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Join Rachael as she navigates her world of friendships, mental health, identity, adulting, embracing life in the great outdoors, and everything else that comes with being a twenty-something year old. New episodes on Tuesdays. New "Summit Up!" episodes on Fridays. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachaeluniverse/ Website: rachaelsuniverse.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rachael-shek/support

Rachael's Universe Rachael Shek

    • Society & Culture

Join Rachael as she navigates her world of friendships, mental health, identity, adulting, embracing life in the great outdoors, and everything else that comes with being a twenty-something year old. New episodes on Tuesdays. New "Summit Up!" episodes on Fridays. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachaeluniverse/ Website: rachaelsuniverse.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rachael-shek/support

    SUMMIT UP! Canyon Overlook, Zion National Park.

    SUMMIT UP! Canyon Overlook, Zion National Park.

    The easiest hike you can take your grandparents on, Bighorn Sheep, and making John Muir proud.

    Instagram @rachaeluniverse

    Song by David Mumford, and PBS The National Parks Theme Song


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    • 6 min
    SUMMIT UP! One More Step: Through Hiking a Section of the Appalachian Trail

    SUMMIT UP! One More Step: Through Hiking a Section of the Appalachian Trail

    First episode of my "Summit Up!" series, where I talk about mainly hikes, but also anything else in the great outdoors. This is an excerpt from "One More Step: Through Hiking a Section of the Appalachian Trail" and a reflection on Patagonia's "Nose to the Wind".


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    • 2 min
    SUMMIT UP! Mount Katahdin, Maine

    SUMMIT UP! Mount Katahdin, Maine

    Everything you need to know about hiking the Northern Terminus of the Appalachian Trail: What to expect, what to wear, and of course, pushing yourself out of your comfort zone.

    Instagram: @rachaeluniverse

    Read about hiking Mount Katahdin on my blog rachaelsuniverse.com


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    • 12 min
    SUMMIT UP! Our Hipcamp Experience: Tranqvillium

    SUMMIT UP! Our Hipcamp Experience: Tranqvillium

    FUN EPISODE! This is where dreams blur with reality. What is real and what isn't? Is Hipcamp reliable?Why is a Russian man showing me the inside of a potato shaped sauna filled with gems in the middle of the desert? I have so many questions. Instagram: @rachaeluniverse

    I spend so much time editing this episode and I'm very proud of it. Lot's of sound effects and audio from the night...

    This is a re-upload be Spotify took this down for some reason?

    Music: The Music of Red Dead Redemption by Bill Elm & Woody Jackson

    Artist: Hiraeth by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley

    Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0

    Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/al-hiraeth

    Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/iZdPxAXsd5k

    Lover by David Mumford

    Sofia by Clairo

    Daisy by Ashnikko


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    • 20 min
    SUMMIT UP! Welch & Dickey Loop: Thornton, New Hampshire

    SUMMIT UP! Welch & Dickey Loop: Thornton, New Hampshire

    Bad hiking puns and getting stung by a bee. And as always, hiking out of your comfort zone. 

    Instagram: @rachaeluniverse & @summituppodcast

    Blog: rachaelsuniverse.com


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    • 7 min
    SUMMIT UP! The Wave: Kanab, Utah

    SUMMIT UP! The Wave: Kanab, Utah

    There was a 2% chance of getting a permit to hike this last year. How did I do it? Everything you need to know about hiking to the infamous "Wave" of Utah without a normal map. Yes I got lost. 6 miles lost to be exact. 

    Support my blog and this podcast by "buying" me a "coffee" at https://ko-fi.com/rachaelsuniverse

    Instagram: @summituppodcast & @rachaeluniverse


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    • 19 min

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