Adventuring for Mere Mortals

This month the guys sat down with a previous guest and he brought a friend! We have Kalman Tinka and Connor Bos (aka Ghost Mule and Hot Pants) in the studio. During our normal check-in Kyle had a HUGE announcement, he is now engaged! After the rest of the check-in, Trevor covered his homework from the last episode, then we moved onto our main topic. In a bit of a different direction than our norma...

This month we sit down with State Park Manager and work acquaintance of Kyle, Lee Dillon. After our normal catch up, we dive right into Lee's experience and opinions on handicap accessibility in the outdoors. Lee has a unique perspective on this as a care giver for his son who was diagnosed with MS and used a wheelchair for the latter part of his life. We talk about measures that are being put in...

We are still here! This month we sit down with a few of our friends that took part in our yearly Adventure Crew Trip. Our destination this year was Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior. After we did some quick introductions we went straight into talking about our trip. After covering some basics of what our trip entailed, how we got out to the island, if Isle Royale met our expectations, our...

After a three-month hiatus, the guys sat down with one of Trevor’s friends from Grad School and certified horse girl, Emily Wolin! After introducing Emily, our normal check-in and going over how Emily was introduced to the outdoors, we got into our main topic, Horse Talk. We go really deep into different styles of riding, Trevor’s limited experience with horse riding, tons of horse terms, what doe...

This month the guys sat down with hiker, youtuber, and member of the outdoor retail industry, Kalman Tinka! After our regular catch up we get into our conversation with Kalman. The conversation starts with how he was introduced to the outdoors and how his life brought him to his current relationship with the outdoors, but then it varies from how he uses hiking to aid in his fitness and to combat P...

This month the guys sat down with outdoor educator, wilderness instructor, AT thru-hiker, and all-around interesting person, Justin Tucker! After a short intro and a quick catch up, we got ino the main part of our conversation with Justin. The conversation varied from questions about Justin’s job as a wilderness instructor, how Justin’s first big outdoor adventure was a spur of the moment trip to...

This month the guys sat down with one of Kyle’s adventure buddies, Javier Sorto. After our normal quick catch up, we jump right into our main topic, all about summitting Mt. Washington in the Winter! Javier leads a group up the mountain every New Years and this year, Kyle and his girlfriend were part of the group. We chat about Mt. Washington, the trip itself, the gear required, how a winter ascen...

This month Kyle is back in studio, so the guys sat down with the founder of Xplore N More – Philly, John Harper. After our normal quick catch up, we get right into our main topic which is centered around how John makes and maintains connections through his group, Xplore N More – Philly. The conversation varies from how Joh started this group, the barriers he works to remove for members, how he man...

This month Kyle couldn’t make it to the recording due to prior commitments, but Trevor sat down with friend of the podcast, Tim Kottman, to talk about his favorite hobby, Bowfishing. After a quick catchup, we hit on a number of topics ranging from differences from “regular” fishing, licenses and regulations, equipment needed to get started, what kind of conditions are best to go bowfishing in, and...

This month the guys sit down with a friend of Trevor’s who absolutely loves extremely long endurance activities, Andé Wegner. Andé and Trevor met a decade or more ago when they were both deep into the obstacle racing scene, so it was great to talk with her again. After we all catch up, we start with how Andé was introduced to the outdoors and her status as a Gen X latchkey kid, got an overview of...

This month we chatted with two members of the Dream Team, a non-profit organization that uses cycling to provide young adults with opportunities to build confidence and set goals which culminates in riding the entirety of RAGBRAI. Jeff Van Genderen is the Executive Director of the Dream and Inez Chavez is a first-year member of the team. After introductions and a quick catch up, we get right into...

This month we throw out our normal format and have a panel discussion about RAGBRAI (Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa) with the guys that joined us on that adventure during the last week of July. After a short introduction, we chat about how RAGBRAI stacked up against our expectations, our favorite foods along the route, challenges we faced and our favorite moments throughout the...

This month Trevor sits down with, teacher, athlete, the first transgender person to complete the triple crown of hiking, and a badass who has just recently completed his ~2800 mile TRANSContinental Run across the US from Los Angeles to Jacksonville, FL, Cal "Starburst" Dobbs. Since this episode is sans Kyle, we breezed through the monthly check-in and got right into the main topic. We started out...

This month Kyle and Trevor sit down with, former park ranger with the City of Albuquerque Open Spaces, Zach Darden! We start with our normal catch up and get to know our guest then jump into our main topic. We start out with how Zach was introduced to the outdoors, how he became a park ranger, his role and responsibilities as a ranger, the best and worst things about being a park ranger, and some...

This month Kyle and Trevor sit down with triple crowner, backpacking guide, and adventure travel planner, Joseph "Mr. Overhill" Gonzalez! After not really talking to each other in 2 months, the guys catch up and get to know our guest then jump into our main topic. We start out with how Joe was introduced to the outdoors, then get right to Adventure Travel with topics such as defining adventure tra...

This month Trevor sits down with Canoe and Kayaking guide, father, outdoor educator, and #snelfie extraordinaire, Matt May. Kyle couldn't make it this month so the checkup portion of the show is rather short but we get right into the fun stuff and start talking about the Bayou! The guide service Matt works for is Canoe and Trail Adventures in the Covington/Mandeville area of Southern Louisiana...

This month the guys sit down with climber, caver, mom of twins, ski instructor, realtor, and entrepreneur (among other things), Bree Jameson. After a short introduction and our catch up, we dive right into how Bree was introduced to the outdoors by her father as a child and how she rediscovered her need for it after being diagnosed with treatment resistant depression. From that point on she delved...

You are all in for a treat this month. We sit down and have a chat with long distance hiker, trail builder/maintainer, wildland firefighter, skateboarder, gravel biker, and many other thing-er, Matt "Pretzel" Mason. After our normal catch up, we get into how Matt was introduced to the outdoors by family friends then quickly touch on his long distance hiking before getting into how he has been givi...

Our guest this month is a long distance kayaker, long distance hiker, co-host of The Trail Show, and a lawyer focused on environmental law, Daniel "Out of Order" Alvarez. After a short introduction and our normal catch up (including a short tangent about EV adoption) we jump head first into Daniel's impressively long kayaking trip from the northernmost point in Minnesota (Northwest Angle) to...

Just an updated trailer. What we imagined the theme of the podcast would be when we started has changed for the better over our fist year. This new trailer better summarizes what we are all about

No guest this month. Instead of the normal guest interview, after a quick trip recap and life announcement the guys sit down and review what we learned this past year from our guests, and how they will be applying that knowledge in the coming years. Its a nice time to be thankful for the guests we've had on previously and to look into the future. Contact the Podcast: Email: adventuringformeremorta...

Our guest this month is a photographer, long distance hiker, and all around cool human being, Tommy Corey aka Twerk. After an introduction and our normal catch up, we talk about how he got into photography, his favorite cameras, and then we dive deep into his latest project, All Humans Outside. In this project Tommy will be taking photos of 100 humans from all sections of the outdoors (sports, con...

This month our guests are Marybeth and Brently of BBB Adventures. After our guest intro and a short catch up, we get into our main topic, Bike Touring. We start off with clearing up the difference between Bike Packing and Bike Touring then talk about how our guests got into cycling and then leveled up to bike touring, all things RAGBRAI, Marybeth and Brently's bike touring trip from Washingto...

This month our guest is one of the stars of the National Geographic Documentary, Explorer: the Deepest Cave, Sean Lewis. After a roundtable catchup we get into our main topic, Caving. We breakdown the difference between caving and spelunking, how Sean got into caving at an early age, dispel some caving misconceptions,  go through Sean's favorite places he's been caving, provide some resources...

This month our guest is Beth VanPelt! We do a short introduction for Beth, a check up on what we've been up to this month then get right into our main topic, SCUBA diving. Beth helps us to dispel some SCUBA Diving misconceptions, how Beth got into SCUBA in the first place, the best places to get diving equipment, Beth's favorite types of dives, how to get started in SCUBA if you are interested, ho...