In a series of personal essays coupled with found sound and my own flute playing, the Blissful Hiker podcast explores my journey of self-discovery in hopes of empowering you to hike your own “bad ass” hike in this journey we call life.
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Ten Things I Learned While Long Distance Backpacking Vol. 2
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Ten Things I Learned While Long Distance Backpacking Vol. 1
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injury stops forward motion but not joy
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yes, regrets!
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why do I hike alone?
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Ask Me Anything! Volume 1
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Arizona Trail: The Finish Line
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Arizona Trail: The Grand Canyon
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Arizona Trail: glimpses of the Grand
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Arizona Trail: back on trail
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Arizona Trail: bedbug infestation
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Arizona Trail: fairytale mountain, fairytale day
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Arizona Trail: Mormon Lake
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Arizona Trail: Game Player
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Arizona Trail: The Mogollon Rim
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Arizona Trail: mud, mud, mud
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Arizona Trail: rocks, rocks, rocks
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Arizona Trail: what is happiness?
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Arizona Trail: The Great Unconformity
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Arizona Trail: The Mazatzals
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Arizona Trail: trail magic Arizona-style
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Arizona Trail: Four Peaks Wilderness
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Arizona Trail: Rocky Road to Roosevelt Lake
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Arizona Trail: Superstition Mountains
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Arizona Trail: Picket Post
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Arizona Trail: Mount Lemmon
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Arizona Trail: Hutch’s Pools
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Arizona Trail: Mica Mountain
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Arizona Trail: Saguaro National Park
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Arizona Trail: angels of the desert
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Arizona Trail: a whippoorwill in the gloaming
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Arizona Trail: changing the rules
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Arizona Trail: Canelo Hills
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Arizona Trail: camping like a (cow)girl
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Arizona Trail: touching the wall
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Arizona Trail: Forty Days in the Desert
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Cape Wrath Trail: a determined bog trot to the Cape
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Cape Wrath Trail: seals, mussels, otters and herons
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Cape Wrath Trail: rainy autumn brilliance
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Cape Wrath Trail: sampler platter
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Cape Wrath Trail: most remote bothy in Scotland
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Cape Wrath Trail: Ben Nevis as consolation prize
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Cape Wrath Trail: Knoydart
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Cape Wrath Trail: bog trotting to Sourlies
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Cape Wrath Trail: rainbows & bothies
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Teton Crest Trail: Spearhead Peak
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Teton Crest Trail: Avalanche Divide
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Teton Crest Trail: Paintbrush Divide
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NCT: hiker as optimist
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SHT: healing the heart
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SHT: finding my footing
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PCT: the start
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waiting
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off trail
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CDT: Hiker Purgatory
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CDT: Glacier National Park
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CDT: the set up
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CDT prep: maps ‘n food
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CDT prep: gear
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CDT prep: logistics
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CDT prep: getting in shape
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Te Araroa: the end of the Te Araroa
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Te Araroa: Lake Tekapo
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Te Araroa: hitting the wall
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Te Araroa: all we have is today
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Te Araroa: letting the day unfold
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Te Araroa: sending out an SOS
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Te Araroa: these feet were made for crossing
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Te Araroa: rivers run through it
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Te Araroa: comrades over the pass
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Te Araroa: in the teeth of the gale
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Te Araroa: go while the going’s good
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Te Araroa: ego tweaks
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Te Araroa: the here and now of the sandfly
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Te Araroa: stealth campsite
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Te Araroa: end of an island
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Te Araroa: new year’s summit
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Te Araroa: tramping buddy
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Te Araroa: The Tararuas
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Te Araroa: hiking her own hike
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Te Araroa: a return to the sea
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Te Araroa: the 50/50 rapids
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Te Araroa: I am the river, the river is me
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Te Araroa: the road to Whakahoro
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Te Araroa: crossing the Tongariro
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Te Araroa: beginners mind
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Te Araroa: owner of the lonely heart
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Te Araroa: the “purist”
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Te Araroa: prelude to “the afternoon on a farm”
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Te Araroa: generosity
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Te Araroa: Kia kaha (be strong)
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Te Araroa: Cathy’s Pies
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Te Araroa: Thanksgiving
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The Kekekabic
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Isle Royale part 5
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Isle Royale part 4
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Isle Royale part 3
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Isle Royale part 2
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Isle Royale part 1
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Te Araroa: infinity loop
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Te Araroa: wisdom of youth
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Te Araroa: the trail will provide
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Te Araroa: the secret cove
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Te Araroa: movin’ on
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Te Araroa: trail angels exist
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Te Araroa: thru-kayaking
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Te Araroa: “easy tramping” on sheep poo
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Te Araroa: Muir Woods of Australasia
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Te Araroa: epic mud in the raetea forest
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Te Araroa: ninety-mile beach
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Te Araroa: where the Tasman and Pacific meet
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Te Araroa: kia ora, be well!
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Congrats on #100! It’s wonderful to virtually “tag along”.
thank you for helping make it happen, Carl!
Enjoying your AZT adventure, but a little frustrated when you make some inaccurate statements (sorry, I’m a desert dweller and it bothers me!). Monsoon rains happen during the summer months…torrential downpours that temporarily flood the washes. Winter rains are ‘female rains’ (a Navajo expression) because they are gentle and more likely to saturate the ground, bringing the spring bloom. And the bird you heard at dusk was most likely a poorwill, not a whippoorwill. We do have a few Ws but they are far outnumbered by the Ps.
thank you, Ellen, I appreciate it.
Just read your rescue SVT episode.
What a wonderful report and outcome and I appreciated your suggestions for future travel
thanks so much, Bruce! All that info helps me too when in trouble. Hopefully you’ll never have to use it. Kia kaha! blissful