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This week, a recap of the 48 Peaks Alzheimer's event at Reklis and the associated hike taken up to Galehead Mountain. Plus we are joined by friend Kristina Folcik to discuss endurance coaching, and  training for those of you who may be looking to take your fitness, trail running, hiking or general wellness to another level. Plus we have some white mountain history with the story of famous writer Henry David Thoreau’s misadventures on Mount Washington in the 1800s which includes starting a forest fire, getting lost in fog and injuring his ankle requiring three days of rest before being able to hike out of Tuckerman. Plus the mount washington road race is this weekend, Narcan for Fish and Game officers, Hydration advice on the trail, Dad Jokes, Stickers, and Search and rescue news including two rescues on Monadnock, A rescue on Jennings peak, Falling Waters, and one on Kearsarge North.
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Topics
2024 The Longest Day - 48 Peaks at Reklis Recap - Umbrella discussion
Mount Washington Road Race is this weekend and Race the Cog is next weekend - Stomp DJing
Fentanyl Crisis
Vaping and Bears 
Stomp’s Beer opening technique 
Cold beer storage and reminders on water filters
Dad Jokes, House of Dragons, Stickers, Patches
Recent Hikes - Galehead and Welch Dickey
Notable Hikes of the week 
Thoreau’s Mount Washington Misadventures
Guest of the Week - Kristina Folcik
Recent Search and Rescue
 
Show Notes
Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews
SLASR Merchandise
SLASR LinkTree
Conservation officers in Wyoming and Montana to begin carrying Narcan due to Fentanyl crisis 
Is vaping attracting bears?
Solution to opening beer with your teeth
Source Material for Henry David Thoreau segment
Utah hiker found deceased after phone video showed her getting swept away down river. 
Lost hiker in Jackson
Hiker rescued on Falling Waters
Injured hiker Kearsarge North 
Rescue, Mt. Monadnock
Hiker rescued Mt. Jennings
Another rescue on Monadnock
 
Sponsors, Friends  and Partners
24th Annual Seek the Peak
Welcome Back to Fieldstone Kumbucha
CS Instant Coffee
2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks
Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast
Hiking Buddies 
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 This week, we are joined by Jenn Kunze who is going to share her tale of spending time living and working as a sous chef at McMurdo Station in Antarctica for 6 months. Jen spent the fall of 2023 through March of 2024 down in Antartica and got to experience a bunch of cool adventures while at McMurdo. We will learn a little about her background and she will tell some stories about what it takes to live in one of the most remote areas of the world. All this plus rabies news, The Longest Day Hike for Alzheimer's event is this weekend, Mount Everest News, and Stomp sets a Pemi Loop FKT for being the first and fastest hiker to carry a pool noodle on the route 
Jenn’s Antarctica Photos
 This weeks Higher Summit Forecast
 
Topics
2024 The Longest Day - 48 Peaks
Stomp continues to open beer with his teeth
Summits for Cindy Fundraiser
Squam Ridge Race Registration is now open
Teenager earns enough money playing minecraft to pay for an expedition to climb Mount Everest
Controversy in China over a pipe discovered supplying water to a waterfall
Singer gets bit by a bat in Spain
Glider crashes near Cannon Mountain this weekend 
Bad Dad Jokes
Recent Hikes - Stomp visits Quincy Bog and completes a single day Pemi Loop while carrying a pool noodle.
Notable Hikes
Guest of the Week - Jenn Kunze - living and working in Antarctica 
 
Show Notes
Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews
SLASR Merchandise
SLASR LinkTree
Hiker Celebration at RekLis - Saturday June 8th
Don’t open bottles with your teeth
Summits for Cindy Fundraiser Event - August 15 to 18
Squam Ridge Race registration open
18 y/o youtuber chronicles his Everest summit
China put in a pipe to draw water into a tourist waterfall so the flow would continue during dry season
Rabies news - Taylor Momsen bitten by a bat onstage in Spain
Rescue of crashed glider pilot
Quincy Bog
Trail map and general information
McMurdo Station in Antarctica
Blog Post about working in Antarctica
Transport and infrastructure jobs
Medical Jobs
Food, retail, support jobs
Engineering and IT Jobs
Operations and Logistics Jobs



Sponsors, Friends  and Partners
24th Annual Seek the Peak
Welcome Back to Fieldstone Kumbucha
CS Instant Coffee
2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks
Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast
Hiking Buddies 
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This week we are joined by Kimball Rexford of TrailsNH.com. TrailsNH has just about every hiking trip report, trail advisory, and forest road closing in the Northeast. By following hiker blogs and hiking forums TrailsNH helps hikers access the most current trip planning information anywhere. It truly is a one stop shop to aggregate information on hiking across new england. Plus the story of a fatality and the ensuing rescue on Mount Washington in 1983 during an unusual weather period where the mountain became completely covered in ice. We have recent hikes on the Grand Traverse, Mount Washington and Pleasant mountains. A rabid fox story that we skipped over last week, Flower drama in Stomps area, claims of Sabotage on Mt. Everest, more details on the Massachusetts hiker attacked by a Grizzly, a fatality at an indoor climbing gym, shark news, and rescues on Mt. Cardigan, Edmands Col, and the Rocky Branch trail 
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Weather Forecast
Forest Roads and Gate Status
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Topics
Stomp is going to break his teeth if he keeps opening beer can with them
Lupin field mowed because visitors are misbehaving
Mount Everest Drama
Update on Mass man attacked by a Grizzly bear
Rapid fox on the loose
Mount Washington is dangerous
Death in a climbing gym
Circumnavigating Lake Winnipesaukee
Sharks! 
Gear Review
Recent hikes on Grand Traverse, Mount Washington, Pleasant Mountain and Scaur
Guest of the week - Welcome Kimball Rexford
History Segment - Ken Hokenson and Ali Kashkooli - March 24, 1983 Mount Washington
Recent Search and Rescue News
 
Show Notes
Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews
SLASR Merchandise
SLASR LinkTree
Everest just got so much worse
Alan Arnette’s report
Grizzly attack victim recounts his story
How will rabid foxes impact hikers, if at all?
How dangerous is Mt. Washington weather compared to other peaks?
A death in the climbing community 
Runner plans to run perimeter of Lake Winnipesaukee 
Sharks are back early at Cape Cod!
Stoko supportive apparel
Ken Hokenson Article
UPI Article from 1983
Rescue on Mt. Cardigan
Hiker airlifted from Edmunds Col Cutoff
Lost & injured hikers on Rocky Branch Tr.
Lost hiker rescued after hours of bushwhacking in Wild River



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Welcome Back to Fieldstone Kumbucha
CS Instant Coffee
2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks
Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast
Hiking Buddies 
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This week we are joined by Carey Kish from his thru hike on Continental Divide Trail. Carey is a long-time multi-sport adventurer, journalist and photographer. A Registered Maine Guide and former president and founding member of MOAC, the Maine Outdoor Adventure Club, Kish has led countless hiking, backpacking and whitewater rafting trips throughout Maine, and is also an avid mountain biker, kayaker, and downhill and x-c skier. He thru-hiked the 2,150-mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in 1977, and has since completed two-dozen long distance trails in the United States, Canada and Europe, including a recent coast-to-coast trek across Ireland. Carey is the writer of three books on hiking - Maine Mountain Guide for the AMC, The AMCs Best Day hikes Along the Maine Coast, and the most recent book Beer Hiking New England:The Tastiest Way. Plus Magic trick gone wrong, Mount Carrigain alternatives, Memorial Day Weekend, Miracle Springs update, Hoka trail runners, Recent hikes on Garfield and Acteon Ridge.  
 
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Beer Hiking New England 
AMC Maine Mountain Guide 
AMC Best Day Hikes Along the Maine Coast
 
This weeks Higher Summit Forecast
 
Topics
Heat Wave has arrived
Magician Gets stuck in a box and battling Balloon artists 
Mount Carrigain - Alternative Routes 
Ethan Pond to Shoal Pond to Carrigain Notch to Desolation  (20 miles) 
Nancy Pond to Carrigain Notch to Desolation (18 miles) 
Traditional Route - 14 miles
Dry River - Thanks Izzy for details
Memorial Day - Things to do 
Story correction about Miracle Springs
Mass man attacked by two grizzlies 
Gear review - Hoka One - Kaha GTX
Recent Hikes - Mount Garfield and Acteon Ridge 
Notable Hikers
Guest of the Week - Welcome Carey Kish
Recent Search and Rescue News 
Connecticut River Valley Killer - Cold Case update 
 
Show Notes
Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews
SLASR Merchandise
SLASR LinkTree
Road update
A unique rescue…. ( see image below)
Where's Izzy sends some 411 on Dry River
Another great trip report from Dry River
Memorial Day Events
Waterville Valley 34th Annual Chowderfest 
Original Story about Miracle Springs 
Mass man survive attack by 2 grizzlies
Acteon Ridge Traverse from Section Hiker  
Have you ever heard of a Hoodoo? 
Guy jumps across a gap, injures his ankle, gets stuck on a hoodoo and needs a rescue
Dartmouth Grad Student body found in the Connecticut river 
Police search area in Newport NH related to Connecticut River Valley Killer cold case 
Dark Valley Podcast 
Suspects
Injured hiker Arethusa Falls
Injured hiker Fishin Jimmy
Injured hiker Mt. Monadnock
Hiker rescued, Falling Waters
 
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Welcome Back to Fieldstone Kumbucha
CS Instant Coffee
2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks
Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast
Hiking Buddies 
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 This week we are joined by Andrew Drummond of White Mountain Ski Co. Andrew is the man when it comes to backcountry skiing in the white mountains. He was kind enough to join us to talk about backcountry skiing, his hiking activities in New Hampshire and more. Plus an update on the missing hiker from Massachusetts, road updates, Stomp is setting speed records on Welch Dicky and a rescue on the Flume Slide trail.
 
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Topics
Forest Roads continue to open up
Update on Missing Hiker from Massachusetts - found deceased in the Dry River 
Man Found dead in the Grand Canyon, attempting to travel via the Colorado River in makeshift raft
Future topics for the show 
Recent hikes - Welch Dicky and Dry River 
Welcome Andrew Drummond, our guest of the week (Starts at 37 Minutes) 
Recent Search and Rescue News 
 
Show Notes
Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews
SLASR Merchandise
SLASR LinkTree
Road update
Body recovered from Grand Canyon after man entering the Colorado River 2 weeks ago.
Hiker killed by falling rock at Mt. Whitney. 3rd fatality in a week.
23 y/o hiker missing after texting he had reached summit
Juvenile lost in the woods
Unprepared hikers rescued Flume Slide Trail 
 
Sponsors, Friends  and Partners
Welcome Back to Fieldstone Kumbucha
CS Instant Coffee
2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks
Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast
Hiking Buddies 
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 This week we are joined by Ongyel Sherpa, Founder/CEO of US Sherpa and apparel and international trekking company that specializes in genuine Nepal made apparel and if you are ever considering touring Nepal his company offers options for trips. We will also learn about Nepalese culture and his journey from a young Sherpa supporting western climbers to his now home in Vermont. Plus solar flares, northern lights, we break down the Bear or Man viral challenge, some real bear news, a recap of the white lake ultra event, stomp breaks down some recent hikes on table rock, red hill fire tower and Franconia Ridge, plus recent search and rescue news including some updates on the search for a missing Cambridge, MA hiker and two canadian hikers need a rescue in the Great Gulf and social media is breaking out the torches.
 
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This weeks Higher Summit Forecast
 
Topics
Sorry for the delayed release
Rescue in the Great Gulf via Wamsutta Trail
Solar Flares, Northern Lights
Forest Roads Opening 
Bears in the news 
Viral Man or Bear in the woods thought experiment 
White Lake Ultra Race Recap
Pop culture news - The Hunt for Gollum, Tom Brady Roast, SLASR on X/Twitter Spaces? 
Recent Hikes - Table Rock, Franconia Ridge, Black Mountain, Red Hill Fire Tower, Welch Dickey
Guest of the week - Welcome to Ongyel Sherpa 
Recent Search and Rescue news 
 
Show Notes
Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews
SLASR Merchandise
SLASR LinkTree
Hikers rescued on Mt. Washington
Latest updates on Road openings
TrailsNH.com
Bear drags Massachusetts crash victim's body into woods.
Record number of bear attacks, Japan
Man kills charging Grizzly while searching for antler shed.
Bear or Man in the woods? 
Co2 cartridge knives
Self defense Keychain
Stun Guns
Pepper Spray
2 hikers drown at Signal Mountain, 
Adirondack Forest Ranger Robbi Mecus died while ice climbing in Alaska
Overdue trail runner found safe. 
Hiker rescued Great Gulf
Search resumes for missing hiker
Injured hiker Pisgah Park
Lost hiker Fremont
 
Sponsors, Friends  and Partners
Welcome Back to Fieldstone Kumbucha
CS Instant Coffee
2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks
Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast
Hiking Buddies 
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