Yeti Walks Into Basecamp: Talking. Thru. Hiking.

Episode Summary:  Hey there, everybody! We had the opportunity to sit down with author, hiker, and barefoot-walker, Ken Posner! Our conversation with Ken revolves around his experience as a barefoot hiker, why he started doing it, the learning curve of walking barefoot, and the benefits he gets from detaching from societal norms and embracing the freedom of the natural world. We hope you enjoy!Thanks to Aardwolf Gear, Bowl & Kettle, Sawyer Products, Jolly Gear, and Leve Outdoors  for sponsoring this episode!Also, a big, big thank you to Ken Posner for joining us on the podcast! Go, check out Ken’s book: Chasing the Grid.Links: ⁠⁠Aardwolf Gear Website | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 22:20Aardwolf Gear 15% Discount Code | YETI15Bowl & Kettle Website | Promo Timestamp 30:20Bowl & Kettle 10% Discount Code | ⁠Sawyer Products⁠⁠ Website | Promo Timestamp 43:21Sawyer Products 20% Discount Code | YETIBASECAMPJolly Gear⁠⁠ Website | Promo Timestamp 50:10Jolly Gear 15% Discount Code | YETIKen Posner's Website | Book Giveaway Timestamp 1:00:21Leve Outdoors Website⁠⁠ | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 1:13:08Leve Outdoors 10% Discount Code | YETIWALKSINTOBASECAMP *************Be sure to email us at ⁠⁠yetiwalksintobasecamp@gmail.com⁠⁠ for your care packages  Keywords: #PCT #Backpacking #weekendwarrior #dayhiking #thru hiking #outdoors #podcasting #hiking #coloradohiking #collegiateloop #backpackinggear #barefoothiking #shoelesshiking #chasingthegrid #kenposner #connecttonature #giveaway  ~Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black) ~Edited by Charlotte Royal ~Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.  Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.   Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials: Podcast IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Trek Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Black⁠⁠

If you love it, you'll give a sh*t.Climate change? Global warming? Same terms? Different? In 15 minutes, I do my best to break down what all these words mean in the common tongue; in a way that most anyone is able to understand because at the heart of it, it's a difficult topic to wrap your head around. And what's causing these phenomena? Greenhouse gasses.It's important for anyone to understand global warming and the changes it elicits, but especially for folks who love to be outside- like hikers. Global warming is not a human caused phenomena. It happens naturally, but it's increasing at an exponentially unnatural rate due to humankind.Hikers and tree huggers unite so that we can all better understand what's happening in and to our world. Knowledge is power, so let's level up and gain more power, together.*The majority of information for this episode was quote and pulled from both these NASA and National Geographic articles. All other sources can be found below:U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement: Process and Potential Effects | Congress.gov | Library of CongressThe US Has Officially Left the Paris Agreement | Earth.OrgTemperatures Rising: NASA Confirms 2024 Warmest Year on Record - NASAIPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeWMO confirms 2024 as warmest year on record at about 1.55°C above pre-industrial levelOne Year of Trump: How the US Reversed Climate ProgressKeywords: #conservation #nature #walking #hiking #loveofnature #climatechange #globalwarming  ~Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black) ~Edited by Yeti legs ~Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.  Check out the⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.   Yeti Legs and Basecamp’s Socials: Podcast Instagram:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast [FREE] Patreon:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Instagram:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Linktree:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ **No AI used here, ever.

Episode Summary:  Howdy there, friends! In this week’s episode, we got to sit down with our friends at Bowl & Kettle, a small-batch freeze dried food company that was founded in Texas and is now based in Colorado. Our conversation with Sarah and Brett trails from hiking as a couple, including stories from their 151-day hike on the PCT in 2022, to discussing their company, how they got started, their process for freeze drying food, and advice for hopeful business owners. Happy listening!A massive thanks to Sarah and Brett for joining us for this episode! And another huge thank you to Bowl & Kettle, Leve Outdoors, Aardwolf Gear, Symbiosis Gear, and Jolly Gear for sponsoring this episode!Links: ⁠⁠Bowl & Kettle Website | Promo Timestamp 0:01Instagram: www.instagram.com/bowlandkettle TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bowlandkettle Bowl and Kettle 10% Discount Code | YETICHOWLeve Outdoors Website⁠⁠ | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 7:45Leve Outdoors 10% Discount Code | YETIWALKSINTOBASECAMP Aardwolf Gear Website | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 29:33Aardwolf Gear 15% Discount Code | YETI15Jolly Gear⁠⁠ Website | Promo Timestamp 45:49Symbiosis Gear Website | Promo Timestamp 1:00:24Symbiosis Gear 15% Discount Code | YETI15*************Be sure to email us at ⁠⁠yetiwalksintobasecamp@gmail.com⁠⁠ for your care packages  Keywords: #PCT #Backpacking #weekendwarrior #dayhiking #thru hiking #outdoors #podcasting #hiking #coloradohiking #collegiateloop #pct #pacificcresttrail #backpackinggear #freezedriedfood #dehydratedfood #smallbusiness #giveaway  ~Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black) ~Edited by Stephen Bosworth & Charlotte Royal ~Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.  Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.   Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials: Podcast IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Trek Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Black⁠⁠

Wesley "Megaman" Tils plans to spend approximately 1.5 years through an entire winter season...hiking for nature, for conservation, for the wild. The trek will run some 8,000 miles from the easternmost to westernmost points of the contiguous United States, along a path that he designed himself. The reason for using his entire savings and pushing his body to its limits- to raise awareness (and funds) for the conservation entities that protect our wild spaces, and to bring others [in spirit] into the backcountry with him. Megaman feels that such an undertaking is more important now than ever as the current administration threatens environmental and conservation regulations which protect our public lands, federal lands, and all the life that calls those places home. What's more, even Megaman's dream job in archaeology is at risk through weakening of the Antiquities Act.Chasing the legacy of his ancestor, a vagrant viking who sawed off his own leg due to frostbite, Megaman has a resume of long-distance trails that leaves little room for concern that he will be able to complete this journey.Listen in to hear the what, how, and why of Megaman's plan to "Walk for the Wild".To find Megaman:Megaman's FacebookMegaman's TikTokMegaman's InstagramMegaman's YouTubeMegaman's GoFundMeKeywords: #conservation #nature #walking #hiking #loveofnature  ~Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black) ~Edited by Yeti legs ~Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.  Check out the⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.   Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials: Podcast IG:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Instagram:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our [FREE] Patreon:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linktree:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Episode Summary:  Hello, hello! Welcome to another episode of Yeti Walks Into Basecamp! In this week’s episode, we close out the last 40 miles and two days of Basecamp’s hike on Colorado’s Collegiate Loop trail through Lake Ann Pass and Hope Pass. We are five-months post-hike for this episode where we reminisce on encounters, campsites, and epic climbs. Stay for the end where Basecamp reflects on her highs, lows, and lessons from being a solo female hiker. Also, be sure to have a listen to our Cottonworld updates to find out some BIG news from us! A big ole’ thanks to Leve Outdoors, Aardwolf Gear, and Jolly Gear for sponsoring this episode!Links: ⁠⁠Leve Outdoors Website⁠⁠ | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 13:10Leve Outdoors 10% Discount Code | YETIWALKSINTOBASECAMP Aardwolf Gear | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 35:07Aardwolf Gear 15% Discount Code | YETI15Jolly Gear⁠⁠ | Promo Timestamp 52:22*************Be sure to email us at ⁠⁠yetiwalksintobasecamp@gmail.com⁠⁠ for your care packages  Keywords: #PCT #Backpacking #weekendwarrior #dayhiking #thru hiking #outdoors #podcasting #hiking #coloradohiking #collegiateloop #lakeannpass #hopepass #backpackinggear #solohiking #giveaway  ~Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black) ~Edited by Aj Jones ~Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.  Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.   Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials: Podcast IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our [FREE] Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Artificial intelligence (AI) has not been kind to our environment. In this environmental corner episode, we break down some of the nuts and bolts of AI and what detrimental impacts it has on our environment through its energy demand, water consumption, and waste production.We learned quite a bit in this episode, and we hope you can as well, so that we can all be more responsible and take the onus when it comes to using AI.Information Links:AI has an environmental problem... | UNEPExplained: Generative AI's... | MIT NewsThe Climate and Sustainability...| Bashir et al 2024America's Action PlanKeywords: #AI #artificialintelligence #environment~Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black) ~Edited by Wesley Black ~Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.  Check out the⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.   Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials: Podcast IG:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Instagram:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Patreon:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linktree:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Trek Blog:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Black⁠⁠⁠⁠

Episode Summary: Hiking as a solo female! This is the first episode of a two-part series where we discuss Basecamp’s solo hike on the Colorado Trail from the end of summer of 2025! Have a listen to hear Basecamp’s hurdles and challenges in her first eight days while trying to stay dry on this very wet and stormy hike. Stay tuned for the end to hear about a few environmental corner wins! A massive thanks to Sawyer Products, Aardwolf Gear, and Leve Outdoors for sponsoring this episode! Links: Sawyer Products | Promo Timestamp 14:16 Sawyer Products 20% Discount Code | YETIBASECAMPAardwolf Gear | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 40:22 Aardwolf Gear 15% Discount Code | YETI15 Leve Outdoors | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 1:08:01 Leve Outdoors 10% Discount Code | YETIWALKSINTOBASECAMP *************Be sure to email us at yetiwalksintobasecamp@gmail.com for your care packages Keywords: #PCT #Backpacking #weekendwarrior #dayhiking #thru hiking #outdoors #podcasting #hiking #coloradohiking #collegiateloop #backpackinggear #solohiking #giveaway ~Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black) ~Edited by Charlotte Royal ~Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.  Check out the⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.   Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials: Podcast IG:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Instagram:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Patreon:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linktree:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Trek Blog:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Black⁠⁠⁠

Episode Summary:  In this week’s episode, we reflect on the trials and tribulations of our Mount Rainier hike! This hike taught us a lot about intuition, listening to our gut, and pushing ourselves to do wild things. Join us for a conversation about prepping, glacial hiking, and love ;) A HUGE thanks to Galena Mountain Projects and Leve Outdoors for sponsoring this episode!Links: ⁠⁠Galena Mountain Projects | Promo Timestamp 32:03Galena Discount Code | WB20 Leve Outdoors Website⁠⁠ | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 52:41Leve Outdoors 10% Discount Code | YETIWALKSINTOBASECAMP *************Be sure to email us at ⁠⁠yetiwalksintobasecamp@gmail.com⁠⁠ for your care packages  Keywords: #PCT #Backpacking #weekendwarrior #dayhiking #thru hiking #outdoors #podcasting #hiking #glacialhiking #proposal #pnw #mountrainier #crevasse #crevasserescue #giveaway  ~Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black) ~Edited by Charlotte Royal ~Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.  Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.   Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials: Podcast IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Trek Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Black⁠⁠

Episode Summary:  Happy New Year to all you listeners out there! We are excited to kick off the new year with a reflective episode where we talk about what we have in store for the new year and we reflect on the deconstruction and reconstruction of our ideas of thru hiking and backpacking. Have a listen and send us any of your funny, interesting, scary, bizarre, or insert any-other-adjective-here kind of hiking stories that we can share on the podcast! Happy listening!A HUGE thanks to Galena Mountain Projects, Leve Outdoors, and Sawyer Products for sponsoring this episode! And a huge thanks to our listeners! We hope you have enjoyed this two and a half year journey with us! We are looking forward to what’s next!Links: ⁠⁠Galena Mountain Projects | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 8:04Galena Discount Code | WB20Leve Outdoors Website⁠⁠ | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 18:10Leve Outdoors 10% Discount Code | YETIWALKSINTOBASECAMP ⁠⁠Sawyer Products⁠⁠ | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 31:39*************Be sure to email us at ⁠⁠yetiwalksintobasecamp@gmail.com⁠⁠ for your care packages  Keywords: #PCT #Backpacking #weekendwarrior #dayhiking #thru hiking #outdoors #podcasting #hiking #giveaway  ~Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black) ~Edited by Stephen Bosworth ~Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.  Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.   Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials: Podcast IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Trek Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Black⁠⁠

Episode Summary:  Well, well, well! It’s time for our final days on the PCT. Join us in this exciting, adventurous episode where we recap, reminisce, and reflect on our last week on the PCT. This episode is filled with old friends, crazy happenings in the Lion’s Den, escapades in Canada, and outrunning the massive fires. Have a listen and find out if we made it!A HUGE thanks to Sawyer Products, Leve Outdoors, RecPak, and Wrightsock for sponsoring this episode!And a huge thanks to our listeners! We hope you have enjoyed this two and a half year journey with us! We are looking forward to what’s next!Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sawyer Products⁠⁠ | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp  23:46Leve Outdoors 10% Discount Code | YETIWALKSINTOBASECAMP ⁠RecPak Website⁠ | Promo Timestamp 1:01:54RecPak 25% Discount Code | ADVENTURE25 ⁠Wrightsock Website⁠ | Promo Timestamp 1:41:38Leve Outdoors Website⁠⁠ | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 2:26:19*************Be sure to email us at ⁠⁠yetiwalksintobasecamp@gmail.com⁠⁠ for your care packages  Keywords: #PCT #Backpacking #Pacific Crest Trail #finishing the PCT #fire season #lions den #outdoors #podcasting #thru hiking #hiking  ~Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black) ~Edited by Charlotte Royal ~Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.  Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.   Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials: Podcast IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Trek Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Black⁠⁠

Episode Summary:  A quick update from our editor explaining where the heck we've been! Stay tuned for our final stretch of the PCT coming at the end of the month. Until then, catch up on our PCT hike thus far or check out some of our other episodes. We'll see y'all in a couple of weeks!   ~Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black) ~Edited by Charlotte Royal ~Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.  Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.   Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials: Podcast IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Trek Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Black⁠⁠ 

Episode Summary:  Howdy! This weeks' episode features stories with old friends and new friends, days with high mileage, large inclines, and swimming in freezing lakes! Stick around for some spooky stories from Basecamp's childhood and Yeti's encounters on trail. Thanks for listening! Here's to nearing the end of the trail! A HUGE thanks to Sawyer Products, Leve Outdoors, RecPak, and Wrightsock for sponsoring this episode!Links: ⁠Sawyer Products⁠ | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 4:53 ⁠Leve Outdoors Website⁠ | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 45:21 Leve Outdoors 10% Discount Code | YETIWALKSINTOBASECAMP RecPak Website | Promo Timestamp 55:49RecPak 25% Discount Code | ADVENTURE25 Wrightsock Website | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 1:08:50*************Be sure to email us at ⁠yetiwalksintobasecamp@gmail.com⁠ for your care packages  Keywords:    ~Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black) ~Edited by Charlotte Royal ~Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.  Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.   Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials: Podcast IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Trek Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Black⁠ 

Episode Summary:  In this week’s episode, we finish up the last four days of week 24 where we reflect on enjoying one of Washington’s freezing lakes on a stranger’s paddleboard, dealing with shoe malfunctions, bonding with U-Turn, hallucinating turtles and (maybe) people, getting the sug-sug, and narrowly escaping the Snoqualmie norovirus epidemic. Stick around for an update on our AZT documentary, our future hiking plans, and a riveting environmental corner about the southern boarder wall and it’s effects on wildlife and the environment. ALSO! Take our poll and let us know if you want to close out this YWIB season with two episodes that cover Basecamp and Loba’s hike of the Collegiate Loop! Enjoy!  A HUGE thanks to Leve Outdoors and Sawyer Products for sponsoring this episode!Links: Center for Biological Diversity | No Border Wall Wildlands Network | 86% Reduction In Wildlife Crossings At Border Audubon Society |  The Boder Wall Has Been ‘Absolutely DevastatingLeve Outdoors Website | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 55:32 Leve Outdoors 10% Discount Code | YETIWALKSINTOBASECAMP Sawyer Products | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 46:18 *************Be sure to email us at yetiwalksintobasecamp@gmail.com for your care packages  Keywords:    ~Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black) ~Edited by Brooke Barker-Pottle  ~Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.  Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.   Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials: Podcast IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Trek Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Black 

Episode Summary:  Join us while we sit down with Joy from RecPak and hear about her background in the outdoor world and how RecPak meal replacements came to be! We get to talk about RecPak's origins, the science behind it, and our real world experiences of using the product! Stick around for our environmental corner where the three of us talk about the planet's warming, snow science, and the "roadless rule." A HUGE thanks to Joy & RecPak for being on our podcast!! Links: Roadless Rule | Sierra Club RecPak Website | 25% Discount Code: ADVENTURE25RecPak IG  Keywords:  ~Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black) ~Edited by Aj Jones  ~Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.  Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.   Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials: Podcast IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Trek Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Black 

Episode Summary:  Join us for the long awaited interview with our good friend and tramily member: Tumbleweed! We get to rehash stories from our shared time on the PCT, including experiences with the dreaded norovirus. Tumbleweed also shares with us about his experience with the military, we get some solid heart-to-heart conversations, and we wrap up with an environmental corner that focuses on opportunist species that come in after wildfires.  A HUGE thanks to Sawyer & Leve Outdoors for sponsoring this episode!  Promo Links: ⁠Leve Outdoors Website⁠ | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 01:57:20 Leve Outdoors 10% Discount Code | YETIWALKSINTOBASECAMP Sawyer Products | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 00:50:10  Keywords: PCT, Pacific Crest Trail, Washington, Goat Rocks Wilderness, Seattle, REI, Trail Photographer   ~Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black) ~Edited by Brynn Meisse  ~Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.  Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.   Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials: Podcast IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Trek Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Black⁠ 

Episode Summary:  Join us this week as we near our final stretch on the PCT! We discuss the end of week 22 and the beginning over week 23 where we ventured from the trail to Seattle for a gear pick up, and we met some interesting people along the way. Also, ever wonder what the different types of trail blazing are? Stay tuned for the end and learn somethin' new!A HUGE thanks to Leve Outdoors for sponsoring this episode!  Promo Links: Leve Outdoors Website | Promo & Giveaway Timestamp 00:36:20Leve Outdoors 10% Discount Code | YETIWALKSINTOBASECAMP  Keywords: PCT, Pacific Crest Trail, Washington, Goat Rocks Wilderness, Seattle, REI, Trail Photographer   ~Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black) ~Edited by Charlotte Royal  ~Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.  Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.   Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials: Podcast IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Trek Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Black 

Episode Summary: Bridge of the Gods, asylum hotels, foot tall ice cream cones, tropical Washington, pitching in a ditch, and the bubble. Week 23 of our PCT trek had all of these things and oh so much more. We only cover 6 days this week in anticipation of having a very special guest on the next PCT week’s episode. Tune in, go through our journey with us, and see just haw crazy these last few weeks of the PCT trek really were. Our environmental corner segment covers the massive wildfires in AZ affecting the Arizona Trail and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. As much as we also don’t want to admit it, climate change is affecting our “now” and our future.A HUGE thanks to both Sawyer & Leve Outdoors for sponsoring this episode! Links:⁠⁠Sawyer Website⁠⁠ | Giveaway & Promo Timestamp 6:47⁠Leve Outdoors Website⁠ | Promo Timestamp 40:09Environmental Corner Links: ⁠Arizona battles rising wildfire threat in ‘never-ending kind of year’ as state grows hotter, drier | Cronkite News ⁠⁠Dry Conditions Statewide Could Fuel High Fire Activity Across Arizona | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management⁠ ⁠Climate change: global temperature | NOAA⁠ ⁠Hasn't Earth warmed and cooled naturally throughout history? | NOAA⁠Keywords: PCT, Pacific Crest Trail, Washington, asylum, bubble, climate change // Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black)// Edited by Brooke Barker-Pottle // Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark. Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials:Podcast IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Trek Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Black⁠

Episode Summary: Is that a goat up in the sky? That sucker has wings. While maybe not up in the clouds, Ram keeps the conversation real and down to Earth with us as we chat about this lightweight clothing cottage company-SkyGOAT. Using his GOATgrid fleece, Ram has created a one-of-a-kind material ready for your next hike, run, or 14er summit. We love hearing how smaller, local companies start and then just hit it big, so listen in with Ram and hear some of the crazy winter sports he gets himself into!A HUGE thanks to Symbiosis Gearfor sponsoring this episode! Links:SkyGOAT Website | Giveaway & Promo Timestamp 1:27:5020% Discount Code: BASECAMP20Symbiosis Gear Website | Giveaway & Promo Timestamp 1:39:2915% Discount Code: YETI15Keywords: Hiking, Backpacking, Winter, Winter Sports, layering, midlayers, SkyGOAT // Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black)// Edited by Aj Jones // Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark. Check outthe ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials:Podcast IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Trek Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Black⁠

Episode Summary: Howdy! We wanted to shake up the cadence a bit and share some ofthe things we’ve learned in our years of backpacking and thru-hiking. That’s to saw, we wish we’d known some of these things before we were forced to learn them, but experience is the best teacher, right?! A HUGE thanks to Sawyer for sponsoring this episode!Links:Sawyer Website | Giveaway & Promo Timestamp 21:42Keywords: PCT, hiking, hiking advice, tricks of the trade, what we know now // Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black)// Edited by Brynn Meisse // Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark. Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials:Podcast IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Trek Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Black⁠

Episode Summary: We were hiking along an asphalt desert, quite literally...it was desert and farmland in Oregon, but we were walking the highway with no shoulder. Our thighs, shins, and feet were riddled with painful red splotches-heat rash. But thank goodness we had angels along the way, people going out of their way to offer us water, air conditioning, and shelter. We circumvented the Lions head closure with a road walk and rewarded ourselves with the famous Timberline Lodge buffer (every hiker’s dream). Our week 22 of the PCT was jam-packed, and concludes with a pretty stunning hiking speckled with waterfalls, and new hiker friends as we arrive at Cascade Locks. Cascade Locks signifies the end of Oregon (NOBO) and the beginning of the last state of the PCT, Washington. Oh, and Yeti was too drunk to say hello to his then PCT hero, and we stayed in an asylum converted to a hotel. We wrap with an environmental corner segment discussing the importance of ground truthing information both about our environment, and beyond. A HUGE thanks to Symbiosis Gear for sponsoring this episode!Links:Symbiosis Gear Website | Promo Timestamp12:40Symbiosis Gear 15% Discount Code | YETI15Keywords: PCT, Pacific Crest Trail, Oregon, road walk, Cascade Locks, Bridge of the Gods, Symbiosis Gear// Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black)// Edited by Charlotte Royal// Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark. Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠album⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials:Podcast IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yetiwalksintobasecamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theginger_and_thejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeti Walks Into Basecamp Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegingerandthejoy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Trek Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Black