The Shorts — The Skin Track
The Skin Track
With a professional ski guide for a dad and a ski instructor for a mom, Nina Hance learned early how to set a steep skin track and charge hard. At 20, she started to work towards her ski guide certification and got a job as an apprentice guide for a heli operation in Alaska. Imagine her delight when, her first week of college, she met Olivia, climber, skier and aspiring avalanche forecaster: the ultimate female adventure companion.
“She taught me to swim up sandstone splitters. I taught her to link hop turns though a tight couloir. She taught me how to party hard, and I made her wake up early for powder days,” says Nina. “Whether in deep conversation over a bottle of wine, swapping leads on a multi-pitch, or giggling in the skin track, we couldn’t get enough of each other.”
The morning Nina awoke to a phone full of missed calls from mutual friends, she had the terrible realization that she would have to find a new way to love the mountains.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Original Scores by Jacob Bain • Chasing Trains by Publish the Quest
Tracks courtesy of Jacob Bain.
coMOMdo
coMOMdo
“As a mom, you have no book that tells you the right way to take care of your kids through bad times,” says Bonnie Elozory, mother of four.
For seven-years, the Elozory family weathered a relentless streak of bad luck. With no instructions on how to pull her family out of the muck, Bonnie got creative. When her husband nudged Bonnie to rekindle her dream to hike the Appalachian Trail, she latched on to the idea. And decided to take the kids.
“Oh my gosh,” Bonnie remembers thinking, “this is going to save our lives.”
*This episode contains discussions about assault. If you’re listening with young ears, or have sensitive ears, you may want to skip this one.
Click here to read Bonnie’s blog from the trail.
Music: Something by Kai Engel • If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Gotta Keep Movin by Publish the Quest • Chasing Trains by Publish the Quest • Low Horizon by Kai Engel • Night Without Sleep by David Mumford • Wake Me Up by Publish the Quest
Tracks provided by Free Music Archive or with permission from the artists.
What’s Next?
What’s Next?
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“This is the part that I never anticipated: the boots have taken on a life of their own. They’ve just worked magic with people,” says M’Lynn. “I’d like to see Paul’s boots continue to be an inspiration, continue to get people off the couch and out into the fresh air and paying attention to what they’re doing with their lives.”
Paul’s boots have now covered all 2,189-miles of the AT. All three pairs have summited Katahdin. Now, we’ve got quite the collection of size 13 hiking boots at the office. And we agree with M’Lynn: we think it would be a shame to let them sit in the corner and collect dust.
For our third and final episode on the Paul’s Boots project, we bring you the story of thru-hiker Alex Newlon, who carried a pair of boots the entire length of the AT, and we have one last ask for you:
Where do these boots go next?
Email ideas to boots@ducttapethenbeer.com
Watch the full Paul’s Boots film.
Listen to the first Paul’s Boots episode and the Update from the Trail episode.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Original Scores by Amy Stolzenbach • Wake Me Up by Publish the Quest
Tracks provided with permission from the artists.
Tales of Terror Vol. 7
Tales of Terror Vol. 7
This is our seventh annual Tales of Terror episode. Over the past seven years, we’ve read a lot of stories about scary things that happen out in the woods. We’ve discovered that there are all kinds of frightening things that can happen out there, but there are two ingredients that, mixed together, seem to lead to a terrifying experience more often than anything else:
- Going out alone
- Trying to go to sleep
Today, we bring you three stories of what happens when you try to go to sleep alone in the woods. First, we’ll hear from Ryan Taylor, then from Jason Prinster and then from Duct Tape Then Beer’s very own Isaiah Branch-Boyle. Happy Halloween, everyone. Maybe go camping with a buddy.
Music: Time Travel is Possible by Schemawound • If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • paranoiaIII by The F***ed up Beat • Original Score by Amy Stolzenbach • Falling Into You by Little Glass Men • paranoiaX by The F***ed up Beat • paranoiaXII by The F***ed up Beat • If You Can’t Be the Sun, Be the Sun by Schemawound • Live @ Bazillus by Aidan Baker • All too human. by Coin Locker Kid • Remedy for Melancholy by Kai Engel • Ignore the Man Behind the Curtain by Schemawound • Oneiri by Kai Engel • Candy Cyanide by Apache Tomcat
Tracks provided by Free Music Archive and with permission from the artists.
Mileposts — Greater than the Sum of its Parts
Greater than the Sum of its Parts
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The two of them were contemplating giving up, when, as Kevin puts it, ‘A miracle happened’.
Today, a story about three people who have dedicated the better part of their lives to developing a unique skill–and a project so complicated and important that it required their cumulative experience to pull it off. It’s also a story about friendship, and how friends working together for a common goal can lead to something greater than the sum of its parts.
You can find Pete’s photography and film at: www.petemcbride.com/
To hear more from Kevin, pick up a copy of his book The Emerald Mile or listen to his first Diaries episode, “The Threshold Moment.”
To learn more about Pete and Kevin’s journey, pick up a copy of the September issue of National Geographic, or check out these two articles: “6 Painful Lessons I Learned by Hiking the Grand Canyon” & “Are We Losing the Grand Canyon?”
To learn more about the current threats to the Grand Canyon and what you can do to help, visit: savetheconfluence.com
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Eclosion by Salmo • Sunset by Kai Engel • Cowgirls by Ken Christianson • Something by Kai Engel • The Return by nisei23 • Snowmen by Kai Engel • Firediary5 by Ken Christianson • Night Without Sleep by David Mumford • Done With Dallas by Bradley Carter
Tracks provided by Free Music Archive or with permission from the artists.
