Adventure Airwaves
Outdoor stories and sounds. Joyful journeys, place based predicaments, and adventures of questionable significance. Never featuring gear reviews or interviews about trail running, sailing, rock climbing, bike touring, or kayaking. Broadcasting from Brevard, North Carolina.
- Update frequency
- every 79 days
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 14
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2021
Running the Cloudsplitter 100 Mile Ultramarathon - Suffering Joy
Reflections and field recordings from my first 100 mile run, the Cloudsplitter 100 in Norton, Virginia. This episode is not about how to run a hundred miles, but it is about why I ran and what I expe…
Summer Update: Climbing Gym Beta Spray and 5 Panel Hat
Drinking a cup of coffee, the host delivers an unscripted update on the summer, discusses a climbing gym experience, and shares a new song called 5 Panel Hat. The song played during the intro and out…
Running the Art Loeb Trail
The Art Loeb Trail is one of the premier backpacking and running trails in Western North Carolina. It begins (or ends) at a Boy Scout Camp near Black Balsam Knob, crosses the Blue Ridge Parkway, trav…
Mental Miles - A Trail Running Experiment
Sometimes one sets out to go for a reluctant run and, along the way, discovers something they knew all along.
Location: Pisgah National Forest - Brevard, NC
Music attribution at end of episode.
The Five Stages of Whitewater Kayaking
“5 Stages of Whitewater Kayaking” is a story about moving from the coast to the mountains, trading flip flops for Chacos, letting go of what was, and accepting what is. Adventure Airwaves Episode 9 w…
A Postcard from Brevard - A Song Called Pump Track
Brevard, North Carolina is a unique little mountain town. This episode will not tell you anything about Brevard, unless you listen closely. Do you hear the rain? The birds? The wind rustling through …
A Ballad of the John Muir Trail - Tuolumne to Mt. Whitney
An Untraditional Ballad of the John Muir Trail
A 7-minute folk song about an unplanned backpacking adventure on the John Muir Trail. The story begins when bad-weather bailing leads to a cup of coffe…
Coasting: A Dubious Bike Tour from Washington to California
Episode 6: A few years back, I took an unplanned solo bike tour through Washington, Oregon and most of California. The trip crossed rivers - like the Columbia, the Rogue and the Klamath, visited br…
Summer Summer Road Trip Part 2: Wild and Scenic Rogue River Beyond Grave Creek
Summer Road Trip Part 2: Wild and Scenic Rogue River Beyond Grave Creek
A crew of Californians and Carolinians converge on Oregon’s Rogue River during the peak of summer. “Summer Road Trip Part 2: Wi…
Adventure Airwaves #4 - Summer Road Trip Part 1: Going Rogue
A crew of Californians and Carolinians converge on Oregon’s Rogue River during the peak of summer. “Summer Road Trip Part 1: Going Rogue” is the first part of the adventure. This episode is a quick s…
Adventure Airwaves Ep 3: A Menagerie of Place-Based Poems
Grab a cup of coffee, sharpen your pencil, and sit on a rock by the river. You are far from home. Write down what comes to mind. Edit the words occasionally over the next decade (or two) and finally …
Preventer: A salty tale of a 1972 Columbia 30, two novice sailors, and a journey from Los Angeles to San Diego
Adventure Airwaves Episode 2 - Preventer: A salty tale of a 1972 Columbia 30, two novice sailors, and a ludicrous journey from Los Angeles to San Diego
Sometimes the best plan is to hoist your sails …
Peeking into the Kingdom: A Story About Rock Climbing El Capitan's East Buttress in Yosemite, Piss Ants, and Fatherhood
In an era of two-hour Nose ascents and El Capitan Free Solos here is a story about two middle-aged friends who climbed an intermediate route and it took all day. In fact, this story isn’t about climb…
Adventure Airwaves Podcast Trailer - An Outdoor Storytelling and Personal Essay Podcast
Adventure Airwaves is a short-form podcast featuring joyful journeys, place-based predicaments, and adventures of questionable significance.
Two episodes coming in 2019 are Peeking into the Kingdom -…