Sounds Like A Search And Rescue Podcast

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com   Welcome to episode 219 of the sounds like a search and rescue podcast - our first episode of 2026. This week - Meghan and Paul from the Alzheimer's Association join us to highlight their kick off event for the 2026 48 Peaks Hike to Fight Alzheimers event. The kick off event is on February 7th at Spyglass Brewing in Nashua where Ty Gagne will...

Opening up 2025 with a So You Wanna Episode - Stomp breaks down the Algonquin Trail!  Enjoy! 

It's been a minute, or a blink of a minute, since the last mix. Out of hundreds of potential tracks, here are a few comets that kept catching my ear. For 2026, the SLASR family wishes everyone an epic year of adventure, growth and love. Excelsior - Sonus Magicus - Audi et Impera Sonum ~ stompmachine      

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com     Welcome to the sounds like a search and rescue podcast, this week we are joined for our year end episode by our friend and sometimes cohost, Dave or Dave shits in the woods fame. Dave will join me and nick with a year end reflection of all the hiking and adventures we did. Listen up and you can start planning for 2026 hiking and hear about...

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com     Welcome to episode 217 of the sounds like a search and rescue podcast. This week, we are joined by the new owner of the Mountain Wanderer bookstore, Forrest Chess. Forrest joined us for a short segment during full conditions but we wanted to invite him back in for a longer discussion to learn about his background and to plug the change in...

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com     Welcome to episode 216 of the sounds like a search and rescue podcast, this week, we are joined by Rebecca Sperry, Rebecca has been a guest and stand in cohost for us and we wanted to have her come back in to update us on her recent adventures, including the white mountain redline / trace adventures she has been up to. Andy from the cog is...

  Donate to the New Hampshire OutDoor Council 109 Below Film   Welcome to the Full Conditions Winter Kick off with the Sounds like a search and rescue podcast crew, joined by Ty Gagne, and special guests Joe Lentini and Paul Cormier of Mountain Rescue Service . This week we are enjoying the screening of the film 109 Below - We will start off with our guests discussing the film and they will share...

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com   Welcome to Episode 214 of the Sounds Like a Search and Rescue podcast. This week, we are joined by Taylor, the Nahamsha Hiker. Taylor is a well known thru hiker and content creator with a large following on Youtube. She has hiked the AT a couple of times and is an avid NH and Northeast hiker. She will sit in with us tonight and later will fi...

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com     Welcome to Episode 213 of the sounds like a search and rescue podcast. This week, good friend of the show and author Ken Bosse joins us. Ken recently published his 4th book - "They Said It's Dangerous" - a light hearted look at some of the dangers hikers can be faced with. This is Ken's 4th book and as always, all profits from Ken's books...

This week - join us for a deep dive So You wannna on the Kinsmans. Enjoy! 

Welcome Stomp and Dave for a Halloween Episode! 

Hi Listeners - Enjoy our latest episode of So You Wanna - Hike White Mountain Waterfalls!    Visit White Mountains Waterfall Page New England Waterfalls - Waterfalls of New Hampshire Page NH Family Hikes Check out Episode 8  

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com     Welcome to episode 211 of the sounds like a search and rescue podcast, this week we are joined by members of the AMC Trail Crew - Craig Heiselman -  Adopt-A-Trail Coordinator. Craig, plays a critical role in making sure our trails and infrastructure are in good shape for all of us to enjoy. Both Nick and I are trail adopters and are excite...

Stomp, Nick and Mike discuss Ryan from Recycled Percussion / Chaos and Kindness. He recently captivated the local hiking community with a project to hike all the 4000 footers in 7 days with no hiking experience.     

WODC Newsletters "Passaconaway Path" – now called the Dicey Mill Trail – cut in 1891. And McGrillis (Flat Pond - Sandwich - long trip Summary of Kate Sleepers life   Description of Kate Sleeper Trail - connects the wonalancet trails to Waterville History of the Tom Wiggin Trail Story of the Heermance shelter on Mount Whiteface Shout out to George Zink - former president of WODC George Testified in...

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com     Welcome to Episode 210 of the Sounds like a search and rescue podcast. This week we are joined by Marylyn Styles,  Race Director for Aravaipa Running White Mountain Endurance Races. Marylyn is a long time endurance athlete and avid NH Hiker and Trail Runner. Marilyn is going to give us a recap of this summer's White Mountain Endurance race...

So You Wanna - Cabot, The Bulge, & The Horn We will give a full summary of this 4000 footer / 52 WAV loop - plus a bunch history and drama including the description of one of the first explorations in the 1800s. Also - the details on why the Mount Cabot Trail is no longer open.  Enjoy!    Show Notes  Sebastian Cabot Appalachia Volume 5 - An Ascent of the Pilot Range (1886) Some discussion from VFT...

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com     Welcome to Episode 209 of the Sounds like a search and rescue podcast, this week we are joined by Stash from Inside the Line Podcast. Stash is the guy for all things hiking related to hiking and search and rescue in the Catskills. This week he will serve as cohost while Nick is up north enjoying some family time. Stash recently visited the...

This week we are joined by Steve Chase and Brad Meiklejohn, editors of the new book - Letters From the Mountain Steve and Brad share their stories of working as caretakers for the Randolph Mountain Club hut system on Mount Adams. They are the editors of a new book that is a collection of memories and stories from caretakers from the 1950s to today that have worked for the club.  We really enjoyed...

Episode 8 - So You Wanna Hike  GPS Tracks https://www.strava.com/activities/10835937876   https://www.strava.com/activities/8667651720   Suggested Routes -  Kinsman Ridge Trail Out & Back - Northeast approach, leaves from Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway Lot, 4.4 miles & 2250', "relentless" ascent from the lot, 1850' in 1.5 miles to the Cannon Cliffs Lonesome Lake Trail -> Hi-Cannon Trail -> Kinsman...

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com     Welcome to Episode 207 of the sounds like a search and rescue podcast. This week, we are joined by listener Zara who had reached out and kindly offered to share her experience as someone who needed a rescue after a slip and fall incident on a hike in Maine. Zara shares her experience and reflects on her search and rescue experience and her...

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com     Welcome to Episode 206 of the Sounds like a search and rescue podcast, this week  Brittany Wassick from the Taylor James Steeves Foundation is joining us as we gear up for Tay's Summit Challenge in 2025. Brittany will update us on the event and sit during this episode.  Plus a deep dive on Nick's recent single day Pemi, we'll cover the hig...

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com     Welcome to episode 205 of the Sounds Like A Search and Rescue Podcast, This week we are joined by Christy Rafferty from Bristol Peak Rustics . BPA and Nalgene bottles, hiking bans in Canada, a new NH Derritisima FKT, Bear had glass jar stuck on his head, Ohio river is raised for the VP, Body preserved in Pakistan, Gear review, recent hikes...

So You Wanna - White Moutains Slides  Show Notes Safety and Advice for hiking Slides - 2:00 Tripyramid Slides - 25:00 Flume Slide - 34:30 Owls Head - 45:50 Great Gulf - 51:00 King Ravine - 58:10 Huntington - 1:04:15 Off Trail Slides - Arrow Slide, Lincoln Slide, Adams Slide, Whitewall, The Watcher and others   Some Links -  https://redlineguiding.com/2017/08/walk-on-the-wild-slide/   https://mount...

https://slasrpodcast.com/       SLASRPodcast@gmail.com     Welcome to Episode 204 of the Sounds like a search and rescue podcast. This week, we are joined by the Summit sistahs - Heidi, Jen and Cathy, white mountain hikers and locals from the north country. They will join us to share some of their experiences hiking in and around the Whites and will also give us some tips on their favorite hikes a...