Episode 157 - Nick from the PUDs Podcast, White Mountains History - The Trail Masters, MWRR Recap, Trail Maintenance

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This week, we are joined by friend Nick Sidla. Nick is co-host of the PUDs Podcast - The "Pointless-Up-and-Downs" Podcast.  A podcast about hiking and everything you talk about while hiking. Nick is going to share some stories about his travels out west and we will discuss trail adoption and maintenance for those of you who are interested in getting into trail volunteering. All this plus a history segment where we dive into a period of White Mountain trail building that focused on how a small group of friends worked to  connect  all the major trail systems of the white mountains. Stomp gives a Mount Washington Road Race Recap,we have a  Father days review that includes Stomp making Mrs. Stomp follow him up the Holt Trail, Recent hikes on Adams/Madison, Welch Dickey, The Watcher and more - earthquakes, Mount Everest, Notable Hikes, and Bad Dad Jokes.

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This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

Topics

• Happy Summer Solstice

• Painter Canyon Rescue

• Fathers Day Recap

• Mount Washington Road Race Recap

• Race the Cog

• Seek the Peak 

• Summit for Cindy

• Maine Couple in trouble for poisoning trees

• Sick Hikers in Grand Canyon, Earthquake in Grafton County

• Mount Everest Video

• White Bison in Yellowstone

• Suckerpunch pickle juice

• Beer Talk and Recent Hikes on Adams/Madison/Welch Dickey/and The Watcher

• Notable Hikes

• White Mountain History - Connecting the trails - Paul Jenks, Charles Blood, and Nat Goodrich

• Guest of the Week - Nick Sidla, Trail Maintenance and PUDs Podcast

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• Hikers rescued after running out of water at Joshua Tree 

• Fryeburg Fair Flea Market

• Fair Grounds Coffee in Fryeburg

• Race the Cog

• Summits for Cindy

• Maine couple busted poisoning their neighbors tree

• Upwards of 300 hikers sickened at popular Az waterfall

• Earthquake in Grafton Co.

• Ryan Mitchell Everest Summit Day video

• Rare white bison calf born

• Suckerpunch

• How to Give Back to the Trails (Rebecca’s Blog post)

• Volunteering in the White Mountains

• NH Trail Workers

• Mountain Trail Collective

• Trailwrights

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 

• Vaucluse - Sweat less. Explore more. – Vaucluse Gear

• White Mountains Endurance Coaching