Why We Hike

Natalie DeMartini began working with horses at Gunstock Ranch in Hawaii, and eventually moved on to the therapeutic side of working with horses at the Arivaca Equine Therapy program for at-risk boys. Natalie has spent a lot of years in wild places on the back of a horse or on her own 2 non-horse feet, as she is now a Trailwalker at the Anasazi Foundation.

Natalie talks about the therapeutic healing power of horses that she has seen help herself and many others.

Natalie has broken her back, several bones in her hand, and several bones in her ankle in foot as a result of some of her adventures. She explains why the heck she keeps literally “getting back on the horse” despite the injuries she has had. Natalie is gr8.

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IG: @NatalieDemartini

Lana Strathearn is an amazing photographer, seasoned Anasazi Trailwalker and dinosaur impersonator. In this episode, Lana shares some hilarious and moving experiences she has had working with at-risk youth in the wild. Seriously, I cracked up and “loled” 5 times while editing this episode. That is unusual for me. Lana is amazing. Hear her words.

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IG: @LanaRosePhoto

      @HealingSycamore_

Lindsi Lake is an avid rock climber, cyclist, runner and maple flavored oatmeal eater. We had a marvelous conversation about how to navigate the sometimes toxic comparision culture in outdoor sports and Lindsi tells a miserably scary story she experienced while climbing in southern Utah, and we can overcome things that scare us in our lives. She invented the saying "you go through what you go through." Lindsi is a genius. Lindsi is gr8.

Also her last name is Lake, and a little known fact is that a Lake is actually a body of water in nature. WOW!

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Instagram: @lindsilake

Tamra “Ramblin Tam” Hyde is one of the best communicators I know. Her ability to thoughtfully articulate her words consistently edifies my soul, and in this episode she does not disappoint. Tamra has gone through a massive conversion process to the wilderness. She has gone from being an anti-camping “indoorsy cat”, working in the beauty industry, with a self proclaimed shopping addiction to living a minimalist life in a school bus, bathing in rivers, working in wilderness therapy for 10+ years and being featured as a wilderness survival expert on several TV shows such as Alone, Bushcraft Build Off, and Kicking and Screaming. HEAR HER WORDS.

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Instagram: @RamblinTam

Facebook: Tamra Hyde - RamblinTam

Gr8 video tour of Tamra’s bus-home:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85iv_O2NUSk

Matt Graham is a globally recognized wilderness survival expert, best known for his TV shows Dual Survival, Dude You’re Screwed, and Bushcraft Build Off. Matt’s unique skill set that combines primitive/traditional style ultralight long distance running with his outdoor survival experience sets him apart. Matt brought me and a few others on one of his multi-day backcountry running survival adventures in southern Utah, where we brought little more than the clothes on our back and a diaper-looking bed sheet wrapped around our waists. It was amazing. Hear his words.

Connect with Matt!:

Instragram: @mattgraham_earthskills

Hazen is the host of National Geographic TV's "Primal Survivor". He has been living with and learning from various tribes throughout world since he ventured out on his own to Ecuador when he was 19. His passion for wildlife and learning about plants is infectious. He makes me want to study nature more so I can get more out of my experience hiking, aside from just the peace and serenity of nature.

Connect with Hazen!:

Instagram: 

@HazenAudel

@primalsurvivortvshow

"Primal Survivor" can be seen on Disney + !!!

Here's an awesome teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CixLHvfBkHY

Dan Baird is the creator of California Survival School, and has traveled throughout the world learning and teaching ancient survival skills. Dan is a dear friend and one of my favorite people to listen to spout off fascinating information he has learned first hand about survival skills used by many cultures on earth today, including some hunter gatherer tribes. Beyond just learning these practical hard skills, Dan talks about the driving force behind his passion for the natural world and what he gets out of being uncomfortable out there. Oh Dan, what a man!

Connect with Dan!

Instagram:

@DanBairdSurvival (https://www.instagram.com/danbairdsurvival/?hl=en)

@California_Survival_School (https://www.instagram.com/california_survival_school/)

@WilderSkills (https://www.instagram.com/wilderskills/)

See Dan on National Geographic’s show “Mygrations” (https://www.amazon.com/Mygrations-Season-1/dp/B01G2GA604/ref=tmm_aiv_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=)

Lexy "Heatwave" Newby is an unsuspecting warrior of a woman. She is a finisher of the Pacific Crest, Appalachian, and Continental Divide hiking trails. Finishing all three trails is roughly 7,000+ miles and is known as the "Triple Crown" of hiking. She talks about how she never camped or knew how to set up a tent before all of this and how each trail taught her something different about herself.