Audio Narratives

The world is holy. We are holy. All life is holy. Daily prayers are delivered on the lips of breaking waves, the whisperings of grasses, the shimmering of leaves.

Terry Tempest Williams

Audio Narrative and “Visual-Audio” essays document impressions for an immersive experience, almost like a conversation. Consequently, the listener becomes a participant in the act of discovery, the decision-making and the myriad emotions activated by long distance walking. Thanks to John Reamer and Associates for their generous support in the making of the Te Araroa essays and Peeps of the PCT series.

TA audio narrative: chasing clear skies
https://youtu.be/Fl8vy184uCs
TA audio narrative: hut life
https://youtu.be/c2K9eQEuWSY
TA audio narrative: north down, south to go
https://youtu.be/4OHo4eqgCT4
TA audio narrative: weather window
https://youtu.be/pUaUULc-s0A
TA audio narrative: thru-canoer
Blissful hangs up her hiking shoes for a paddle on the Whanganui River.
TA audio narrative: best birthday present ever
Good weather and good friends add up to one of the best birthdays in memory.
TA audio narrative: into each life...
Rain is a constant companion on the Te Araroa causing anxiety until I learned to accept it.
TA audio narrative: gratitude
I just happened to be passing through Auckland at Thanksgiving and have a lot to be grateful for.
Omra tells me that my subconscious needed this long walk to sort out the
TA audio narrative: the trail will provide
There is a lot of magic on a thru-hike when we have faith and juts let it happen.
TA audio narrative: hiking as conversation
The birds, people, and sound of my feet through water, mud and sand were the hiking conversation.
Legs like stilts on the Ninety-Mile Beach in the far, far north of New Zealand.
TA audio narrative: the start
The start of the Te Araroa is a trial of sand, wind, rain and mud, but it's worth it.
Cape Reinga, the northernmost tip of New Zealand
TA audio narrative: suddenly D-day
After 36 hours of travel, I arrived in New Zealand and started hiking right away.
The great philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wants us to be wanderers, “though not as a traveler to a final destination: for this destination does not exist.”
TA audio narrative: no outcomes backpacking
If you arrive at a final destination, it’s a sign that you’ve set your sights too low.
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself.
TA audio narrative: Does orange make my butt look fat?
It's said that people fear public speaking - and looking ridiculous - more than death.
I love my work as a classical music radio host, but I wanted to see what a long distance thru-hike would do to my body, mind and spirit so asked for a leave.
TA audio narrative: who is this "blissful hiker" you speak of?
I love being a DJ, but wanted to experience a thru-hike before it was too late.
The
TA video: Thru-hike prep with visual aids
In Silent-Film-style, the Blissful Hiker sets the "alicoop" and finally crawls in for a little shut eye.
song of the sea caves
Astonishing beauty made richer by curious music.
Creatures of the C2C
I was never alone hiking in Northern England.
honk if you love silence
one woman’s brave attempt to create a tranquil neighborhood
Armand Bayou bliss
A convergence of ecosystems amidst a concrete jungle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeAOUGtbeiI
wild river afternoon
A solo late winter snowshoe in Wild Rover State Park introduces surprises in myriad foot prints.
just a walk to work
Every day an adventure on Saint Paul’s streets
skate ski as metaphor
a bitterly cold day reminds me to savor the moment
stone-cold badass
beginner ice climber goes up  
train enthusiast
me and Dvorak love public transit
the sound of snow
-15 makes styrofoam snow