Why We Hike

Bartle is a ultra long distance walker/hiker/runner and has great expertise and passion for surviving and thriving off the land. 

Bartle tells the story of what led her from her pre-professional life as a Ballerina in Ohio to running across the wilderness of the west wearing a buckskin skirt she made, and eating roots and rendered deer fat for nourishment along the way.

She would be known as an "ultra marathon" runner by most, but she prefers the title "Freedom Runner." She has never ran in any kind of official race but instead chooses to participate in what she calls "Adventure Runs." What the heck is that? Listen and find out. Also you may be wondering, is Bartle her real name? What's the deal with that? Listen and find out. 

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Instagram: @BartleEmily

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Good ol' Dan Rosenberg spent 21 days in the wild on the show Naked and Afraid, completed a self-directed 40 day solo 'walkabout' in the northeast Utah wilderness which included a 5 day fast from food in hopes of finding clarity and newfound purpose to his life. Dan is also a seasoned wilderness therapy backcountry guide.

 Dan is a thoughtful, spiritual and jovial beast of a man. Hear his words.

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Facebook: Daniel Rosenberg

Lori Guthrie is a former police officer, park ranger, Anasazi Trailwalker, and forever destroyer of all wilderness trash. She also co-teaches an outdoor survival class at Mesa Community College with her husband Greg. 

Lori talks about how hiking helped her work through her divorce and gain self confidence and healing. She is still very involved at Anasazi as a "carpet walker" and serves as a mother-figure to many trailwalkers, especially the ones who live in her basement. Long Live Lori!

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Instagram: @IrisEmber

Michael Braman is a speedy ultramarathon runner and farms microgreens for a living.

Michael didn't start running and farming until after the age of 30! He tells his story about rediscovering himself through farming and ultra running and how he overcame self doubts to create the life he wanted. He is great and we love him.

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Instagram: @RunnerFarmer

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Cindy Davis is a fascinating human specimen. She has gone from hating nature in her teen years to now spending 7 days a week in the mountains. She is a former wilderness therapy guide turned snowboard instructor and has an unmatched love for the at-risk youth she has worked with over the years in her various jobs. Her first tattoo was a big and bold "BOYS BAND" on her leg referring to a group of boys she worked with at the Anasazi Foundation.

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IG: @CiindyDaviis

This is PART 2 of my interview with Caitlyn Nalder. We migrated back to her house in this part of the interview because we were getting frost bitten brains.

Caitlyn Nalder is one of the most pure hearted, down to earth people I have ever known. She is one of my Anasazi trail mothers, who taught me how to be a trailwalker at Anasazi.

She has been backcountry guide at the Anasazi Foundation for several years, a wilderness survival instructor for California Survival School, a contestant of the TV show ‘Bushcraft Build Off’, and backpacked 700 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail with Lexy Newby. It is possible that I have spent more time in the wilderness with Caitlyn than any other person on earth, and I have no complaints about that!

Part 1 of my interview with Caitlyn was in the cold, snowy Wasatch mountains, and Part 2 was done in Caitlyn’s home because it was too cold out there for us to continue to form logical words from our frozen brains.

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IG: @caitlyninis

Caitlyn Nalder is one of the most pure hearted, down to earth people I have ever known. She is one of my Anasazi trail mothers, who taught me how to be a trailwalker at Anasazi.

She has been backcountry guide at the Anasazi Foundation for several years, a wilderness survival instructor for California Survival School, a contestant of the TV show ‘Bushcraft Build Off’, and backpacked 700 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail with Lexy Newby. It is possible that I have spent more time in the wilderness with Caitlyn than any other person on earth, and I have no complaints about that!

Part 1 of my interview with Caitlyn was in the cold, snowy Wasatch mountains, and Part 2 was done in Caitlyn’s home because it was too cold out there for us to continue to form logical words from our frozen brains.

Follow Caitlyn!

IG: @caitlyninis

Meg Evans or “Ol’ Meg” is a former winter olympic-hopeful figure skater turned rock climber turned experienced wilderness therapy backcountry guide turned desert dwelling, spirit following, earth loving, animal skull collecting, wilderness woman. She has gone through a massive life transformation and has developed one of the deepest connections to the earth of anyone I know.

Hear Meg’s amazing story about how getting in touch with nature helped her overcome depression, an eating disorder and find her truest identity as a part of the nature that surrounds her.

Gotta love Ol’ Meg!!

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Instagram: @gemsnave