Good Good Bad: White Mountain Direttissima
Five days, 231.82 miles, 85,967 vertical feet, nearly 94 hours of moving time – this is the White Mountain Direttissima as experienced by ultra-athlete Andrew Drummond. A rugged DIY run that connects all 48 of the White Mountains’ 4,000ft peaks in New Hampshire, the Direttissima has developed a lore of its own. Andrew shares his multi-year journey through the spectrum of microclimates, peaks, valleys, and stages of exhaustion.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell
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The Shorts– The Clearing
When big transitional moments occur in our lives, the way we navigate them and what helps shift our perspective can often come from unexpected places. After graduation and a summer of feeling melancholy, Carol Doyle challenged herself to a 50 mile bike ride hoping it would remove the figurative goggles that obscured the world around her. Heartbroken and seeking solitude at his family’s cabin, Ben Burke is unexpectedly joined by his dad.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • The Slow Burn by Drexler • Mystery Science by Fields of Ethera • Offerings by Otros • You Could by Allebasi • Cooling Stars by Tahif Attiek • A Warm Ray of Sunlight by Dreaming of Stars • South Shore Road by David Swenson • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell
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Seeing You Through
Growing up as identical twins in England, Poppy and Thea Wardley were practically attached at the hip. Their lives finally diverged when Poppy enrolled in medical school and Thea attended university a few hours away. After a few years of burnout from the unrelenting pace of school, Poppy pitches Thea on a bold adventure thousands of miles away to reconnect their twinship– hiking the PCT.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Return Trip by Matthew D. Morgan • Between Dust And Dirt by Brendan Burns • RUSH by Kaand • Samsara by Baleen • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell
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Endangered Spaces: The Ranger
For Sam Webster, public lands have been interwoven with life from the earliest age. He followed a path into public service with the Park and Forest Service, choosing stability and the ability to contribute to the great good. Until Feb 14th changed that course forever. What happens when the foundation you’ve built a life on begins to crumble?
Jen Gradisher, Trail Programs Director at Washington Trails Association, talks about the partnership between organizations and federal agencies, and gives her perspective on what we stand to lose.
Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Wheels and Stories by Drexler • In Time Stay Still by Daniel M Petersen • There Must Be More by Sigurd Johnk-Jensen • Ghosts of the Deep by Tahif Attiek • Moonland by Norvmbega • Ocean Waves by Cineone • The Scottish Highlands by Ghillie Dhu • Orkney Islands by Ghillie Dhu
Three Wheelin
Every July, nearly 20,000 cyclists from around the world swarm the roads of Iowa for one week to ride across the state. It’s hot. It’s humid. And it’s not as flat as one may think. Iowa resident Caleb Smith shares his RAGBRAI journey, complete with a buffet of midwestern charm: homemade pies, barn parties, sunsets over fields of corn. But he doesn’t ride a bike, he inline skates.
If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Cowgirls by Ken Christianson • Jaco 2 by Bradley Carter • Quasi Motion by Kevin MacLeod • Freaks by Bradley Carter • Underdog by Bradley Carter • Firediary5 by Ken Christianson • 550 by John Berry • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell
Tracks provided by Free Music Archive or with permission from the artists.
