On this mother's day we thought it would be fitting to bring our Mom on the show. This was an entertaining one as she tells embarrassing stories of our youth, and we BS around about all things backpacking, family vacations, and being outside. Thanks Mom! Please check out this episode's sponsor - buddies.artofthetrek.com
Aaron Mayhew is a registered dietitian who thru hiked the PCT in 2017. Her website, Backcountry Foodie, provides a breadth of knowledge on backpacking food. We are also quite jealous of her Instagram feed that is FILLED with delicious backpacking recipes, which she creates from scratch. She also provides backpacking meal-planning, as well as other services on her website. We sat down with Aaron and talked about all things backpacking food. We chat about dehydrating food, common mistakes people m...
We're back at this again for another week of lockdown. Thanks to the novel coronavirus nobody can do anything - so we might as well livestream! As always we will call in some others, see how everyone is doing, BS around, taste some quality bourbon, and have a good time! This time we're doing something slightly different. We're bringing in several of your favorite youtubers all at once for a big Panel. What else can you do to get through these weird and strange times? Sit back, relax, grab your f...
This podcast is a must-watch for any hammock campers out there. Thom "Dutch" Ressler through-hiked the appalachian trail in 2003, and shortly after founded the famous cottage vendor company - Dutchware Gear. Since then, Dutchware as explosed on the hammock scene by pioneering ultralight hammocks, as well as other backpacking gear. We sit down with Dutch and talk to about the history of dutchware and how he got into hammocks, his AT through hike, how dutchware is providing PPE during the pandemic...
We're back at this again for another week of lockdown. Thanks to the novel coronavirus nobody can do shit - so we might as well livestream! As always we will call in some others, see how everyone is doing, BS around, taste some quality bourbon, and have a good time! What else can you do to get through these weird and strange times? We will have several guests on tonight - so sit back, relax, grab your favorite beverage and hang out as we find that we literally have nothing else to do. Guests ton...
We're back at this again! And this time is the new studio! As our country faces another week of lockdown, we are here to live stream, talk to some of our favorite youtubers, BS around, answer questions, and overall have a fun and silly time. We have rotated choice bourbons into the mix now - watch us taste test live! What else can you do to get through these weird and strange times? We will have several guests on tonight - so sit back, relax, grab your favorite beverage and hang out as we find t...
We're back at this again! And this time is the new studio! As our country faces another week of lockdown, we are here to live stream, talk to some of our favorite youtubers, BS around, answer questions, and overall have a fun and silly time. AND ALSO OPEN THE BOTTLE OF PAPPY! What else can you do to get through these weird and strange times? Guests tonight include: Tim Watson, Devin from Backcountry Exposure, Bryce Newbold, and more...
What a pleasure to sit down and get Darwin on the podcast. Darwin has been producing YouTube content for five years now, and has established himself as one of the biggest youtubers in the backpacking community. We talk to Darwin about the current situation and how the ATC's decision effected his AT section hike, his rise to YouTube fame starting as a machinist and spinning instructor from the midwest, his life traveling the country with his wike and hiking full-time, and his new Arizona trail do...
Matt "Details" Favero is currently the brand manager at Zpacks, a cottage vendor specializing in making ultralight backpacking equipment. He joined Zpacks back in 2010 as it's second employee. His hiking resume is very impressive, having hiked on multiple continents all across the globe. It was a pleasure to finally sit down and connect with Matt. We talk to him about the current situation down in Florida and hows it's impacting Zpacks, what it's like to develop products at Zpacks as well as the...
We're back at this again! As our country faces another week of lockdown, we are here to live stream, talk to some of our favorite youtubers, BS around, answer questions, and overall have a fun and silly time. What else can you do to get through these weird and strange times? Guests tonight include The Restless One from Restless Outdoors, Frozen from Outdoor Adventures, Mark from Spiguyver backpacking, and David F-ing Gray himself!
With almost the entire country on lockdown - lets livestream! We'll be calling your favorite YouTubers, talking backpacking, answering questions, BSing around, and overall having a fun time.
We sit down and bring Kyle from Kyle Hates Hiking onto the podcast. Kyle is a former AT thru-hiker (class of 2018) and now runs a YouTube channel, as well as his podcast "Trail Tales" We talk to Kyle about his AT thru-hike, his highs and lows on the AT, hiking the Vermont long trail, his future hiking plans, how being a YouTube creator is going, and how he plans to handle the coronavirus outbreak.
On this episode of the podcast we are joined by another out-west backpacker - Amy Routt. Returning from her recent backpacking trip to the Canyonlands, we chat with Amy about a multitude of outdoor topics. We talk to Amy about her life as a field biologist and how it's influenced her backpacking, why she loves backpacking solo, her worst backpacking experiences, some of the beautiful places she's been to, and her life as a rock climber and sleeping suspended on the side of a cliff....
This might be the most ridiculous episode of the podcast we've ever recorded. We spend five hours taking calls from tons of other youtubers, subscribers, and even a few trolls! We ask many people what their weirdest backpacking stories are, and get some GREAT responses. Thanks to everyone who called in and participated! Special shout out to the person who kept trolling us with "Home Improvement" References. Buckle up and sit tight for this one! Five hours of absurdity.
On this episode of the podcast we are joined by Mark from Spiguyver Backpacking. Mark's channel has been one we've been watching for a long time, so it was a pleasure to be able to chat with him about all things backpacking. Spiguyver backpacking has been a great resource for us as we got deeper and deeper into hammock camping. Topics include: hammocks and hammockcamping, Mark's huge upcoming backpacking trips, his past life in California and working on the Tahoe Rim Trail, being a military pilo...
Alex started his YouTube channel back in 2017, and quickly found success in the knife-making genre. Even though he's hit it big (132k subscribers!), he's still a backpacker and outdoors channel at heart. We sit down with Alex and talk about backpacking, knife-making, dealing with haters and internet trolls, how he got started in YouTube, his passion for film production, and being contacted to be on "Forged in Fire". Also, at the end we open up the SBO call-in line and take a call from Adam aka "...
Endeavor Brewing Co. is a local brewing company here in Columbus Ohio. Specializing in craft beer, they produce a vast array of different beers. We sit down with Scott and talk to him about his backpacking and climbing past. Scott has backpacked on several continents, from Alaska to South America. We talk to Scott about backpacking, climbing, and brewing craft beer! Filmed in the Endeavor brewing facility, this was a special episode, bringing us closer to the beer we love to drink....
We debrief with Backpacking with Jason (Jason Waugh) and Jeremiah Stringer, after our winter trip to Zaleski state forest. We talk about how they got into backpacking, defrief on our winter backpacking trip, the Kentucky backpacking crew, their upcoming backpacking plans, and what its like being a backpacking youtuber
The BS-ing technological revolution continues. Now we have live video of our guests. This episode of the podcast has us joined by Devin from Backcountry Exposure. He's been making gorgeous backpacking videos in and around Utah for a long time. We talk about his professional life in the outdoors and rock climbing industry, teaching college kids about backpacking, elk hunting, podcasting, and of course HOT TENTS.
Chris is the owner of LiteAF - a cottage vendor specializing in ultralight equipment. We met Chris in 2018, and have been big fans of his work for awhile. We talk about how and why he started LiteAF, the ultralight fanny pack revolution, his new ultralight tarp design, and his future plans and thoughts on the ultralight industry. During the last ~10 minutes (starts at 57:00 ) Chris gives us a behind the scenes look of his shop. Thanks for BSing! Always a fun time....
We sit down with Chad, from UGQ Outdoor. UGQ Outdoor was founded in 2011 after starting to produce premium, custom backpacking quilts. UGQ has since expanded, producing tarps, and several other high-quality backpacking items. We talk to Chad about how he got into the family business, what its like backpacking with Joe Robinet, UGQ's big plans for the future, and how they go about testing and tuning their gear. It was great to sit down with Chad and talk shop about cottage vendors and backpacking...
"Subaru" Josh Ebersole is a backpacking youtuber and outdoor enthusiant. Usually seen with the "Findlay" crew, spearheaded by Tim Watson. We sit down with Josh and talk about how he got into backpacking, how it influenced his weight-loss journey, and the proper way to read a topo map.
About time we actually got to filming another one of these outside - a sign spring is right around the corner. We sit down, on the trail, with Bryce Newbold and Red - a reunion tour from our Colorado trail trip in 2018. We talk to Red about his upcoming throughike, and with Bryce about his upcoming backpacking plans.
Time to test out the new BS-ing/dial in setup! We are joined today by Dan Becker. About a year ago Dan took the backpacking YouTube world by storm, and easily became the quickest growing channel in the YouTube outdoor space - gaining almost 40k subscribers in a year. In addition to talking about backpacking - this was a very honest conversation with Dan about YouTube haters, trolls, reading comments, being recognized in public, channels he has mentored turning on him, and dealing with corporate ...
Backcountry BS-ing headed out to Wishwell Farms in Bellefountaine Ohio to talk to our fellow Ohio-youtuber - Jason Wish. We sit down at Wishwell Farms, surrounded by tomato plants, to talk to Jason about how he got into backpacking and farming, his dream backpacking trips, produce farming, and why he switched back to a tent from a hammock (wtf!)
David Gray returns to the show. We debrief after the Ohio YouTube meetup, talk about winter backpacking, his upcoming trips, how he stays fit for backpacking, and field some questions from the viewers.
It was an honor and a privilege to sit down with one of our YouTube icons - David Gray. David has been backpacking & youtubing for a long time, and we have been fans of his channel for as long as we can remember. We sit down with David and talk about how he got into backpacking, his new gear upgrades, his favorite places to backpack, and why he loves dunkin donuts and cheddar cheese spread so much.
We finally got some time to sit down with Adam from Restless Outdoors and do some proper BS-ing. We talk about the Ohio YouTube community, winter backpacking, going "ultralight", hammocks vs. tents, and how Adam was inspired to start backpacking when he saw "Brokeback Mountain"
Our wives finally join us on the podcast! This was really fun - great banter and questions from the audience. Topics include: favorite backpacking destinations, what's your favorite drink on the trail, how to get YOUR wife to go backpacking, would you rather get eaten by a bear or a mountain lion, and some LIVE taste-testing of packit gourmet, and much more.
Frozen from Outdoor Adventures was one of the very first backpackers we ever started watching on YouTube. It was a joy to be able to sit down with him and talk about all things backpacking. We talk with Frozen about his upcoming AT thru hike, how he got into backpacking, his favorite spots to backpack, and why he's never used uber
