Loree and Michelle

womenPEAKING

Society EN ↓ 6 episodes

womenPEAKING: Friends Climbing Through Midlife A podcast about women, friendship, hiking the 46 high peaks in the Adirondack mountains of New York, the ups and downs of climbing each peak, what the climbs teach us, and what we learn from nature on our journey through this thing called midlife.

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Loree and Michelle

Episodes

Episode 6: cramps & tamps 26.10.2025 36:49

Our Dial journey. Crampons and Tampons. To cap off their first season of high peaks hiking, Loree and Michelle head for Dial Mountain. But nothing about this gorgeous October day goes to plan.

Episode 5: wrighting 26.10.2025 24:38

Our Wright Peak journey. Humbled by their mistakes on Giant and Rocky Peak Ridge, Loree and Michelle adjust their shoulder season expectations and tackle Wright Peak. There is snow! It’s beautiful! And also, slippery.

Episode 4: darkening 16.10.2025 30:27

Our Giant and Rocky Peak journey. After two climbs together, Michelle and Loree get ambitious and set out to summit two high peaks in one day. It’s mid-September. They start late. What could go wrong?

Episode 3: doubting 16.10.2025 31:51

Our Sawteeth journey. Loree and Michelle set out to climb Sawteeth Mountain and find both doubt and inspiration on the way to the top.

Episode 2: (not) knowing 14.10.2025 27:03

Our Big Slide journey. Loree and Michelle set out on their first joint Adirondack high peak adventure, realize how much they don’t know about mountain climbing, and decide to keep going anyway.

Episode 1: elevating 11.10.2025 22:56

Moms. Podcasters. Let's go! Loree and Michelle introduce themselves and answer four big questions: who are they? how did they become friends? why did they start climbing? and what are their plans for this podcast?