The HiiKER Podcast

The HiiKER Podcast

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The HiiKER Podcast episodes

  • Episode 35 - Cara Byrne "Hike Psych Ireland"

    This week on the show we are talking to Cara Byrne, founder of Hike Psych Ireland - Ireland's first hiking psychotherapy. Hiking, for many people, is a way to face mental health challenges. It is a common theme in the podcast and in the outdoors industry in general. Cara tells us how she harnesses the power of the outdoors to help her clients. ⁠

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    50 min
  • Episode 34 - Mike Brockhurst "The Walking Englishman"

    Eoin chats with Mike Brockhurst - Known to so many people worldwide as "The Walking Englishman". Mike has been walking and hiking around the UK for almost four decades. On this epic journey, he kept special notes and tales from the trails and developed a website to help people discover and prepare for hundreds of routes all over Britain. www.thewalkingenglishman.com was born in the late 90s and has been a hugely valuable resource for walkers and hikers of the UK since then. He also created several long-distance trails - most notably, The Great British Walk.

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    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 33 - Tommy "Twerk in the Dirt" Corey

    Twerk in the Dirt (otherwise known as Tommy Corey), is a PCT thru-hiker and creator of the #hikertrashvogue movement. His photography and videography bring a whole new style to backpacking. You can find him on Instagram and Tiktok (but mostly Instagram)

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    37 min
  • Episode 32 - Shellitha "Dragonsky" Curtis
    Shilletha is a thru-hiker, writer and influencer from New Jersey. Her article about her experience of the online community with the Appalachian trail went viral and was picked up by the Conservation in 2019. Since then, she has gone on to hike the trail and is now an aspiring Tripple crowner. You can support her on her journey here https://www.gofundme.com/f/thruhiking-the-cdt-a-odyssey-of-a-lifetime?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer

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    58 min
  • Episode 31 - The CDTC
    Teresa Martinez (Executive Director) and Allie Ghaman (Head of Communications) of the Continental Divide trail Coalition join Eoin on a special episode of the podcast where we explore the inner workings of one of the most popular trails in the US, the CDT. We also look back at the past 10 years of the CDTC and what the plans are for the future of the organisation.

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    1 hr 4 min
  • Episode 30 - Andrew Terrill
    Andrew Terrill is a Hiker and Author of the book "The Earth beneath my feet". This is part 1 of a 2 part series documenting a 7000km+ hike from the tip of Italy's boot to the Arctic Circle in Norway.
    Eoin chats to Andrew about how he planned and navigated on such a journey, before the time of maps and apps like HiiKER.

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    1 hr 6 min
  • Season 3 Episode 10 - Derek Cullen
    Derek cullen is an Irish adventurer, hiker and storyteller. In this interview, Eoin chats to him about how he found the outdoors as a way to work through some of the harder times in his life and how it still helps him to this day.

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    1 hr 23 min
  • Season 3 Episode 9 - Debra Howell
    Debra Howell aka "Chillybin" is a long-distance hiker from New Zealand. She is also the founder of UL hiking gear company Kiwi Ultralight https://www.kiwiultralight.co.nz/
    Eoin chats all things hiking and tramping and how she found her one true love on trail.

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    42 min
  • Season 3 Episode 8 - Ryan "Constantine" Bunting
    Ryan Bunting aka "Constantine" is a long distance hiker from the US. In 2021 he nabbed the FKT on the North Country trail AND he became the first person to have thru-hiked all 11 National scenic trails in the US.
    Eoin chats to him about getting mentally and physically prepared for such a challenge.

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    1 hr 1 min
  • Season 3 Episode 7 - Alice Milne
    Alice Milne is a tramper, adventure writer and photographer from New Zealand. She took some time to speak with Eoin about her adventures and the Tramping culture in New Zealand. You can check out her amazing blogs here - https://aliceadventuring.com/

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    30 min

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