Fieldstone Kombucha

• CS Instant Coffee

• 2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks

• Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast

• Hiking Buddies 

• Vaucluse - Sweat less. Explore more. – Vaucluse Gear

A throwback to earlier visits by Chris BB and humorist Ken Bosse.

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 This week we are joined for a listener spot spotlight with Chris Gothberg. Chris is a hiker, trail runner and photographer who will share some stories of his recent hikes in and around the Whites. I’m going to ask him to highlight some areas of Western NH that we don’t often talk about. Stomp gives his tips on Self Rescue - when should you and when should you not. Also sitting in with us is one half of the popular PUDs Podcast - Nick Sidla. Nick is going to add his perspective on a variety of topics including - NH trails get overrun with poorly behaving tourists during leaf season and it is all Stomps fault, plus snow has arrived on the higher summits this week, Moose safety tips, Space and Alien news, Safety courses in Avalanche and Snowmobiles, some history segments - Stomp looks back at the case of a Dartmouth Student who went missing on an outing club hike in 2019, I’ll share an AMC snowshoe trip itinerary from February of 1908 and we will review a trip report to the site of the Old Man on Cannon from the Summer of 1908. Plus Stomp hikes Lafayette, and we will cover recent search and rescue news.

This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

Donations + Guests

Go Fund Me - Peter Gibney

About Chris

Chris Instagram

PUDS Podcast

Donations to Hurricane Helene

Care of: Stacey Manney

942 Yorktown Dr, 

Charleston SC 29412

Topics

• Stomp the smoker

• Happy 8th Anniversary to Redline Guiding

• Artist Bluff is overrun with leaf peepers

• Snow on Mount Washington

• Hurricane Helene Donations

• Welcome back Nick Sidla from PUDs Podcast

• Moose encounters, dead horses, Yosemite Death

• Space Rockets and Alien Radio Signals

• Cold weather classes

• History Segments - Dartmouth Rescue - Trip reports from 1908

• One Direction, Dad Jokes, Coffee, Beer, Recent Hikes, Notable listener hikes

• Guest of the Week - Chris Gothberg

• Stomp’s guidance on balancing self rescue with calling for help

• Recent Search and Rescue on Mount Lafayette

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• Redline Guiding

• Artist Bluff - Safety concerns raised as peak foliage draws crowds in NH, officials report several rescues

• Friends clean up litter left behind by tourists

• Legislative changes?

• 2 more storms to keep an eye on

• Notable Moose of the week? 

• Tips for safe moose encounters

• A moratorium on blowing up dead horses. 

• Yosemite hiker crushed by tree

• Congrats to Elon

• Breakthrough Listening Project

• Wind Chill calculator

• Eastern Snow & Avalanche Workshop

• Snomo safety courses are back.

• Northern Extremes

• Reflecting on the lost Dartmouth student, May 2019.

• A one week Snowshoe trip hosted by the AMS in February of 1908

• An early assessment of fissures and cracks from a 1908 climb to the Old Man site on Cannon

• Hiker rescued on Mt. Lafayette

Sponsors, Friends  and Partners

• 24th Annual Seek the Peak

• Fieldstone Kombucha

• CS Instant Coffee

• 2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks

• Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast

• Hiking Buddies 

• Vaucluse - Sweat less. Explore more. – Vaucluse Gear

• White Mountains Endurance Coaching

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 This week we are joined by two guests - Allie Skellie will join us in a segment later in the episode to share his personal story of spinal cord injury and we will talk to him about his fundraising efforts of hiking New Hampshire’s White Mountains to raise funds for the SCI Boston’s Travis Roy Legacy Grant Program. Starting off the show, we are joined by Stacey Manny who is going to share her experience working in Western North Carolina to support Hurricane Helene relief efforts. Plus a story about technical advances in drone search technology, I’ll share a review of a recent hike on the Wildcat Ridge trail which includes the steepest mile on the Appalachian Trail, plus recent search and rescue news,

 This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

Donations + Guests

Go Fund Me - Peter Gibney

Allie’s Fundraising Page

Donations for Hurricane Helene Assistance

Conservation Officer Levi Frye

Topics

• Northern Lights

• Welch Dickey Castle

• Peter Gibney - Donations

• Welcome Stacey Manney - Hurricane Helene Rescue and Relief efforts

• Drone Technology for Search and Rescue 

• Woman completes all 14 of the 8000 meter summits

• Conservation Officer Levi Frye

• Foliage is peaking 

• Gear review and updates - Plasma Lighter and Tactical but impractical hiking pole

• Dad Jokes, Stickers, Coffee, Beer Talk - getting ready for bender November

• Recent Hike - Wildcat Ridge, Homeless Thru Hiker, Dog Owners Arguing on Wildcat A

• Notable Hikes of the week

• Welcome Guest of the Week - Allie Skelley

• Recent Search and Rescue News in New Hampshire

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• Keene Castle - The house across from Welch Dickey 

• Cool story about Drone usage for search and rescue

• Congrats Tracee Metcalfe on becoming the 1st female to finish all 14 of the world's highest peaks.

• Tactical Hiking Poles

• Crucial 10

• Allie’s Fundraising Page

• Allie’s Story

• Allie’s Instagram

• Allie Paddleboard 

• Injured hiker rescued on Welch Mtn.

• Lost youth hiker located

• Missing man found in Ct. River

Sponsors, Friends  and Partners

• 24th Annual Seek the Peak

• Fieldstone Kombucha

• CS Instant Coffee

• 2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks

• Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast

• Hiking Buddies 

• Vaucluse - Sweat less. Explore more. – Vaucluse Gear

• White Mountains Endurance Coaching

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This week we are joined by Brice from Vaucluse Gear. He will share with us some product updates to hopefully stir up some ideas for holiday shoppers. Plus disaster strikes Western North Carolina and Tennessee, we will have updates on the status of the southern sections of the Appalachian Trail and we will try to break down what happened to cause such significant damage. A look back at Hurricane Irene that struck the White Mountains in 2011, updates on the Rescue Me 5k, when wolves attack, Stomp has a gear review, we do a deep dive on Winter Hiking gear and advice and some recent search and rescue news in New Hampshire.

This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

About Vaucluse

Vaucluse Website

Ultralight Backpack Frames

Ultralight Backpacks

Topics

• Delayed release this week

• Greek Life - Hazing laws

• Columbus Day - Fall Foliage

• Rescue Me 5K and Stomp turns 55

• Hunter kills wolf in Wisconsin

• Full Conditions event

• Hurricane Helene, devastation in NC/TN

• Memories of Hurricane Irene

• ETS 200 Hike and Bad Dad Jokes

• Pop Culture

• Gear Review of a Plasma Lighter

• Recent Hikes and Fryeburg Fair Talk 

• Notable Listener Hikes

• Guest of the Week - Brice from Vaucluse

• Winter Hiking - Deep Dive on introduction

• Recent Search and Rescue News

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• LELT Race Series

• Pleasant Mountain Race

• Frat Hazing mitigation

• Rescue Me 5k

• Surrounded by gray wolves, 17 year older kills one in self defense

• Full Conditions Waitlist

• NC/TN Flooding from Hurricane Helene 

• More Details on AT Closure

• Sawyer is donating 10,000 water filters

• Eagle Nest Outfitters is closed due to damage to their HQ

• ALDHA Website updates

• ALDHA Statement

• Memories of Hurricane Irene

• Old View From The Top posts

• Bookworm

• Plasma lighters are advancing

• Hiker rescued on Edmunds Path

• Injured hiker Tamworth

• Helicopter extraction Mt. Monadnock

• Hiker rescued Wapack Wildlife Refuge

Sponsors, Friends  and Partners

• 24th Annual Seek the Peak

• Fieldstone Kombucha

• CS Instant Coffee

• 2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks

• Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast

• Hiking Buddies 

• Vaucluse - Sweat less. Explore more. – Vaucluse Gear

• White Mountains Endurance Coaching

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 This week we welcome back Chris Broughton Bossong, AKA Chris BB. Chris BB is an instructor at the SOLO Wilderness Medical School and also involved in various search and rescue team organizations. Chris will share some of his recent adventures and we will talk about outdoor education and safety. Plus the Appalachian Trail Fastest Known Time has been broken, we have a couple of stories of people getting lost in the wilderness while attempting life changing missions - one involves a lost grandpa in Scotland in search of the most remote pub in Scotland and another involves a gentleman who went on a Vision Quest in the North Cascades of Washington only to realize he should have brought some food. A lawsuit settlement over a Snowmobile crashing into a helicopter, some history from the Wonalancet Outdoor Club, Recent hikes on Mount Chocorua, Mount Prospect and Jennings Peak, plus search and rescue news from Mount Madison, Mount Tecumseh and Mount Percival. 

This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

About Chris / SOLO

SOLO Classes

Wilderness First Aid

Topics

• Mrs. Stomp reads the Forecast! 

• The Voice 

• Foliage Talk / Going to the fair / Reklis Event

• Tara Dower Breaks the AT Fastest Known Time

• Dafty Granda lost in the Scottish Highland trying to find a pint of beer

• Guy gets lost trail running in the North Cascades - spent 30 days in the woods with no food

• Grizzly Bears reintroduced to North Cascades

• Snowmobile crashes into Blackhawk Helicopter 

• White Mountains History - Wonalancet Outdoor Club (WODC)

• Recent Hikes on Mount Chocorua, Mt. Prospect, Jennings and Noon

• Notable listener hikers

• Guest of the week - Chris BB

• Recent Search and Rescue news

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• LELT Race Series

• Pleasant Mountain Race

• Foliage update 

• Grandpa survives 7 days after vanishing, trying to find Scotland's remotest pub.

• Video of the Old Forge Pub - Inverie for a free pint in The Forge

• Another person goes on a vision quest and ends up lost for 30 days - North Cascades

• Reintroduction of Grizzly Bears into the North Cascades

• Lawsuit over Snowmobile Driver hitting a Blackhawk Helicopter has been settled in favor of the Snowmobile Driver for 3.3 Million

• WODC Newsletters

• Story of the Heermance shelter on Mount Whiteface

• Shout out to George Zink - former president of WODC

• George Testified in congress in support of establishing the Sandwich Wilderness in 1984

• Overnight rescue Mt. Madison

• Hiker rescued, Percival Trail

• Rescue on Mt. Tecumseh 

Sponsors, Friends  and Partners

• 24th Annual Seek the Peak

• Fieldstone Kombucha

• CS Instant Coffee

• 2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks

• Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast

• Hiking Buddies 

• Vaucluse - Sweat less. Explore more. – Vaucluse Gear

• White Mountains Endurance Coaching

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 This week, we are joined by Adam Hoyt. Adam hosts popular Youtube, Instagram and Tiktok channels that highlight his many hikes in and around the White Mountains of NH. Many of his videos start with the familiar refrain “Have you hiked this {Insert trail/mountain description} followed by a detailed overview of each hike. Adam will share some details about the behind the scenes process of creating his videos and talk about his hiking adventures. Plus there is a hiker approaching a new overall FTK on the Appalachian trail, a NH local gets into a calamity near old faithful in Yellowstone, a hiker goes into the woods to find themselves and immediately ends up getting lost and needs a rescue, flags on the 48, fun facts about Tuckerman Ravine, Fall Foliage, recent hikes in the Great Gulf, Chandler Brook, eagle cliff and red hill fire tower, notable hikes, and recent search and rescue news

This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

About Adam Hoyt

Adam’s Instagram

Adam’s YouTube

Adam’s TikTok

Topics

• Fastest Known Time - Tara Dower on the AT

• Tourist fell into the hot springs at Yellowstone

• Hiker got lost on a spiritual journey to find themselves

• Full conditions at Reklis Brewing

• Flags on the 48 and 9/11 memories

• Tuckerman Ravine Fun Facts

• Campton Historical Society

• Dodge to Lodge Update

• Fall Foliage

• Rescue Me 5K

• Clingman’s Dome name change to Kuwohi

• Solo Wilderness First Aid class in Waterville Valley 

• Recent Hikes on Chandler Brook, Red Hill Fire Tower

• Notable Hikes 

• Guest of the Week - Adam Hoyt

• Recent Search and Rescue News 

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• LELT Race Series

• Pleasant Mountain Race

• Tara Dower FKT Tracker

• Tara’s Website

• AT FKT Site

• NH tourist gets burnt at Yellowstone

• Hiker goes into the Wilderness to find themselves, quickly ends up getting lost

• Full Conditions tickets 

• Flags on the 48

• 28 little known facts about Tuckerman Ravine

• Campton Historical Society Old Home Day event

• Foliage Tracker

• Rescue Me 5k - IG POST

• Clingman’s Dome rename is approved

• Waterville WFA

• Registration

• Lost hiker in Madame Sherri forest.

• Hiker rescued, Unknown Pond

• Medical emergency, Franconia Ridge

• Injured Hiker, Champney Falls

Sponsors, Friends  and Partners

• 24th Annual Seek the Peak

• Fieldstone Kombucha

• CS Instant Coffee

• 2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks

• Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast

• Hiking Buddies 

• Vaucluse - Sweat less. Explore more. – Vaucluse Gear

• White Mountains Endurance Coaching