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This week we are joined by Will Robinson. Will most recently completed a fastest known time for the Northeast 115 hiking list, completing a self supported FKT in 19 days, 15 hours, and 43 minutes. This is a unique accomplishment combining hiking, driving, logistics and maintaining nutrition for an extended period of time while hiking all the 4000 footers across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. Will will break down his story and go over some other adventures he has had on the 115 list. Plus, a Dodge to Lodge attempt is going off this weekend, A new Iphone and Apple OS is being released which will allow expanded messaging via satellite, Mosquito borne illnesses in new hampshire, Norovirus news, some history fun facts from the 1876 White Mountain Guide written by Moses Sweetser and some history about the Kancamagus Highway.

This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

About Will Robinson

Instagram

Fastest Known Time Page

Topics

• Franconia Ridge - Old Bridle Path and Falling Waters start of trail rerouted - new stairs

• Cats are being killed by their automated litter boxes

• Danger Will Robinson!!!

• Mike’s Periodontal calamity 

• A Dodge to Lodge attempt this weekend! 

• Apple upgrades satellite text messaging capabilities

• Mosquito Illnesses in New Hampshire

• Norovirus on hiking trails

• The Woodpecker Restaurant building has a new tenant - Bergie Jrs Seafood Market - Stomp Reviews

• White Mountain History - the Origins of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Favorite Mountains of early hikers, cost to stay at the Crawford House

• Reklis - Full Conditions Release Party is October 16th

• Dad Jokes

• Pop Culture - RIP James Earl Jones

• Recent Hike - Quincy Bogs

• Notable Hikes - Everyone gets a prize! 

• Guest of the Week - Will Robinson 

• History Segment - Kancamagus Highway

• Recent Search and Rescue News

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• LELT Race Series

• Pleasant Mountain Race

• Franconia Ridge Reroute Instagram Reel

• Automatic litter box death machine

• Danger Will Robinson - Lost in Space!

• Juddo_96 takes on the Dodge to Lodge  challenge 

• Apple Satellite Text Messaging

• NH man catches 3 mosquito viruses at once.

• Another batch found in North Hampton.

• Entire Kalalau Trail closed due to norovirus.

• Bergie Jrs. Seafood Market

• The road well-traveled: 50 years of the Kancamagus Highway 

• New Hampshire How the Kancamagus Highway Got Its Name and How to Pronounce It

• Black Mtn. Chippewa Trail

• Hiker rescued on Monroe Loop Trail 

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 the fun and fabulous Amy Lee, creator of the Youtube channel 'Jeez Louise Hoops'. Amy is a well traveled hiker and social media hiker-content creator known for her hula hooping while on mountain summits. Stomp was honored to be joined by her this week to discuss her background and learn about the history of hulu hooping and to find out what made Jeez Louise pick up this unique hobby. Plus Animal Attack news, Full Conditions is returning this fall, a fall foliage hiking and tourist segment to make sure you are well prepared for the leaf peeping, recent hikes on the Watcher and Lafayette via Skookumchuck, notable hikes and recent search and rescue news.

This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

About Jeez Louise Hoops

YouTube Channel

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For inquiries about Spruce Fir Gear, contact Amy

Topics

• Early White Mountain Guide from 1876

• Gum Surgery and new nicknames

• Animal Attack

• Fish and Game Funding 

• Los Alamos Labs Contamination - Acid Canyon

• NoMans Land Island in Massachusetts

• Full Conditions Event at Reklis is coming soon - more details to come

• Thanks to Mount Washington Weather Observatory

• Recent Hike - Stomp hikes Mount Lafayette via Skookumchuck Trail with Knobbie and Knox

• Recent Hike - The Watcher and Eagle Cliff

• Notable Hikes of the week - Congrats @jklapkow, @fit2hike603 and @Steve summits & @La Tupper

• Guest of the Week - Welcome Amy (Jeez Louise Hoops) 

• Fall Foliage Advice and Planning

• Recent Search and Rescue News 

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• LELT Race Series

• Bald Pate 10k

• Pleasant Mountain Race

• Osgood White Mountain Guide

• Mountain Lion attack in Malibu

• Fish & Game asking lawmakers for more budgetary help.

• Anyone up for a radioactive hike?

• Nomans Land Island

• Full Conditions IPA

• GPS Track - Watcher and Eagle Cliff

• 100+ rescued in Arizona floods

• Hiker rescued after being left by coworkers

• Injured hiker, Winslow

• Injured hiker, South Moat Mtn

• Injured hiker, Mt. Monadnock

• Hiker rescued in Pinkham Notch 

• Deceased hiker, Gulfside Trail

• Rescue on Mt. Chocorua

• Hiker rescued on Osceola trail.

• Hiker rescued OBP

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 Barefoot Ken. Ken is an ultrarunner and writer, based in New York but has traveled extensively including most of the mountains of the Northeast. Ken is a minimalist/barefoot runner and hiker who will share some stories of his adventures and also talk about his approach to outdoor adventuring. Plus, ever wonder what it might be like to be on Mount Washington in the middle of a hurricane? We have a recollection of Hurricane Carol from 1954 from Peter Hood who as a young man was stuck near the summit of Boott Spur with a friend during the torrential rain and high winds of this famous storm and lived to tell the story. All this plus the weather is starting to change, some tips and reminders related to staying safe on trail as it gets cooler, Flags on the 48 is coming up soon, REI had a rough earnings forecast, Yellowstone Tourist gone wild, new OSHA rules related to search and rescue, Lost on a mountain in maine comes to theaters in November, recent hikes on Eagle Cliff, Black mountain and welch dickey, and notable hikes

This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

About Barefoot Ken

Barefoot Ken

Ken's Blog

Instagram

Twitter

Facebook

YouTube

Books

Topics

• Stomp’s tips for gear, weather is changing

• Flags on the 48

• National Parks receives a big donation

• REI Struggles

• Hikers in trouble on a Presidential Traverse - F&G advises to stay out overnight

• NH Paw Rescue saves another dog

• Yellowstone arrest

• Guy gets his leg trapped on a railroad trestle in ADK

• New OSHA Rules impact volunteer SAR teams

• Gear talk

• New Movie comes out in November - Lost on a Mountain in Maine 

• Recent hikes on Black Mountain and Eagle Cliff

• Notable Hikes of the week 

• Welcome Barefoot Ken 

• Peter Hood’s story of being caught on Mount Washington during the Hurricane Carol from 1954

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• LELT Race Series

• Bald Pate 10k

• Pleasant Mountain Race

• A reminder from F&G

• Flags on the 48

• $100 million grant

• REI Financials - company struggles

• Presi Traverse Troubles

• Another Dog Rescue

• Yellowstone tourists go bonkers

• OSHA proposing new rules that could impact volunteer Fire Departments and Volunteer Search and Rescue groups

• Additional article

• From KUTV Utah

• The proposed bill

• New gel stops bleeding

• Lost on a Mountain in Maine

• Story of Donn Felder 

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

clouds

- stompmachine - 

8-22-2024

House music generally falls into the 125-128 BPM range. Progressive EDM can range anywhere from 125 bpm, upwards to 130 bpm and beyond.

Trance has staked its claim at the 138 BPM range. Often called 'uplifiting,' trance is fast-paced and melodic, perfect for power hiking, trail runing and the like...

This 'clouds' mix falls between the 130-138 BPM range. The tracks within are some of my favorite tracks from the past decade+; It's fast and beautiful. This is my favorite mix to date.

Enjoy!

~ Stomp

Pic: Mrs. Stomp

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This week we have a follow up on Episode 154 where we covered a March 1983 fatality on Mount Washington where 23 year old Ken Hokenson lost his life and his hiking partner,  Ali Kashkooli was rescued.  At the time we covered the story we used the details provided in the Summer 1984 Appalachia Journal. The writer of that article and the rescuer who first found Ken and later helped rescue Ali is Doug Teschner. Doug was told about our segment and was kind enough to do a follow up interview with us so definitely stick around for this segment because Doug has a lot of interesting background on that event and we really get into what the White Mountains were like back then. Later in the show our friends Scott and Addie sit down to talk about the Loon Echo Land Trust which is a non-profit organization that conserves, protects, and maintains many of the trails and land in the Lakes Region of Maine. Scott and Addie are overseeing a trail race series that helps support the trust so we will talk about those races, learn about some of the Loon Echo hiking areas and talk about trail running in the Whites. All this plus Falling Waters reroute, powered hiking pants, and recent hikes on Quincy Bogs, and Middle Mountain.

This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

About Doug Teschner

Website

No Limits but the Sky

The Last Gift

About Scott and Addie / Loon Echo Land Trust 

Loon Echo Land Trust

LELT Instagram

Pleasant Mountain Race Instagram

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Topics

• Aurora is a work in progress

• Cog Railway 

• Legionnaires Disease

• Lincoln Woods bear is habituated to humans

• No show next week - short summer break

• Falling Waters Trail is being re-routed

• Lawsuit related South Baldface Fatality has been dismissed

• Article about younger people needing rescues in the UK

• NH Big Trees

• Gear Review

• FKT to hike the Northeast 115

• Welcome Doug Teschner - recap of 1983 Fatality and Rescue on Mount Washington (42:00)

• Welcome Scott and Addie from the Loon Echo Land Trust

• Stomp reviews Lost Person Strategy

• Recent Search and Rescue 

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• LELT Race Series

• Bald Pate 10k

• Pleasant Mountain Race

• IG ‘deletethecog' vs. The Cog

• From Huck - Bears following campers/hikers for food.

• Falling Waters reroute update 

• Gen Z under the spotlight

• NH BIG TREES - cool site

• Map link

• New Exoskeleton from Arc’teryx

• 20 days to hike the NE 115 - congrats

• Injured hiker Moat Mtn.

• Hiker carried out on Falling Waters trail

• Hiker rescued near Eisenhower summit

• Hiker recovery, Mt. Kinsman Trail

• Hiker rescued, Carter Notch

• Hiker rescued on Mt. Monadnock 

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 our friends, Brad & CeLynn from Wild and Outdoors. These two are outdoor enthusiasts based in New Hampshire who have an engaging social media presence and their blog covers their adventures in New Hampshire as well as other parts of the country. We’ll catch up with them and talk all about New Hampshire hiking, some of their other adventures outside of the northeast and learn about their Northeast Hiking List Tracker.  Plus, breaking news from SLASR LABS, a top secret guest, Dog Rescues, recent hikes in the Great Gulf covering Madison Gulf, Buttress Trail, Adams Slide, Six Husbands and Sphinx trail. Notable hikes, and 7 recent search and rescues in the White mountains this week.

This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

About Wild and Outdoors

Wild and Outdoors

Northeast Hiking List Tracker

Instagram 

Northeast Hiking List Tracker

Hiking/Backpacking Gear

Winter Hiking Gear

Topics

• Aurora the Hiking Chatbot

• Bushwhacking and off trail hiking 

• Seek the Peak Fundraiser update

• Whale sinks a boat 

• Snake Bite Venom shot

• Three Dog Rescues on the Presidentials - Proceed with caution if taking dogs to the Presidentials

• Recent Hikes - Warren Hart and Rayner Edmands, early trail building history

• Adams Slide

• Stomp and Knobbie hike the Great Gulf to complete the Terrifying 25

• Dave Sh*ts in the Woods joins us for Notable Hike segment

• Guest of the week, Brad and CeLynn from Wild and Outdoor 

• Recent Search and Rescue 

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• LELT Race Series

• Bald Pate 10k

• Pleasant Mountain Race

• Another weird whale attack

• Snake Bite Antivenom advancement 

• NH Paws Rescue

• hikers assisted off Mt. Jefferson

• Hiker suffering unknown illness, Tuckerman Ravine

• Injured Hiker, Albany

• Injured hiker Greeley Ponds

• Sabbaday Falls rescue

• Garfield Ridge Rescue

• Rescue on Dickey Mtn.

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 Jason Quinn. Jason is a former US Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer, Officially Rescue Swimmer #500 and currently works in civilian search and rescue and is the host of The Real ResQ Podcast - a podcast that is a compilation of personal stories from people who have put their lives on the line and made some incredible rescues. The stories told on The Real ResQ Podcast remind us that “those in distress are praying for a miracle. They are going to get the people who join Jason on his podcast. Plus black bears are getting comfortable in the Pemi, A Mass Exodus, New Technology for search and rescue, nature is being very aggressive this week, a history segment on Jigger Johnson, the iconic and often drunk woodsman legend of the Northeast, a fatality on Half dome, recent hikes, blueberry picking advice,  Notable hikes, and dad jokes,

This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

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About Jason

The Real ResQ Podcast

HeliCast Podcasts

Alaska: Dangerous Territory (see 1:12:35 for Jason’s Segment) 

Distinguished Flying Cross

Topics

• Loon Echo Land Trust Race Series 

• Black Bear at Lincoln Woods 

• Massachusetts people love NH

• Geolocator for Helicopter SAR

• Nature Gone Wild

• Jigger Johnson

• Grizzly attack

• Pemi Float

• Uncontacted Tribes

• Half Dome

• Search for Massachusetts cold case victim in Barrington, NH

• Stomp picks up a hitchhiker

• Recent hikes on Pleasant Mountain  

• Welcome Jason Quinn! 

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• LELT Race Series

• Bald Pate 10k

• Pleasant Mountain Race

• Overly Friendly Black Bears in the Pemi

• A quarter of Mass residents plan to move 

• New Device allows mobile geolocation of cell phones via Helicopter

• Major eruption at Yellowstone

• Hydrothermal, not volcanic, but can get much worse

• Whale capsizes boat off Portsmouth 

• Bear waves to driver who let him pass

• One injured runner made the F&G reports

• Videos from Aravaipa

• Some History on Jigger Johnson

• More History on Johnson

• 72 year old fights off grizzly

• Uncontacted tribes still exist…

• A death on Half Dome cables

• Search in Barrington, NH related to an old case in Massachusetts

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 recorded an episode at the Seek the Peak kick off event at Tuckerman Brewing. SEEK THE PEAK is the annual kick-off fundraising event that supports the Mount Washington Observatory. The Observatory is a private, nonprofit, member-supported institution with a mission to advance understanding of the natural systems that create Earth’s weather and climate. It serves this mission by maintaining a weather station on the summit of Mount Washington, performing weather and climate research, conducting innovative science education programs, and interpreting the heritage of the Mount Washington region.We are joined by volunteers, meteorologists and friends of the show all in support of this annual fundraiser event. 

This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

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Topics

• Welcome from Tuckerman Brewing

• Fawn - Seek the Peak Steward

• Francis and Drew from the Mount Washington Observatory

• Darryl from EMS

• Peter from OBOZ

• Riley McGurn 

• Mel and Floki

• Listener Dwayne

• Steve Summits

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• Fawn’s Instagram

• OBOZ Shoes 

• Riley’s Instagram

• Steve Summits Instagram

Sponsors, Friends  and Partners

• 24th Annual Seek the Peak

• Fieldstone Kumbucha

• 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 a hiker spotlight on our friend Rhonda Willette - Rhonda is a frequent hiker who has completed the 4000 footers of NH and the New England 67. She has a wealth of experience and is very involved with the Hiking Buddies so we will talk about her background and we will get some advice to share with listeners who may be newer to hiking in New Hampshire. Plus We have new merchandise for sale, a near tragedy on the Pemi from some tubers, Ruggles mine update, Shopping deals on hiking gear, a history segment on Canobie Lake Park and recent search and rescue news. 

This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

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Topics

• Storyland - Parking and Nostalgia nights

• New Merchandise - SLASR Podcast 

• Stomp almost saves some people tubing on the Pemi

• Tips for tubing 

• National Park Shooting 

• Body recovered of man missing 

• Crazy Weather in NH

• Ruggles mine

• Shopping Deals on hiking and backpacking gear

• Vaucluse is getting into the ultralight backpacking market - Dyneema based 25L and 38L packs

• Heat related hiking death in Utah

• Recent Hikes - Carters, S. Baldface, Burnt Meadow, Squam Traverse 

• Notable listener hikes of the week

• Canobie Lake Park History Segment

• Guest of the Week - Welcome Rhonda Willette

• Search and Rescue News 

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• Storyland offers paid parking options for select spots

• Nostalgia Nights

• Mass shooter stopped at Yellowstone

• Body recovered after 22 years

• Microburst confirmed in Milford NH, Wed 

• Ruggles Mine

• Snowshoes at REI

• Amazon Prime - MSR Lightning Ascent Deal

• Other deals on Amazon Prime

• Ultralight Backpacks from Vaucluse

• Father and Daughter die while hiking in Canyonlands National Park

• Canobie Lake Park Amusement Park History

• About Penny Arcades in the 1900s - examples 

• Submarine Lung Tester

• A vibrating Doctor machine

• The Holland Family

• Canobie History - recent years

• Blind hiker and seeing eye dog rescued on Oregon trail

• Injured Hiker Kearsarge North 

• Hiker rescued on 19 Mile Brook trail

Sponsors, Friends  and Partners

• 24th Annual Seek the Peak

• Welcome Back to Fieldstone Kumbucha

• 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 Heather Harland-Wingate. Heather is an experienced hiker and white mountains volunteer. She has previously worked as part of the AMC Hut croo and now works as a volunteer to help get the huts ready for their season and she is a trail maintainer for the WestSide Trail on Mount Washington. Heather will share some stories and her advice about volunteering in the White Mountains. Plus - 4th of July recap - lot of rescues and craziness to cover including a mother and daughter trapped in a porta potty, a nude sunbather at Canobie Lake Park in Salem, a young hiker completes the 4000 footer list, Seek the Peak is coming up next week, Monster Trucks, Half Dome, Stomp has tips for avoiding heat stroke and lightning strikes.

This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

Topics

• Welcome Back From Break

• Rest in Peace - Brig. General John Pogorek

• 4th of July recap

• People acting crazy over the holidays - Porta Potty Flipped over and Naked drunk guy at Canobie

• Canobie Lake Park

• Seek that Peak - SLASR will be at the event

• Jigger Johnson is this weekend

• 4 year old Lydia Pearson completed the 4000 Footer list - Congrats 

• Dog Stories 

• Eastern Mountain Sports - Bankruptcy 

• Rhino poaching

• Sunday Sunday Sunday! Monster trucks

• Half Dome Climbing 

• Search and Rescue - Repeat rescue 

• Dad Jokes, Beer Talk, Recent Hikes in Puerto Rico, and Black Mountain

• Notable Hikes 

• Stomp Safety Segment - Hot Weather and Lightning 

• Guest of the Week - Welcome Heather Harland-Wingate - AMC Huts and Croo Life 

• Recent Search and Rescue News 

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• RIP Brig. General John Pogorek of the NH Air National Guard

• Porta potty tipper

• Naked Guy at Canobie

• Jigger Johnson 100

• Another youngin crushes peaks

• Feel good story

• Feel bad story

• EMS files for bankruptcy

• Extreme poaching prevention

• Monster Trucks come to Lancaster

• Climbing Half-Dome off-season

• Reel Brook rescue

• Same person, different rescue

• Rescue Webster-Jackson

• Lost hiker Mt. Monadnock

• Injured hiker, Mt. Israel

• Overdue hiker in Piermont

• Lost hiker assisted off Mt. Major

• Multiple events over the 4th

• Lost hiker, Mt. Monadnock

• Dartmouth student found

Sponsors, Friends  and Partners

• 24th Annual Seek the Peak

• Welcome Back to Fieldstone Kumbucha

• 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