Trail Talk: Highpointing Podcast

Many of us in the highpointing community know his work, especially his beautiful drawing of the state highpoints! He has a new state highpoint book out now that, in addtion to having lovely illustrations, tells a whimsical story! Please enjoy my interview with Isaac!

For more information on the Highpointer's Club, visit: https://highpointers.org 

To contact the Highpointer's Club Magazine, Apex to Zenith, email: [email protected]

If you'd like to contact Lauren about coming on as a guest, please email: [email protected]

This week, I speak with Huw Rothwell. Huw is a 50 state highpoint completer who lives in Connecticut with his family and is originally from the UK in a town called Whitstable in Kent. Huw is a British Army vet who found is way to the US through his work. Huw had some unique opportunities in the mountains and in the outdoors through his school in the UK and the army. I really enjoyed speaking with Huw and I know you’ll love this episode. It’s always great to talk to veterans!

For more information on the Highpointer's Club, visit: https://highpointers.org 

To contact the Highpointer's Club Magazine, Apex to Zenith, email: [email protected]

If you'd like to contact Lauren about coming on as a guest, please email: [email protected]

This week, I speak with Ralph, his son Rob and daughter Emily, and her husband Hank. Ralph started highpointing with his family 20 years ago when they all lived in Massachusetts. Now with families of their own, Rob and Emily join in on sharing highpointing memories and offering advice on bringing young kids into the outdoors. 
I hope you enjoy my conversation with this family and that it inspires you to pass along the wonderful endeavor of highpointing to the next generation!

You can follow Emily, Hank, and their two kids as they reach highpoints on Instagram @thehighpointingfamily

For more information on the Highpointer's Club, visit: https://highpointers.org

 To contact the Highpointer's Club Magazine, Apex to Zenith, email: newsletter@highpointers 

If you'd like to contact Lauren about coming on as a guest, please email: [email protected]

This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Justin Sutton from Biloxi, Mississippi. Justin serves as the membership chair for the Highpointers Club when he's not busy at his job as a high school principal and taking his family on road trips. I hope you enjoy this week's conversation with Justin as he talks about balancing family, life, the outdoors, and volunteering to serve our favorite club!

If you'd like to contact Justin regarding your membership in the Highpointer's Club, please email him at: [email protected]

For more information on the Highpointer's Club, visit: https://highpointers.org 

To contact the Highpointer's Club Magazine, Apex to Zenith, email: newsletter@highpointers

If you'd like to contact Lauren about coming on as a guest, please email: [email protected]

Episode 36- Lucy Westlake: Youngest American Female to Summit Everest and 50 State Highpoints

In this week's episode, I speak with Lucy Westlake-the youngest American female to summit Mount Everest and the youngest female to summit all 50 state highpoints. Lucy is an
extraordinary young woman who is also a dedicated college athlete and works
closely with the charity WaterStep to bring clean drinking water to villages in
Uganda. Join me as I speak
to Lucy about her goal to do the 'Explorer's Grand Slam', her recent K2
expedition, Mt. Everest, and of course, her favorite state highpoints! 

Lucy’s Wesbite: https://lucyclimbs.com/

Lucy’s Instagram: @whatsnextlucy

Podcast Email: [email protected]

Led by Army Veteran and 2014 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, Nick Watson, Veterans Expeditions (VetEx) is a non profit organization that uses the outdoors to enhance the lives of our nation’s veterans. VetEx Field Director Nathan Perrault and Pacific Northwest Team Lead Colton Ducken join me this week to speak about their experiences leading expeditions with VetEx and how they got involved after their time in the military. 

If you are a veteran of active duty service member and would like to get involved with Veterans Expeditions, visit: https://www.vetexpeditions.com/

You can also follow them on Instagram @veterans_expeditions

Tom and Tommy are back! Listen to our conversation as they reminisce on the 2023 Highpointer’s Club Konvention in Helen, Georgia and discuss HP Club updates! We also talk about the latest issue of Apex to Zenith Magazine, the official magazine of the Highpointer’s Club. 

For more information on the Highpointer's Club, visit: https://highpointers.org 

To contact the Highpointer's Club Magazine, Apex to Zenith, email: [email protected]

If you’d like to be on the show, send me an email:

[email protected]

This week's guest started as a porter on Kilimanjaro and now has the only woman owned Kilimanjaro guiding company. Ekeney talks about what skills are needed to summit Africa's highpoint and the world's tallest free standing mountain. I hope you enjoy our conversation!

Visit Ekeney's company website: 

https://www.kilimanjarowanderwomen.com/


If you would like to be on the show, send me an email at:

[email protected]


For more information about the Highpointer's Club, visit:

highpointers.org


To contact the Highpointer's Club Magazine, Apex to Zenith, email: 

[email protected]

Listen to this week’s episode of the Trail Talk: Highpointing Podcast where I have the pleasure of speaking with Tim from Rhode Island. A retired Chiropractor, Tim has been able to achieve some amazing goals in the outdoors. From Ebright Azimuth to Everest, Tim has great stories throughout a life of adventure. Please enjoy our conversation!

If you consider yourself a highpointer and would like to be on the show as a guest, please send me an email at [email protected]

For more information about the Highpointer’s Club, visit: highpointers.org

To contact the Highpointer's Club Magazine, Apex to Zenith, email: [email protected]

This week’s episode is a Community Spotlight on an organization out of Washington state called ‘Recovery Beyond’. Recovery Beyond uses the outdoors to help addicts achieve a life of sobriety and thrive in an outdoor setting while nurturing important connections and relationships necessary in recovery. The program started as ‘Climbing Out of Homelessness’ in Seattle. Climbing Out of Homelessness took people in addiction recovery and put them on a training program to summit Mount Rainier. Now, Recovery Beyond has taken that mission and incorporated a variety of other outdoor adventures to help members of the community in their recovery journey. 

I’m joined in this episode by Recovery Beyond Executive Director, Megan Wright, and Staff Member who was also a former program participant, Angie Buggert. Megan and Angie share both their experiences in recovery and what the mission of Recovery Beyond means to them. I’m honored that they gave me their time to record this episode, I hope you enjoy it!

If you’d like more information about Recovery Beyond, visit:  https://recoverybp.org/

If you’re interested in volunteering and/or donating to Recovery Beyond, visit: https://donate.recoverybp.org/

For more information about the Highpointer’s Club, visit: https://highpointers.org/

To contact the Highpointer's Club Magazine, Apex to Zenith, email: [email protected]