Sounds Like A Search And Rescue Podcast

https://slasrpodcast.com/     Welcome to Episode 238 of the Sounds Like a Search and Rescue Podcast. This week we are joined by Amy Swift. Amy is the Manager of the Flume Gorge in Franconia State Park and will join us to talk about the Flume Gorge, her experiences in the White Mountains including her time involved in volunteer search and rescue. Plus, it's a busy time of the year for Search and Re...

Happy 4th of July! This week a new So You Wanna episode - Mt. Waumbek. Lots of history and fun facts in this episode. Enjoy! 

https://slasrpodcast.com/     Welcome to episode 237 of the sounds like a search and rescue podcast. This week, Stomp joins us as we catch up with our friend Dave for an update on his Appalachian trail adventures. Plus a close call on franconia ridge Friday night - two separate groups faced cold conditions, rain and hypothermia coming down Greenleaf and old bridal trails. Plus recent hikes - Nick...

https://slasrpodcast.com/     Welcome to Episode 236 (again) of the sounds like a search and rescue podcast, this week we once again attempt to record a show about the delisted mountains from the 52 with a view list. Plus, its bug season, a love connection on franconia ridge, bird attack, forest service proposal to turn Black Pond Bushwhack into an official trail, Hiker fatality on Monadnock, some...

https://slasrpodcast.com/          Welcome to Episode 235 of the Sounds Like a Search and Rescue Podcast. This week we welcome back friend of the show Liz Fay. Liz recently spent time on the Appalachian Trail visiting our favorite thru hiker Daveshitsinthewoods, she's working her way through the Monadnock 50 Finest, tackling trail maintenance projects, chasing the New Hampshire 500 Highest, and we...

This week, Stomp and Dave discuss the Grand Traverse! Enjoy!

https://slasrpodcast.com/          Welcome to Episode 234 of the sounds like a search and rescue podcast. This week we welcome Dan "Row-Bot" Forget. Dan is an avid outdoorsman, hiker and rower who combines his love of rowing with hiking and he is currently pursuing the NH 4000 footer list with the added challenge of carrying his rowing machine up every 4000 footer and completing a 2000 meter rowin...

Happy Memorial Day everyone! This week I'm sharing a preview of some of the tracks I'll be spinning at the Mount Washington Road Race, Race the Cog and the Aravaipa Series. Enjoy!   ~ Stomp

https://slasrpodcast.com/         Welcome to episode 233 of the sounds like a search and rescue podcast, this week we are joined by Meghan and Cindy to highlight the annual 48 Peaks Alzheimer's event. Cindy and Meghan will update us on the plans this year and we will also catch up on their own hiking adventures. Plus an update on roadside camping in the whites, a Dave Shits in the woods Appalachia...

https://slasrpodcast.com/         Welcome to episode 232 of the sounds like a search and rescue podcast. This week, catching up on SAR news, Recent hikes, and Notable Hikes. Plus a fatality on the Kinsmans, the Pemi / Liberty Springs problematic Black Bear has been removed, some early season fires in the Whites, recent hikes in the Belknaps, Moosiluake, Bald Peak and Kinsmans, the federal governme...

https://slasrpodcast.com/         Welcome to episode 231 of the sounds like a search and rescue podcast. This week we are joined by our friend Dann Van Der Vliet. Dan is an accomplished hiker focusing on the entire northeast region and brings a lot of knowledge not only in the White mountains but across Vermont and the Adirondacks. He has put together some notes to compare the Adirondacks to the W...

This week, Nick and Mike are joined by friends, Jake and Peter to discuss the quiet giant in the center of the Pemigewasset Wilderness -  Owls Head. We cover the history, trail options and all the details to prepare hikers for tackling this 4000 Footer. 

Our live episode from The Mountain Wanderer  bookstore!  Thanks to  Enjoy Woodstock and Woodstock Inn Brewery for hosting a great afterparty!  Thanks to everyone for joining us!    Show Notes Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews SLASR Merchandise SLASR LinkTree SLASR's BUYMEACOFFEE Order Hike Safe Card 48 Peaks website Nick's Instagram   Sponsors, Friends  and Partners 48 Peaks - Alzheimer's Asso...

https://slasrpodcast.com/       Welcome to Episode 229 of the Sounds Like a Search and Rescue Podcast. This week we are joined by Nick Gagnon - better known as Chezwick. Chezwick is a long distance thru hiker who just successfully completed a Fastest Known Time for hiking's Triple Crown - completing the Pacific Coast Trail, The Continental Divide and the Appalachian trail in a continuous hike. Hik...

https://slasrpodcast.com/         Welcome to Episode 228 of the Sounds like a search and rescue podcast. This week Sarah Gregoire is sitting in with us  - Sarah is a  Hiker, Mountain Biker, Fitness Enthusiast and Friend of our sometimes cohost / current AT thru hiker - Dave Shits in the woods. Sarah is here to share the story of her fitness journey and activities while making it through life with...

This week, Nick and Mike discuss the Hancocks - Trail approaches, Slides, History, Logisitics and anything else you need to know to prepare for the Hancocks. 

  https://slasrpodcast.com/         Welcome to Episode 227 of the Sounds like a search and rescue podcast. This week our friends Jake and Peter join us to do a shortened episode focused on our recent hike and overnight at the Randolph Mountain Club's Gray Knob cabin. As part of this trip some of the crew climbed Mount Jefferson and came back to the cabin and a couple of us just did the cabin and o...

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com   Welcome to Episode 226 of the Sounds Like a Search and Rescue podcast. This week we're joined by Jim Thorsen, who just returned from an incredible trip that took him from trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal to nearly a month traveling across India—temples, safaris, a sunrise at the Taj Mahal, tea plantations, Kerala backwater...

  https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com   Welcome to Episode 225 of the Sounds Like a Search and Rescue podcast. This week we're joined by hiker, blogger, White Mountain Tracer, and all-around mountain machine Isabella Risitano — better known as "Where's Izzy?" — and we'll talk about how she got into hiking, what sparked the blog, burnout, bushwhacks, redlining madness, Mountains...

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com     Welcome to Episode 224 of the Sounds Like a Search and Rescue podcast. This week we are joined by outdoor educator Ben Mirkin, the 2024 American Mountain Guides Association Educator of the Year. We'll talk about avalanche education, backcountry leadership, guiding culture, and how students turn mountain skills into actual careers. A hiker...

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com   Welcome to Episode 223 of the Sounds Like a Search and Rescue podcast. This week we're joined by Dave, who's back with us and may or may not finally decide whether he's going public with his last name. We've got some follow-up on Great Britain versus the United Kingdom, more coyote talk as mating season ramps up and how not to get yourself i...

This week, a new So You Wanna Episode - Mount Adams!  Thanks to Andy from the Cog for joining us! 

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com     Welcome to Episode 222 of the Sounds Like a Search and Rescue Podcast, where this week we've got a packed show — we're talking winter conditions in the White Mountains, some SAR news,  big news out of Lincoln Woods with trail closures coming for several weeks.  Also - Stomp is back and has stories from snowmobile guiding  a near-death mome...

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com     Welcome to Episode 221 of the sounds like a search and rescue podcast. This week we are joined by Jo Giese. Jo is an award -winning journalist, lifelong hiker, and the author of the upcoming memoir You'll Never Walk Alone, out February 10, 2026. After a devastating accident left her unable to walk, Jo refused to give up on her love for wil...

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com     Welcome to Episode 220 of the Sounds Like a Search and Rescue Podcast. This week Andy is back and we will recap media reported search and rescue events for the year 2025 - will look at trends, some notable rescues and lessons to be learned. Plus some listener feedback, an arctic cold blast is coming this weekend so advice on how to prepare...