0:34 - Catalina Island is out and the Kumano Kodo Part 2 commentary is up on Patreon5:46 - What is our ideal backpacking trip?38:32 - What are some pain points when backpacking that we still haven't addressed?52:45 - Anything coming up in the future?
0:06 - Any chance for a video podcast?0:33 - Did you know you can see dolphins in the Hawaii episode?1:58 - Backpacking tips/advice followup8:38 - Have you been soured on the Adirondacks from your last trip?13:05 - Have you guys ever considered making a “pop up video” type of video where you share random facts or behind the scenes info?14:51 - What other names for the channel did you consider?19:07 - What’s the process for writing narration for an AA episode?28:44 - What's your opinion about using AI for Youtube such as ideas of location, posting title, tags, description...etc34:53 - Who is an extrovert and who is an introvert?47:43 - Teasing a future question48:02 - Channel update
4:52 Any plans to head back to the PNW?9:32 What do you see yourself doing 20 years from now, career wise?19:41 Where does your hatred for Clone Wars come from? Have any of you seen Star Wars Rebels?22:27 What are some movies that you watched growing up that to this day are still your favorite?34:03 Speaking of the prices of video games, whats your opinion on all the remastered or redone versions of games we used to play back in the day?40:37 What do we think of the Switch 2 now that it’s out?
1:54 Self-control update5:07 Andor10:23 Nintendo Switch 220:11 New episode is out, new episode filming22:58 Viewer Hiking Story31:52 Time where people helped us on the trail41:11 What was the craziest thing that’s happened to you while traveling?51:02 What job would you be doing if not the current one?56:44 What are you excited about right now?
1:11 Who is most likely to get totally lost but have a great time?4:25 Did Bear Grylls eat deer droppings?7:19 The reality of AA compared to Man vs. Wild14:19 Sheng Wang’s brilliant camping hack18:14 Andrew’s trip to Dolly Sods22:42 Trails becoming TOO accessible26:20 Cell signal in the wild and self-control31:27 How much has changed since we started backpacking35:15 The snail question40:55 Tips when flying to backpacking destinations1:00:51 Closing
Lots of Nintendo Switch 2 talk this week, so feel free to skip that with the timestamps if you're not interested in video games.0:46 The White Lotus3:20 Finding balance in life and the vlog9:35 Nintendo Switch 227:50 Assassin's Creed33:12 Top 5 Japanese Exclusive video games35:52 YouTube Thumbnails for Adventure Archives54:23 Hiking mentality1:06:45 How do we keep in touch with each other?1:10:46 What TV shows have we all watched?
0:26 Followup1:25 Thomas is Moving6:42 Without getting too political, how to stay positive in today’s day and age?10:15 Favorite Mealtime Activity and Current TV Shows17:52 What’ve you been cooking?23:31 Favorite YouTube channels33:45 Robby’s Vlog is sort of ending42:47 There is a special Adventure Archives cocktail at a restaurant in Columbus44:57 Nintendo 3DS EDC50:02 Closing
0:00 Followup8:50 Topics- How’s everyone feeling about monthly Campfire Chronicles?- How are your new year’s resolutions going?- Thoughts on the Switch 229:41 Quick Questions- My questions as a new viewer would be, what is the history of your channel? What prompted you to get started? How are you related to each other? Having watched one of your earliest episodes, what's the story behind Thomas joining the crew?- Have you consider having everyone weigh their pack before the trip?- How do you guys archive your project files, do you have a closet full of hard drives?- Is there any chance Nicole (or others) will join the adventures again in the future? Are there any plans for more road trip episodes?- As someone who is new to backpacking figuring out the planning aspect can be overwhelming. I was wondering in Olympic National Park did you have to reserve camp sites there, and was there any additional permitting?40:33 Main Questions- My question is what your hike planning procedure looks like? Do you have a list of locations you want to hike in and how do you find them, how much do you research the route before you start, and do you plan everything together or assign roles?- How do you think your younger selves would feel if they knew you would have this long running show that has gotten millions of views?- If you guys could have one thing that would make making Adventure Archives easier, what would it be?
After a two year hiatus, we're back! The plan is to release once a month. In this episode we talk about everything we've been up to for the last two years and a little bit about our goals for the new year.
We briefly talk about our experience getting covid. We debrief our bear encounter during our most recent episode in Glacier National Park. We also talk a bit about our 2023 plans and resolutions.
We talk a bit about our fall plans and talk about how to recapture some of the magic of youth.
We break down how Thomas felt in the Lost Coast, Bryan talks about his Iceland trip, and we give some videogame updates.
We recently filmed a ton of videos and we talk about that. We also talk a bit about our favorite endings from our episodes.
00:18 We start off talking a bit about the Savage Gulf episode. 07:14 Talking about the cabin experience during the episode. 09:47 Andrew talking about that disgusting mushroom he ate. 16:21 Other thoughts about the Savage Gulf. 19:24 Special mosquito net Bryan and Nicole made for Andrew. 22:20 Eating cereal during a trip. 24:47 Dehydrating mushrooms to eat on a trip? 28:08 Some details about the shoutouts in the episode. 34:43 Then a very short diversion into Elden Ring. 39:16 And finally talking a bit about our worst weather experiences.
We talk about the 50th episode in Big Bend and also a little bit about the history of the show.
Ostensibly an episode about our plans for the New Year, but we go all over the place in our first podcast in a very long time.
Robby, Bryan, and Andrew go through a small list of what we think are the best episodes of Adventure Archives and order them 1 to 10. This was originally recorded for our patrons live at Patreon.com/adventure. We occasionally record these live, so if you ever want to join in, that's where they're at. Enjoy the episode!
Talking a bit about the Dolly Sods episode and some other stuff.
Talking a bit about our solo hikes and what we've been up to.
We talk a bit about the current situation and just generally go from topic to topic.