I''m joined by the Great Randy Salcido on Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead).Randy is a Wildland Firefighter, Native American from the Tohono Oʼodham nation, and graduate of the Job Corps program. Randy and I discussed growing up on a reservation, fighting fire, life, leadership, Day of the Dead and much more. Tune into this episode to hear more. Please like, subscribe, follow, and share if you like what you heard. THANK YOU for tuning in.

For this spooky Halloween special I am joined by the Great Rene Eustace. Rene tells a Haunted story about Lookouts, a packer and his pack string, and unexplained disappearances during a long fire season. Taking place on the Bitterroot National Forest long ago on Halloween. (I do not own the rights to the music featured in this podcast).

Host Luke Barrett is joined by Mike Sullivan Wildland Firefighter, Military Veteran, and self improvement pilgrim. We discussed Mike's military time, life in California, journey to Missouri, and the constant quest for self Improvement through Ju Jitsu, retreats, Go Ruck events, books, podcasts, and much more

Host Luke Barrett is joined by Fred Cooper. Fred was a Smokejumper at both North Cascades Smokejumper Base and Redmond Smokejumper Base. After Smokejumping Fred went on to have a long career with the Forest Service. Fred is now retired and co author of the book Smokejumper Experiment. In this episode we discuss his Smokejumping career and what led him to right his book. The book covers the birth of Smokejumping through present day. We discussed the history and a few other pre Smokejumping parachute experiments that are pretty wild. Also discussed was the mystery of DB Cooper and was he in fact a Smokejumper? Tune into this episode and read Freds book to learn more.

Host Luke Barrett is joined by the Incredible Ashley Taylor who joined me on a mini podcast to help spread the word of an awesome Fundraiser she is helping with called Fire and Vines raising money for the Wildland Firefighter Foundation. More info in the podcast and at https://www.kerryhillwinery.com Ashley is Master Practitioner of NLP, Mental and Emotional Release® & Hypnosis Integrative NLP Coach for her own business Born of Ashes https://www.bornofashes.org/. Born and raised in Montana and she attended the University of Montana. She started her fire career at the Ninemile ranger District for the Forest Service and she also worked with Lolo Hotshots, Missoula Helitack, and dispatch as well. Ashley finished out her fire time as a Smokejumper at the McCall Smokejumper base. During her time as a Smokejumper injuries started to rack up and she began transition into her next career which is in aviation as a Pilot. All this experience ultimately brought to her passion of helping others through her own Business Born of Ashes.

Host Luke Barrett is joined by the Incredible Laura Ward. She had a full career in the Wildland Firefighter world. Laura started off her career as a GS-1 and working her way up the career ladder to become the Lolo National Forest Fire Management Officer. Laura was also named Fire Management Officer of the year! She has had a great impact on the Wildland Fire community and she's still involved by helping with fundraisers for Wildland Firefighters such as the Putt n Pull.

Host Luke Barrett travels to Sula Peak Lookout to talk life on top of the world with the Lookout Sam Vaughn. Topics covered are life as a Lookout, fire, fire stories, relationships, and future podcast plans.

Part 2. Guest Larry Lufkin is 2nd generation Smokejumper and he served in the 101st Airborne during Vietnam. Larry's father Francis is The Godfather of Smokejumping and Larry shares a few stories about his legendary father. Larry also talks about his time Smokejumping and Military career serving in the 101st Airborne. Larry and I also discuss the incredible humans we have met in the Smokejumping community. Tune in to hear more about the history of Smokejumping, and more of Larry's incredible story.

Guest Larry Lufkin is 2nd generation Smokejumper and he served in the 101st Airborne during Vietnam. Larry's father Francis is The Godfather of Smokejumping and Larry shares a few stories about his legendary father. Larry also talks about his time Smokejumping and Military career serving in the 101st Airborne. Larry and I also discuss the incredible humans we have met in the Smokejumping community. Tune in to hear more about the history of Smokejumping, and more of Larry's incredible story. Lost the feed at the end of podcast, part 2 coming soon.

Rene joined me on a last minute invitation and brought his great fire knowledge. Rene discussed the weather patterns seen on the summer of 2000 when a siege of fire hit the Bitterroot National Forest. Rene also read an article from the Smokejumper Magazine describing his mentor and another Smokejumper meeting in Vietnam during the war. Tune into this episode to hear about Fire, Smokejumpers, Hotshots, and Fire History. If you like what you hear please subscribe, like, and share.