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    Episode 133 - Welcome Mike Cherim from Redline Guiding

    enDecember 15, 2023

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    This week we are joined by Mike Cherim of Redline Guiding. Mike has been a fixture within the White Mountains hiking community for many years and we are honored to have him join us to share stories of hiking in the Whites, his guide service and we will get his perspective on safety and preparedness on the trail. Mike’s world centers around adventures. education and he can even hook you up with a cool wedding if you are interested. Get ready for some good stories and helpful information with Mike.  All this plus we cover a recent hike in the Belknaps and finally get to some recent search and rescue news. 

    Note - we had some audio files in the last 30 minutes of the episode. Apologies for some background noise. 

    This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

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    About Our Guest

    Redline Guiding

    About Mike 

    Redline Guiding - Adventures

    Redline Guiding - Education

    Redline Guiding - Wedding

    Redline Guiding - Merchandise

    Blog

     

    Topics

    • Winter Solstice 

    • Winter Hiking Gift Ideas

    • Snowmobiling 

    • Pop Culture - Squid Games, Cher’s Christmas Album, Cameo

    • Recent Hikes - Mount Klem on the Belknaps

    • Welcome Mike Cherim from Redline Guiding

     

    Show Notes

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    Episode 143 -  Josh Bogardus - “The Caretaker”, plus recent Hike on Mt. Was

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    About this week’s guest

    Warden

    The Caretaker

    About Warden

     

    Topics

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    • Ticks

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    • CA Weather 

    • Garmin SOS Data 

    • Yosemite 

    • Iditarod Calamities

    • Snowmobiler sues over Blackhawk incident

    • Recent hikes on Scaur and Mt. Washington 

    • Notable Listener Hikes

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    • Recent Search and Rescue news

     

    Show Notes

     

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    Episode 142 - Welcome Sir Maps a Lot - Erik Hamilton

     

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    This week we are joined by Erik Hamilton. Erik is the author of the recently released new book - The Other 52 - A Hiker’s Guide to the lower 52 Peaks of the New Hampshire 100 Highest. Erik is also a longtime blogger along with his wife Alanna and you can check out details of many of their adventures on their website - A Talk In the Woods.  WE hope you’ll enjoy hearing from someone who knows where all the less traveled corners of the White Mountains are and will share some stories and advice about places listeners might not always think of to check out but are worth knowing about. Along with our guest we have a review of the Vt. 4000 footers, missing hiker cases and drama in the snowmobile community.

     

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    About this week’s guest

    Buy the Book - The Other 52 - A Hiker’s Guide to the lower 52 Peaks of the New Hampshire 100 Highest

    Bondcliff Books

    A Talk in the Woods Blog 

    Erik's Trip Reports

    NH Hundred Highest

     

    Topics

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    • Congrats to the Mount Washington Road Race Lottery Winners

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    • Rich Gambale completes a double presi traverse grid.

    • Hiking Buddies / SLASR SAR Metrics Presentation

    • People going off trail

    • Listener Shout outs

    • Vermont 4000 Footers

    • Beer Talk and Erik’s Chaga Tea

    • Recent Hike on Cannon Mountain 

    • Snowmobile crashes and drama 

    • Guest of the Week - Erik Hamilton

    • Recent Search and Rescue news 

     

    Show Notes



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    Episode 141 - Rescue on Mt. Washington and recap of a Zealand - Bonds Traverse

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    Topics

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    • Listener in Antarctica

    • Mount Washington Rescue from the weekend

    • Eyewitness account of the event (21:00) 

    • Congrats to LittleFoot - Winter 4k finish 

    • Boston Outdoor Expo 

    • Frostbite medication could be a game changer

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    • Recent Search and Rescue News 

     

    Show Notes



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    Episode 140 - Valentines Day, Planning for an AMC Hut Stay, Hiking the Southern Presidentials

     

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    This week, planning for a winter stay in an AMC Hut,  snowmobile accidents, Mount Everest news, missing hikers, serial killers, a new movie about the legendary story of Donn Fendler who went missing on Mount Katahdin in the summer of 1939, we cover a recent hike on Mount Pierce and Mount Jackson, Snowmobile season may be over in NH, Notable hikes and recent search and rescue news.

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    • Show Intro

    • Snowmobile crashes, Wolves in California 

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    • Old people giving advice

    • Missing Hiker located deceased in Joshua Tree

    • Serial Killers

    • Car crashes into Pizza shop

    • Donn Fendler Movie

    • Pop Culture - Pop Tarts, Super Bowl tickets, True Detective, Quiet Place 

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    • Stomp’s snowmobile update

    • Notable Hikes 

    • Planning for an AMC Hut stay in Winter

    • Recent Search and Rescue news 

     

    Show Notes

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    Episode 139 - Welcome Patrick Hummel from Mt. Washington State Park

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    This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

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    About Our Guest

     

    Topics

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    • Maintenance of the Mount Washington Summit Sign

    • Lunar New Year & The story of why the Cat is not on the list

    • More Barbie Discussion

    • Best Gift Shops in and around the White Mountains

    • Waterville Valley - Winter Social 

    • Puxatawny Phil

    • Location of lost hiker drop

    • Recent Hikes - Mount Pierce 

    • Welcome Patrick from the Mt. Washington State Park (48:30)

      • Mount Monadnock and Early Career

      • Patrick’s advice on trails on Monadnock and SAR Activity on Monadnock (1:02:30)

      • Operations around Mt. Washington and coordination of stakeholders on the summit (1:22:15)

      • Post Office operations on Mt. Washington and current status of the Tip Top House (1:30:00)

      • The secret behind the amazing hot dogs and soda - food service (1:39:35)

      • Search and Rescue on Mount Washington (1:45:35)

      • Patrick’s experience in insane summit weather (2:18:30)

     

    Show Notes



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    Episode 138 - Welcome Andy from the Mount Washington Cog Railway

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    This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

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    About Our Guest

     

    Topics

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    • Guy Waterman Winter Bushwhacks

    • Shrouded Memories

    • Stomp’s new backpack 

    • Social Media Drama - Barbie and the Grand Canyon

    • Skier stuck on a gondola

    • Pop culture - movie recommendation, Hogwarts Legacy

    • Beer Talk, Recent Hikes, Notable Hikes

    • Welcome Andy from the Mount Washington Cog Railway

    • Hiker Communication - advice and technology discussion

     

    Show Notes

     

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    Episode 137 - Welcome Sherpa Ant, Discussion of hiker fatality on Mount Guyot, Mount Washington name change

    Episode 137 - Welcome Sherpa Ant, Discussion of hiker fatality on Mount Guyot, Mount Washington name change

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     This week we are joined by KERRY UHLENDORF who is the owner of Sherpa Ant, an online retailer that offers a variety of creative Northeast mountain-inspired illustration, cards, apparel & gifts.  Sherpa Ants mission is to HELP OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS PURSUE AND SHARE THEIR PASSIONS WHILE GIVING BACK TO THE community. In addition to her work Kerry is also a prolific hiker, having grown up in and around the northeast so we will talk about some of her favorite areas in the White Mountains. She has also completed the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail so we will ask her to give us her insights about what is going through this year's class of thru hikers head as they prepare to head out on the long trails. Also this episode we will discuss the recent hiker fatality along the Pemi Loop route, an attempt to change the name of Mount Washington has been denied, plus search and rescue news with 3 hikers in trouble on Mount Monadnock and 20 skiers getting lost out of bounds in Killington, Vermont.

    This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

    Welcome back to our sponsor - Fieldstone Kombucha

    Christopher Roma’s Go Fund Me Memorial Fund

     About Our Guest

     Topics

    • AMC Huts

    • Gear Talk - Electric Hand Warmers and The Scootie Bootie

    • Hiker Fatality on Mount Guyor (starts at 14:35)

    • Mount Washington Name Change to Agiocochook Denied by Board of Geographic Names (start at 32:15)

    • Guy runs a marathon while smoking cigarettes the entire race 

    • Dad Joke, Beer Talk, Recent Hikes and Notable Listener Hikes

    • Guest of the Week - Kerry from Sherpa Ant joins us (starts at 1:02:40)

    • Search and Rescue News

     Show Notes

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    Episode 136 - Listener Spotlight - Dave & Liz, The New Hampshire 4000 Footer List

    Episode 136 - Listener Spotlight - Dave & Liz, The New Hampshire 4000 Footer List

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     This week we have a listener spotlight with our friends Liz and Dave (of Daveshits in the woods fame) joining us to talk about their hiking and outdoor adventure pursuits. They are both well experienced hikers in the New England area so we will talk to them about their background, we will expose the secret illuminati 500 Highest hiking group to the audience and learn about their gear preference, favorite hikes and plenty of other topics. All this plus the Garden of Eden has been discovered in the Catskills, Hot Tub parties are going to be harder to come by soon, snow shovel road rage, another story of a Vagrant homeless guy who turns out to be rich, a refresher on the rules of the 4000 footer list, gear reviews, pop culture, hikes on Owls head, Hiking and sledding Cannon. 

     This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

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    Topics

    • Welcome Dave and Liz, Scheduling issues

    • Condolences on recent Hiker Fatality

    • Carnegie Hero Medal

    • Old Forest near Catskills

    • Becoming an Outdoor Woman event coming up

    • Hot Tub closure and Legionnaires disease

    • Shoveling Rage incident leads to three deaths

    • Fun things to do, Haverhill,

    • MA man dies and leaves $70,000 in his backpack

    • Topic of the week - Rules of the 4000 Footer List (33:00 minute mark)

    • Starlink mini dish 

    • Dad Joke and Pop Culture Talk

    • Recent Hikes - Owls Head and Cannon (1:05 minute mark)

    • Notable Listener Hikes

    • Guests of the Week - Liz and Dave (1:18 minute mark)



    Show Notes

     

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    Episode 135 - Tobey and Meghan from the Mt. Washington Auto Road

    Episode 135 - Tobey and Meghan from the Mt. Washington Auto Road

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     This week we are back from vacation and joined by our friends at the Mt. Washington Auto Road, Tobey Reichart the Auto Road General Manager and Meghan Moody Scwartz, the Auto Road Marketing and Events Director were kind enough to sit down with us this week to talk about all things Mt. Washington Auto Road.  Enjoy the discussion about America’s Oldest Man Made Attraction where we will cover the history of the Auto Road, the operations behind maintaining the road, all  the various events and activities available and  we will learn about Great Glen Trails Outdoor Center and the Glen House Hotel. All this plus vacation recap, Stomp has been on a hiking kick with trips out to the Osceola, Tripyramids and Tecumseh over the break and some recent search and rescue news

     This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

    Welcome back to our sponsor - Fieldstone Kombucha

     

    About Our Guests

    Topics

    • Happy New Year, Vacation recap and 1st Day Hikes

    • Apple Watch for hiking 

    • Shout outs to @trailsignlove on IG, A Dad Joke and plug for New England Healing Sports Association

    • Mt. Washington Road Race Registration is opening soon

    • Listener Letter - injury on trail 

    • Hiking Drama - when to drop your backpack / slackpack

    • Pop Culture - Cameo? Walter and Gus

    • Coffee Donations, Notable Hikes, Beer Talk and Stomp hikes Osceolas, Tripyramid and Tecumseh over the holidays

    • Guests of the Week - Tobey and Meghan from the Mt. Washington Auto Road (57:00 Min)

    • Recent Search and Rescue news

     

    Show Notes

     

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    Episode 134 - Fran and Jessica on Franconia Ridge, Flooding across the White Mountains

    Episode 134 - Fran and Jessica on Franconia Ridge, Flooding across the White Mountains

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    This week, we bring you a fun story of two hikers - Jessica and Fran who experienced trouble on Franconia Ridge - this one is from the perspective that we don’t often think about when talk about hiking - the once a year hiker going out for a fun day of nature mostly unaware of how best to prepare for a challenging day in the mountains. This story turns out okay but it is a lesson in how small decisions can build up and create the potential for big problems. Plus we have an angry mother nature - road closures, washouts, raging rivers, and major flooding across New Hampshire and Maine - the great flood of 2023 this week has wreaked havoc in the Whites and beyond. All this and a Volcano eruption in Iceland, Wolves in Colorado, Lord of the Rings, A recent hike retraces the steps of Darby Field in the Montalban Range and recent search and rescue news

    This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

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    Topics

    • Woodstock Studio Flooding

    • Dad Jokes - Housekeeping Updates

    • Winter Solstice has arrived

    • Great Flood of 2023 

    • Iceland Talk and Hiker Rescue 

    • New Year's Resolutions

    • Pop Culture - Lord of the Rings, Maestro, The Creator

    • Barbie Movie

    • Recent Hikes - Stanton, Langdon, Mount Parker 

    • Notable Hikes

    • Segment of the Week - Fran and Jess on Franconia Ridge

    • Search and Rescue News 

     

    Show Notes

     

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