ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Backpacking and hiking tips and tales...with a sense of humor. This is your one-stop show for backpacking, hiking and adventure entertainment. From backpacking gear to the trail situations you will encounter to popular guests, this podcast will deliver.
Derek and Carl will hit on all of the backpacking and hiking topics you want with decades of good (and horrendous) experience.
Derek and Carl will hit on all of the backpacking and hiking topics you want with decades of good (and horrendous) experience.
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Average audio length:
47 minutes
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English
United States
472 episodes
since Nov. 7, 2017
episodic
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LATEST EPISODE 🔗
What are the 6 “Deadliest” Trails in the world? And how can you survive them? Ben and Carl discuss just what make them deadly and their best cheat codes to defeat them.
Some of the Topics Discussed
-National Park Trails
-Methods to Avoid Dying on the Trail
-Common and Deadly Backpacking Mistakes…
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Should we stop believing what the gear companies are telling us? Sometimes there’s rigorous testing involved in the claims they make and sometimes the messaging is a manipulation of the truth. Jesse and Carl share a couple of these misdeeds and then challenge Sawyer owner Kurt Avery on the claims h…
Hiking Guy Cris Hazzard joins the show to discuss the best trail tech for hiking, backpacking and adventuring right now! This includes best hiking watches, personal locator beacon (PLB), tech services and anything new and random that’s been released.
Some of the Gear Discussed
-Best Backpacking Wa…
Bailey Bremner has backpacked over 10,000 miles. She’s a gear reviewer and a gear expert. What are her ‘go to’ pieces of gear after years of use. And how do these big companies like Clever Hiker process gear reviews in the first place?
Some of the Topics Discussed
-Ultralight Backpacking Gear Revi…
Mike Wanders has been searching for bigfoot for years and he knows what he’s talking about. He’ll tell everyone his 3 best tips for finding Sasquatch while Carl runs his 3 creative, but novice ideas, by him as well. Also, what is Mike’s most compelling encounter and what does he think of a famous b…
Only 1% can do these 10 things that Jesse and Carl have observed over the years. And they’re not all good. Which skills, abilities, knowledge, efficiencies and gear do you have from this list? And what did they miss?
Some of the Topics Discussed
-Ultralight backpacking gear
-Essential and non-ess…
What does a professional mountain guide have to say to her clients to correct bad habits? Sunny Stroeer – premier adventurer – shares the 3 most common pieces of advice she has to reteach members of her backpacking crew.
Some of the Topics Discussed
-Most Common Backpacking mistakes
-Why There Ar…
What are the 6 biggest fears you’re still packing? And what are you really afraid of? Alex Hatlevig joins the show to discuss the useless and semi-useless gear in your packs and what you can do or bring instead. Also, there are 3 things you’re not afraid of enough.
Some of the Topics Discussed
-Pa…
There are some hot backpacking trends that are helpful, some that are dying and some that are just weird. Lloyd Vogel from Garage Grown Gear will share what he’s seeing from the retail side of this story. And Carl will have Lloyd react to his own ideas from what he’s seeing from the trail. Also, Ca…
One of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people, Dean Karnazes, joins the show to share some unorthodox trail hacks and crazy tales from the backcountry. This man has done so many adventures but that does not deter Carl from suggesting 3 more creative ideas for him.
Some of the Topics Discussed…
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