Hiking

Another visit with our favorite through hikers … … from a third of the way through their quest to complete the 2000 mile Appalachian Trail. Wade “Nutshoe” Bastain, Bucky “No Name, Buckminster” Kellorg, and their fellow Eagle Scout and hiking companion “Bear” join us from southern Virginia to relate their latest adventures along the Appalachian trail. In This Podcast [0:17] Scout Zombies [1:45] Mailbag, Intro [10:35] Bucky, Wade, and Bear report on their trail adventure....

It’s time for another Outdoor Blog Carnival …what is your dream hike? If money wasn’t an issue, if time away from loved ones, work, school, etc. wasn’t an issue, if there was nothing preventing you from going, what hike is your dream hike? That is this month’s theme. Let us know what your dream hike is. My entry: We all hike for some reason; exercise, meditation, exploration, companionship, achievement, solitude....

This may sound pessimistic – but it is an unfortunate reality. Sometime, somewhere this month (and every month thereafter) a Troop of Scouts will start off on a hike that will end in some sort of tragedy. The major tragedies we see on the news – a lost scout or group of scouts, a serious injury, a death – all probably preventable. The smaller, yet often more poignant, tragedies don’t get publicized....