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| 23 Aug 2022 | E19: In a flash | 00:53:23 | |
Crystal Gravelle was on the second last day of her first backpacking trip in August 2005 when three storms converged over Ontario’s Killarney Provincial Park, peppering the park with lightning. She and a friend were part-way down an especially technical descent near the end of La Cloche Silhouette Trail in the pouring rain, trying to get to lower ground, when she felt what she thought was her foot exploding. She’d been struck by lightning. She survived, but it wasn’t until the next day she learned someone else struck by lighting in the park that day hadn’t. On today’s episode of Catch Me Outside, Crystal will tell her survival story. Then, Steve Jones, an instructor with iRescue training who teaches courses in emergency wilderness survival and first aid. Steve has taught countless backcountry explorers how to mitigate risks in the wilderness, and today, he’ll share some lightning safety tips anyone who spends time in the backcountry should hear. 📍Killarney Provincial Park borders the lands of Point Grondine, Wikwemikong, Whitefish River and Whitefish Lake First Nations. It is because of the Indigenous Odawa, Ojibway and Potowatomi peoples and their relationship with the land that backpackers like me are able to experience it in such a beautiful, intimate way today.Episode shoutout iRescue Training - https://irescuetraining.com
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| 21 Dec 2022 | E27: Backcountry nutrition with Aaron Owens Mayhew | 00:58:50 | |
Food is the fuel that allows adventurers to hike, climb, paddle, swim, cycle and, well, adventure. It’s more than just calories. It contains the vitamins and minerals that help our muscles repair themselves, our bones stay strong and our eyes stay sharp. It helps keep us warm during chilly nights in the backcountry. A delicious meal at the end of a long day can be a huge source of comfort. Nutrition can make or break a thru-hike. So for today’s episode, I interview Aaron Owens Mayhew, founder of Backcountry Foodie. Backcountry Foodie is a leading source for ultralight backpacking recipes and meal planning resources, and Aaron is a registered dietician and ultralight long-distance backpacker. Aaron founded Backcountry Foodie in 2017 while preparing homemade, lightweight meals for her thru-hike attempt of the PCT, and has since section and thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail, the Oregon Coast Trail, the Colorado Trail and the Condor trail. In this episode, she shares advice for beginner and casual backpackers, as well as her best meal planning and nutritional advice for before and during a long-distance hike. You can follow Aaron on Instagram at @backcountry_foodie Like, rate, review and follow If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram and TikTok and like the Catch Me Outside Podcast Facebook page. You can also support the show and gain access to exclusive bonus content by becoming a Patron, at patreon.com/catchmeoutsidepodcast. Music Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs | |||
| 06 Sep 2022 | E20: Food follies | 01:03:02 | |
It's been a goal to record an episode around listener submissions for awhile, and a bunch of you were so gracious as to send in your favourite camping recipes and funny food stories last month. So for this episode, my ride-or-die and occasional co-host Ian is back to help read everything you sent. Buckle up for stories of spite beans, fly bannock, incinerated potatoes, exploding ravioli, sponge poisoning, charred weiners, and a whole lotta poop. Plus recipes! Thank you to everyone who sent in a story or recipe! | |||
| 04 Jan 2023 | E28: Getting a PCT permit - A crossover episode with A Long Walk North | 01:05:44 | |
You probably know by now that Catch Me Outside is hitting the Pacific Crest Trail this spring. What you might not know is what went into getting my long-distance permit for the hike. You may or may not also know about another Canadian outdoor podcast called A Long Walk North. It's a podcast about PCT hikers hosted by fellow Ontarian Dan Deveau. Dan and his daugher Chantal are preparing to hike the PCT in 2024, and as part of that journey, Dan interviews all kinds of folks with PCT stories to tell. On today's A Long Walk North crossover episode, you'll get to hear me go through the agonizing (and very melodramatic) process of trying to apply for a PCT long-distance permit, plus a follow-up nterview with Dan about the aftermath of that process, the miracle that resulted in my eventually snagging a permit and some details of my trip planning. You can listen to A Long Walk North wherever you listen to podcasts, and follow them on Instagram @alongwalknorthpodcast. Like, rate, review and follow If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram and TikTok and like the Catch Me Outside Podcast Facebook page. You can also support the show and gain access to exclusive bonus content by becoming a Patreon patron, at patreon.com/catchmeoutsidepodcast. Music Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs | |||
| 27 Jul 2022 | E17: The 330-km rollercoaster that is the East Coast Trail | 00:57:23 | |
The East Coast Trail is a 332 km end-to-end trail located on the east coast of *Newfoundland. It’s made up of a chain of shorter trails, and can be section or thru-hiked. Despite not passing over any mountains, the trail has a total elevation gain of almost 15,000 metres, owing in part to the fact that it passes through many towns, and many of those towns are at sea level. It’s like a seaside rollercoaster. I’ll be honest. This trail wasn’t on my radar until a few listeners reached out to mention it, and the more I learn about it, the closer it moves to the top of my bucket list. Camping along the trail is free, and hikers do not need to buy any permits. Because it passes near many towns and villages, there are ample opportunities to resupply, take a rest day or bail, if things get too rough. Hikers are treated to dramatic views of the Atlantic Ocean, the rocky Newfoundland Coast, sea arches and sea stacks and picturesque villages. Ana McBride hiked the full trail this summer with her dog Winnie and a friend. On today’s episode of Catch Me Outside, she shares the highs and lows of her hike (spoiler alert, there weren’t many lows). She also shares some valuable information for anyone planning to check out the east coast trail. *The East Coast Trail is situated on the traditional lands of the Algonquian speaking Beothuk peoples. Like, rate, review and follow If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram and TikTok and like the Catch Me Outside Podcast Facebook page. Music Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs | |||
| 14 Jan 2022 | E3: Kendrick Cardinal on caribou hunting in the Northwest Territories | 00:42:28 | |
Each winter, sometimes more than once, Kendrick Cardinal travels from Northern Alberta into the Northwest Territories by snowmobile in search of caribou. Kendrick is Métis, and caribou hunting is a long-standing cultural practice for Métis, Cree and Dene communities in Northern Alberta and Saskatchewan.
In episode three, Kendrick talks about the challenges of the hunt, why he does it — with a guest appearance by Ian Willms, who joined him one year.
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| 06 Dec 2022 | E26: It’s swimming. It’s backpacking. It’s swimpacking! | 01:26:50 | |
What would it look like if mermaids took up backcountry camping? It would probably look kind of like swimpacking. Swimpacking is an adventure sport that involves swimming in open water with a drybag that contains everything a backpacker would normally keep in their pack, like food, clothes, shelter and other gear. Swimpacking trips are usually combined with hiking or biking, and allow participants to travel by land and water to places they couldn’t otherwise access, like old growth forests and other remote wilderness gems. Ilya Kapralov has been swimpacking in British Columbia since 2018. He’s even helped start a small but growing community of new swim packers, mostly in Vancouver. Ilya’s trips in 2018, 2019 and 2020 with his friend Martin Cermac were all documented by Cermac in a two-part Youtube series called The Swimpacking Diaries. Ilya has swimpacked in lakes, rivers and even coastal waters throughout Vancouver Island and B.C.’s lower mainland. He’s kept company with seals and glided over many blooms of jellyfish. On episode 26 of Catch Me Outside, Ilya talks about his adventures and the ins and outs of this growing sport. Like, rate, review and follow If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram and TikTok and like the Catch Me Outside Podcast Facebook page. You can also support the show and gain access to exclusive bonus content by becoming a Patron, at patreon.com/catchmeoutsidepodcast. Music Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs
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| 22 Mar 2022 | E8: Chev Dixon on kayaking and speaking truth to power | 00:55:27 | |
Chev Dixon is a leader in New York’s kayaking community. He’s a professional sea kayaker, outdoor educator and director of Hudson River Riders, an organization in Yonkers that works to increase access to the river and introduce urban youth to kayaking. Personally and professionally, he’s working all the time to diversify the outdoors and speak truth to power. He’s also on a mission to complete the Hudson Valley Challenge, a human-powered 527 kilometre exploration of the Hudson River Estuary, starting at the New York City Harbour and ending in Troy New York. On today’s episode, Chev talks about his recent cross-country road trip, his journey to kayaking, how paddling empowers youth in Yonkers and some of his upcoming adventures. Links: Follow Chev's work and adventures on Instagram at @negus_chev If you want to support Hudson River Riders or Chev himself as he raises funds for the Hudson Valley Challenge, email Chev at Dixon.Chevaughn@gmail.com. Learn more about Hudson River Riders at hudsonriverriders.org. Land: Hudson River Riders operates on the traditional territory of the Lenape. Music: Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram. | |||
| 17 May 2022 | E12: Captain Kyla’s never-ending adventure | 01:43:58 | |
If someone invited you to leave everything behind and go on the adventure of a lifetime — one that might never end — would you accept the invitation? During a vacation in Panama in 2013 that was supposed to last a few weeks, Kyla Fuller met someone who was preparing to sail across the Pacific Ocean to Australia and needed a crew member. He invited her to join. Without ever returning to her apartment in Ottawa and carrying little more than her passport, wallet and two weeks worth of possessions, she accepted. Kyla had no sailing experience then and had never even considered that life on the sea could be an option for her. Since then, the ocean has become the foundation for her life and career. She’s worked on boats in Japan and Australia, circumnavigated the planet in a sailboat, almost died several times and discovered the things that are most important to her. On this episode of Catch Me Outside, Kyla and I talk about how she got here, the sacrifices she’s made to live this life, and why it’s all worthwhile. Other highlights of this extra long, special episode include:
Just a note: We recorded this interview in two sessions over different days, so don’t be confused if references to recording dates or locations are a little off. Contest Congratulations to Colton J., who won last episode's contest and will soon be the proud new owner of a CuloClean portable bidet! Like, rate, review and follow If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram and TikTok and like the Catch Me Outside Podcast Facebook page. Music Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs | |||
| 05 Apr 2022 | E9: Judith Kasiama of Colour the Trails | 00:55:26 | |
Judith Kasiama is the founder of Colour the Trails, a collective of Black, Indigenous, People of Colour and LGBTQ2S+ adventure seekers that has been growing and enriching Canada’s outdoor adventure community since 2017. Judith was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but left as a refugee with her family, settling first in Australia, then the U.S., and then, in 2010, in Canada. She quickly took to the trails around her home in B.C., and while she saw some diversity on her hikes, the fabric of Canada’s outdoor industry still looked pretty white. So she founded Colour the Trails in 2017 to provide opportunities for Black, Indigenous and people of colour around Vancouver to learn hiking, mountain biking, skiing and snowboarding as a community. Since then, the group has expanded to add chapters in Alberta and Ontario. This episode featuring Judith covers: • Diversifying Canada’s outdoor adventure industry • How the conservation and leave no trace movements can be less exclusionary • How white folks can help keep their Black, Indigenous and PoC friends safer in white-dominated spaces • The joy of colourful outdoor fashions • Judith’s favourite high-risk, high-reward, steep-learning-curve sports • Judith’s favourite and least favourite backcountry foods
To learn more about Colour the Trails, including how to become a member or support the group, visit colourthetrails.com.
Colour the Trails operates on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
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| 01 Nov 2022 | E24: Zwena Gray is Black on the Bruce | 00:40:55 | |
Today, not only are we talking about Canada’s longest and oldest continuous hiking trail, which stretches for 900 km from Niagara Falls north to Georgian Bay, but I’m also joined by Zwena Gray, the first modern Black woman to thru-hike the trail. I say modern, because the trail has extensive Black history, and at least partially follows the route Black abolitionists and freedom seekers took north through Ontario after they entered Canada from the U.S. via the Underground Railroad. One border crossing that was often used as part of the Underground Railroad is close to home for Zwena: Detroit. Zwena studies environmental sciences in Ontario now, but she grew up in Detroit, Michigan. The more she learned about the legacy of Black history in southwestern Ontario, the more she wanted to learn and share with others. She came up with a plan for achieving this goal and called it the Black on the Bruce. In the name of Black on the Bruce, she hiked the entire trail over May and June this year with her friend Sima. On episode 24, Zwena talks about the technical aspects of her hike, what she learned about Black history and Black joy on the trail, her favourite sections, favourite meals and so much more. To learn even more about Zwena and Black on the Bruce, follow her instagram @just.zee 📍I’d leaving out an important piece of trail history if I didn’t mention some of the people with the longest-standing relationships to the land the Bruce Trail runs along. Those are the Anishinaabek, Huron-Wendat, Tionontati, Neutral Nation, Haudenosaunee, Métis, and all the other Indigenous Peoples who provided stewardship of these lands for thousands of years. Sources: Detroiter aims to be the first modern-day Black woman to hike a Canadian Underground Railroad trail, Black Like Us The Underground Railroad and Black history on the Bruce Trail, Toronto Bruce Trail Club The Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Centre website Like, rate, review and follow If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram and TikTok and like the Catch Me Outside Podcast Facebook page. You can also support the show and gain access to exclusive bonus content by becoming a Patron, at patreon.com/catchmeoutsidepodcast. Music Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs | |||
| 29 Mar 2022 | Bonus: Nicole Dubeta on her PCT (and GDT) thru-hikes | 00:30:47 | |
I had so much fun talking to long-distance hiker Nicole Dubeta in December for the first episode of Catch Me Outside, we ended up with too much material to reasonably fit into one episode. So, just in time for the start of the 2022 thru-hiking season, here is the rest of my conversation with Nicole about her thru-hikes of the Pacific Crest Trail and the Great Divide Trail. This episode covers (though not in this order):
PLUS: A surprise guest appearance by Otis NOTE: This interview was recorded in December 2021, so references to the state of the pandemic aren’t current. NOTE NOTE: If you haven’t listened to episode one yet, you should listen to it first!
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| 29 Jun 2022 | E15: Anatomy of an outdoor gear library | 01:04:04 | |
** HEADS UP: The podcast audio for this episode has been reuploaded to correctly refer to Dee, Caroline and Lauren as racialized women, since not everyone identifies as Black. The error in the show notes has also been corrected. Catch Me Outside Podcast (a.k.a. Megan) apologizes for the mistake. This is why it's important not to make assumptions! ** Gear libraries have been popping up in communities across North America for a few years now, creating opportunities for people to get outside and go on potentially life-changing adventures. At the same time, a growing number of organizations is working to make the outdoor community safer, more welcoming and more representative of Black, Indigenous, POC, queer, disabled and otherwise underrepresented folks. In Guelph,* Ontario, the BIPOC Outdoor Gear Library is doing both, by making gear available for free to people who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Colour. For this episode, I’m joined by Dionne “Dee” Daley, Lauren Burrows and Caroline Rodgers, the three avid outdoor adventurers who launched the gear library. They share their perspectives as racialized women in a white, male dominated industry. They talk about what inspires them, what it takes to get a gear library off the ground, how the library works, who can use it and what they hope the library will achieve. If you want to help support the BIPOC Outdoor Gear Library, check out their website bipocoutdoorgearlibrary.com to make a donation or learn about volunteer opportunities. *So-called Guelph, which was given its current name by white colonizers, is situated on the occupied territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation of the Anishinaabek Peoples. Like, rate, review and follow If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram and TikTok and like the Catch Me Outside Podcast Facebook page. Music Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs | |||
| 04 Oct 2022 | E22: The elephant in the tent | 01:26:50 | |
What do you know about the potentially endocrine-disrupting “forever chemicals” in your favourite waterproof gear and garments? Or about your favourite outdoor gear manufacturers’ side gigs selling bullets and combat uniforms? We’re joined on this episode by friend of the pod Alex Tran to unpack a couple not-so-rosy aspects of the outdoor industry. Alex is a backpacker, bike packer and gear head who’s been going on outdoor adventures for almost 20 years. We’ve had lots of conversations about the ethics of the outdoor gear industry in the months since I started the podcast, and I consider Alex to be a pretty conscientious person. For this research-heavy episode, Alex and I chat about plastic waste, PFAS and the military-industrial complex. We both acknowledged before recording that some of the core problems at the base of all these issues are white supremacy, capitalism, imperialism and patriarchy, and while we touch on some of these a bit during the episode, we ultimately decided to keep the scope of the conversation pretty narrowly focused on the three topics I mentioned above. Don’t worry though, there are plenty of hot takes. Notes: At one point, we say that DWR means “durable water resistant” coating, but it’s actually "durable water repellent." Also, I refer several times to Clarus Company, but it’s actually Clarus Corporation. Sources: By the Numbers: The Outdoor Industry’s Plastic Problem Your laundry and plastic pollution — which fabrics shed the most microplastics The lawyer who became DuPont's worst nightmare Gore-Tex, PCFS and pollution: Harmful chemicals in outdoor gear The Lost Arrow Project by Patagonia – Military Alpine Recce System: Program History #BoycottBlackDiamond: Everything You Need to Know and How You Can Help Like, rate, review and follow If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram and TikTok and like the Catch Me Outside Podcast Facebook page. Also, keep an eye out for the Catch Me Outside Patreon, launching in September. Music Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs | |||
| 14 Jan 2022 | E2: Canice Leung on La Cloche Silhouette Trail and PCT prep | 01:00:12 | |
La Cloche Silhouette Trail is an 80 kilometre hiking loop in Ontario's Killarney Provincial Park. It passes around lakes and over an ancient mountain range that was once taller than the Rockies. The hike involves stream crossings, one waterfall climb, a lot of scrambling over exposed granite and quartzite and days of ridge walking.
Canice Leung has hiked it twice — the second time as prep for the PCT — and shares what she's learned in episode two.
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| 16 Nov 2022 | E25: What if I get lost? | 00:55:29 | |
Everyone who spends time in the outdoors will lose their way at some point. According to the Government of Canada, search and rescue personnel provide assistance to more than 20,000 people in Canada each year. In this episode of Catch Me Outside, a listener tells his story of getting lost in Killarney Provincial Park after dark, and then Tom Girrior of Yellowknife Search and Rescue shares some insights into lost person behaviour as well as some advice that should help outdoor adventurers avoid getting lost, or at least improve their odds of being found. Tom has worked in the industry for 15 years and, as training director for Yellowknife SAR, has trained countless SAR volunteers. Like, rate, review and follow If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram and TikTok and like the Catch Me Outside Podcast Facebook page. You can also support the show and gain access to exclusive bonus content by becoming a Patron, at patreon.com/catchmeoutsidepodcast. Music Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs | |||
| 19 Apr 2022 | E10: Hiker lingo 101 | 00:53:28 | |
A few listeners have kindly reached out to say they don't understand all the adventure lingo that's used on the show. So for this episode my partner Ian and I bring you a beer-fuelled hiker lingo quiz show. The results are (hopefully) informative, sometimes funny and often crass. So be warned, this episode definitely earns its explicit rating. Definitions start around the 7:45 mark and include:
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| 22 Feb 2022 | E6: Maddi Leblanc on Canada’s surfing and SUP racing scene | 00:52:03 | |
Did you know there’s a pretty big surfing scene in Canada? Or that stand-up paddle boarding can actually be seriously competitive, like on an international scale? People compete in races that go from short sprints to marathons hundreds of kilometres long. People have travelled over water with boards and paddles for millennia, but surfing and stand-up paddle boarding — or SUP — originated as sports in parts of Polynesia, particularly Hawaii, in the last hundred or so years. They’ve since become popular around the world, including in Canada, where people like Maddi Leblanc have made careers out of them. Maddi is a semi-pro SUP athlete, a surf and SUP instructor and the founder of On Board, an annual fundraising event for the Canadian Cancer Society. On this episode, she talks about how SUP helped her recover from a year marked by major loss, her wildest moment on a board, the competitive world of SUP, some of the best spots to surf in Canada and how someone living just about anywhere in Canada can get into surfing or SUP. This episode covers: • People are surfing the Great Lakes right now, in February, and apparently that’s normal! • How stand-up paddle boarding helped Maddi recover from the deaths of two friends in one year • Maddi’s top surfing spots in Canada • The Great Lakes are just un-salty seas • Ocean surfing vs Great Lake surfing • How get into surfing and SUP, even if you’re landlocked • Long-distance paddle boarding…like backpacking! • Maddi’s wildest moment on a board Music: Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram. | |||
| 14 Jan 2022 | E1: Nicole Dubeta on the Great Divide Trail | 01:00:57 | |
Nicole Dubeta has hiked from Mexico to Northern Alberta. In 2017, she hiked the Pacific Crest Trail from the U.S.-Mexico border to the Canada-U.S. border. Last summer, she hiked the Great Divide Trail, from the Canada-U.S. border in Alberta north for 1,123 km. In episode one, Nicole shares some highlights from her hike, along with advice for hopeful GDT thru-hikers.
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| 25 Oct 2022 | E23: From casual backpacker to long-distance hiker | 01:16:24 | |
This is one for the weekend warriors who want to try long-distance hiking. There are lots of people each year who complete long-distance hikes with zero prior backpacking experience. They start with little to no practical backpacking knowledge, but with a clean slate, so to speak. Then there are people who hone their backpacking skills and test their gear on shorter trips in the backcountry first, and then take on a long-distance trail. That's what this episode's guest, Jessica Raechelle, did in 2020. Before she hiked more than half of the Pacific Crest Trail that year, Jessica (AKA Frosty) gained years of backpacking experience on shorter trails in Canada. She had ingrained habits and favourite pieces of gear. On the PCT, she quickly learned about the differences between, backpacking and long-distance hiking: physical, mental and in terms of gear needs. Some old habits and cherished pieces of gear gave way to new ways of doing things and lighter gear. Some things stayed the same. Since 2020, Jessica has applied many of the lessons she learned on the PCT during subsequent hikes in Canada. On today’s episode, Jessica will talk about the expectations she had going into the PCT, the new skills she developed on the trail and the habits she picked up from other long-distance hikers. 📍The Pacific Crest Trail passes through the traditional territories of dozens of Indigenous Peoples, including the Western Shoshone, the Kumeyaay, the Serrano, Washoe and others. To study an interactive map of the territories along the PCT, visit native-land.ca. Like, rate, review and follow If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram and TikTok and like the Catch Me Outside Podcast Facebook page. You can also support the show and gain access to exclusive bonus content by becoming a Patron, at patreon.com/catchmeoutsidepodcast. Music Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs
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| 10 Aug 2022 | E18: Canice Leung returns from the PCT | 01:44:14 | |
Friend of the pod and episode 2 guest Canice Leung is back from her long-ass section hike (LASH) on the Pacific Crest Trail. Canice covered the first 1,090 miles of the PCT this spring and summer, hiking from the southern terminus in Campo to Lake Tahoe. She saw gopher snakes, rattlers and fruit platters arranged to look like Donald and Melania Trump riding dolphins. She filtered water from questionable sources. She caught the last season of Scout and Frodo’s hiker hosting. She toughed out the desert and walked through the Sierra. For this episode, she shares the long and gory run down, offers some thoughts on the culture of thru-hiking and gives advice to Canadians hoping to hike the trail. 📍The Pacific Crest Trail passes through the traditional territories of dozens of Indigenous Peoples, including the Western Shoshone, the Kumeyaay, the Serrano, Washoe and others. To study an interactive map of the territories along the PCT, visit native-land.ca.
Episode shoutouts Montezuma Valley Market Instagram: @montezumamarket Facebook: facebook.com/montezumavalleymarket Indigenous Women Hike Instagram: @indigenouswomenhike Owens Valley Paiute-Shoshone Cultural Centre Facebook: facebook.com/Owens-Valley-Paiute-Shoshone-Cultural-Center-448489985316272/ Website: bishoppaiutetribe.com/owens-valley-paiute-shoshone-cultural-center/
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| 04 May 2022 | E11: Pits and bits | 01:34:29 | |
On today’s episode of Catch Me Outside, another winner for crassness and potty humour, I sit down with my backpacking friends Nicole Dubeta - who has thru-hiked the PCT and the GDT — and Erica Stern, who practically lives in the Ontario backcountry. Together, we get to the bottom of bodily functions in the backcountry. Specifically, we cover:
And we finish strong with a passionate Lincoln-Douglas-style debate about backcountry bidets: keep em or flush em? Contest Throughout this episode, you’ll hear at least 10 different poop puns. The first person to list five of them for me will receive a free (brand new, never opened) CuloClean Portable Bidet. Just list them in a direct message to the Catch Me Outside Podcast Instagram account or email catchmeoutsidepod@gmail.com. Like, rate, review and follow If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram and TikTok and like the Catch Me Outside Podcast Facebook page. Music Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs | |||
| 20 Jan 2023 | E29: Anniversary adventure check-in with 12 past guests | 00:30:18 | |
Catch Me Outside turned one year old on January 14, 2022! One of my favourite things about producing this show is getting to live vicariously through all the brave, curious and adventurous people I interview. In the past year, guests have taken us to the tundra of the Northwest Territories, the peaks of some of the tallest mountains in Canada and the U.S., up and down the Hudson River, across the Great Lakes and along hiking trails that trace Canada's coasts and cover the span of the United States. For Catch Me Outside's anniversary, I wanted to focus on the people who've shared their adventures on the show, so I reached out to every guest I've interviewed and asked them to record an update on their life since we last heard from them, or what they've got planned for 2023. Planning adventures and building communities is hard, time-consuming work, so not everyone was able to send an update, but a handful of past guests were. In today's episode, you'll hear adventure updates from Nicole Dubeta, Canice Leung, Pascale Marceau, Maddi LeBlanc, Laura Johnson, Chev Dixon, Kyla Fuller, Greg Zolob, Ana McBride, Alex Tran, Jessica Raechelle and Zwena Gray. Like, rate, review and follow If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram and TikTok and like the Catch Me Outside Podcast Facebook page. You can also support the show and gain access to exclusive bonus content by becoming a Patreon patron, at patreon.com/catchmeoutsidepodcast. Music Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs | |||
| 30 Aug 2022 | Bonus: More lightning talk and an announcement | 00:11:57 | |
Last week, you heard Crystal Gravelle tell her story of surviving a lightning strike in Killarney Provincial Park in 2005. While episode 19 only included the story itself, Crystal and I actually spoke about her experience for a little while afterward. Today, we're releasing the rest of that conversation. If you haven’t heard Crystal’s lightning survival story, you should go listen to episode 19 first. This bonus mini episode also features a special Catch Me Outside announcement! 📍Killarney Provincial Park borders the lands of Point Grondine, Wikwemikong, Whitefish River and Whitefish Lake First Nations. It is because of the Indigenous Odawa, Ojibway and Potowatomi peoples and their relationship with the land that backpackers like me are able to experience it in such a beautiful, intimate way today.Like, rate, review and follow If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram and TikTok and like the Catch Me Outside Podcast Facebook page. Music Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs | |||
| 12 Jan 2022 | Catch Me Outside Trailer | 00:01:00 | |
This country is home to 21,324 named mountains, two million lakes, the longest coastline in the world and untold opportunities for adventure. Starting this winter Catch Me Outside will bring you outdoor adventure stories and wisdom from the hikers, climbers, mountaineers, cyclists and others exploring these places. Music: Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs
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| 15 Jun 2022 | E14: Dispatches from the Saguenay Fjord Trail | 01:22:13 | |
I decided to do something different for this week’s episode profiling the 41-km Saguenay Fjord Trail and Jacques-Cartier National Park, which are both in Quebec. Earlier this month, I took a field recorder with me on a 2,200-km road trip to the fjord and back and recorded some dispatches from the trail as I hiked it. I even managed to interview some fellow hikers one rainy evening as we huddled together in a three-walled shelter. I’ll start this episode with some background about the parks and the trip, and then roll the dispatches. If you listen to this episode and have any feedback, I’d love to hear it. If people like this format, I can already think of some long trails I’d like to cover the same way in the not to distant future. Next time, I'll put a foam windscreen on my field recorder.... As promised, here are the recipes I mentioned in the episode: Meg’s vegetarian trail burrito: Ingredients:
Method: I just combine everything but the tortillas, cheese and fried onions in my pot or freezer bag and add boiling water to it. Usually just enough water to cover all the ingredients. Let it sit for a few minutes to rehydrate, cheese up into little pieces and throw that in. Stir, scoop out onto tortillas, sprinkle friend onions on top and wrap that baby up. Trail tuna salad wraps: Ingredients:
Method: Mix everything together and slap it onto tortilla Like, rate, review and follow If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram and TikTok and like the Catch Me Outside Podcast Facebook page. Music Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs | |||
| 09 Feb 2022 | E5: Winter backpacking 101 | 01:00:16 | |
Does your backpacking gear gather dust each winter while you sit by the window like a Victorian ghost, yearning to sleep on the ground? It doesn't have to be that way, if you're prepared to face the cold. In this "adventure 101" episode of Catch Me Outside, Jenna Nodding — certified mountain guide and founder of Canmore, Alberta's Get Outside Adventures — goes over the basics of winter backpacking, including:
Canmore was originally known as Chuwapchipchiyan Kudi Bi, which translates to “shooting at the willows” in the Stoney Nakoda language. It is situated on the traditional Treaty 7 territory of the Stoney Nakoda, Blackfoot, Tsuut'ina, Ktunaxa, Secwépemc, Dene, Mountain Cree, and Métis. Links: Music: Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram. | |||
| 31 May 2022 | E13: The magnificent Sunshine Coast Trail | 01:35:06 | |
Ahh, the Sunshine Coast Trail. At 180 kilometres, and with at least 14 huts, it’s Canada’s longest hut-to-hut hiking trail. The trail stretches along the coast of British Columbia, from Desolation Sound to Saltery Bay, through a region separated from the rest of B.C. by several fjords, and only accessible by boat or plane. It traverses a wide range of landscapes, passing along coastal shorelines, creeks and lakes, through old growth forests and logging clear cuts and up over mountains. Its total elevation gain is 6,000 metres, which is more than the height of Mount Kilimanjaro. It’s situated on the traditional territory of Tla’amin Nation, which is also the namesake of some of its features, like the anglicized Sliammon Lakes. This episode’s guest is Greg Zolob, who hiked the full trail last summer just before I hiked it. Greg offered a lot of very helpful advice as I was planning my hike, so it seemed fitting for us to sit down, share stories from our hikes and profile the trail for other prospective hikers. Today’s episode covers:
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| 25 Jan 2022 | E4: Eva and Pascale on mountaineering in the Yukon | 01:17:00 | |
Last April, Pascale Marceau and Eva Capozzola summited Canada’s third tallest peak in a three-week Yukon expedition, becoming the first-all woman team to summit Mount Lucania. Today, they talk about the ascent, how they became mountaineers and how you can. Plus, they chat about upcoming adventures. Links Music: Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs
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| 12 Jul 2022 | E16: Outdoor gear on a budget | 00:49:13 | |
Outdoor adventure gear can be prohibitively expensive if you don’t have access to a resource like a gear lending library. But with some luck, patience and advice from other outdoor enthusiasts, it’s possible to find the gear you need affordably, and make it last a long time. Dionne, Lauren and Caroline from our last episode about the BIPOC Outdoor Gear Library put their combined experience together for this episode on buying and borrowing outdoor gear on a budget. They’re three outdoor enthusiasts who probably have experience in about a dozen outdoor adventure sports between them, including hiking, camping, paddling, skiing and cycling. Together, they run the BIPOC Outdoor Gear Library in *Guelph, Ontario. In this episode, they offer advice on how to affordably and sustainably stock your gear closet, how to get the most out of your gear and extend its longevity, and tips and tricks for maintaining and repairing gear on the go. Note: This is the second half of the interview our last episode was based on. If you want to learn more about Dionne, Lauren, Caroline and the BIPOC Outdoor Gear Library, listen to E15: Anatomy of an Outdoor Gear Library. If you want to help support the BIPOC Outdoor Gear Library, check out their website bipocoutdoorgearlibrary.com to make a donation or learn about volunteer opportunities. *So-called Guelph, which was given its current name by white colonizers, is situated on the occupied territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation of the Anishinaabek Peoples. Like, rate, review and follow If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram and TikTok and like the Catch Me Outside Podcast Facebook page. Music Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs | |||
| 08 Mar 2022 | E7: Hiking the West Coast Trail and the Juan de Fuca Trail back-to-back | 00:56:14 | |
Vancouver Island, off the coast of British Columbia, is criss-crossed with hiking trails. One, in particular, draws thousands of Canadian and international hikers each year: The West Coast Trail. The West Coast Trail is a 75 km-long coastal hike that follows some of the ancient paths and paddling routes used for trade and travel by Indigenous peoples for millennia. It’s located on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, on the traditional territories of the Huu-ay-aht, Ditidaht, and Pacheedaht First Nations, and takes hikers over beaches, through temperate rainforests, rivers and deep mud and up and down more than 100 ladders. It’s very popular, and sites need to be reserved in advance. Also, because so much of it involves beach walking, hikers need to carry tide charts to plan their timing each day. They’re rewarded with views of the ocean though. Just south of this iconic trail is a lesser known but probably equally awesome multi-day hiking called the Juan de Fuca Trail. Like the west coast trial, it follows the coast of the island and involves beach walking, hiking through mud and planning around the tides. It’s shorter, at 47 kilometres, less busy and sites are mostly available on a first-come, first served basis. Laura and Kyle are a couple I met last year while hiking B.C.’s Sunshine Coast Trail. We met in town during a resupply and leap-frogged each other for the rest of the hike, often camping in the same spots. They explained to me that, a few years earlier, they’d attempted back-to-back hikes of the West Coast Trail and the Juan de Fuca. On this episode of Catch Me Outside, they share their experience, including the moment they helped rescue a hiker from a potentially deadly situation. This episode covers: • What to expect on the West Coast and Juan de Fuca trails • How to hike them back-to-back • The trick to rehydrating dehydrated eggs so they aren’t disgusting • The sketchy moment on the West Coast Trail Laura and Kyle would have loved a personal locator beacon for, and more. Music: Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram. | |||
| 20 Sep 2022 | E21: Sweet Tooth and Three Hills hike the Nootka Trail | 01:36:07 | |
Located on the West Coast of Nootka Island in British Columbia, is a remote backpacking trail called, fittingly enough, the Nootka Trail. It’s 37 kilometres long, but before you sniff at the length, know this: it’s an intense slog through obstacle-filled forests and over many, many stretches of pea-gravel covered beaches. What it lacks in distance it more than makes up for in difficulty. It’s a linear trail, and getting to and from its trailheads requires hikers to charter a float plane and a water taxi. If you see it through, though, you're rewarded with unobstructed ocean views, magnificent sunsets, cool wildlife sightings, old shipwrecks and an opportunity to learn about the history and culture of the Mowachaht/Muchalat First Nation, whose lands the trail passes through. Friend of the pod Greg “Three Hills” Zolob recently hiked the trail with his hiking buddy Candice, A.K.A. Sweet Tooth. For today’s episode, they give a rundown of their hike, including the highlights, the lowlights, getting caught unawares by the tide, forgetting trail runners at home, unforgettable views and wildlife encounters. PS. I make a minor announcement at the end of the intro that states "September 1" when I really mean "October 1." Links and shoutouts https://www.yuquot.ca/nootka-crisis/ https://www.yuquot.ca/product-category/hiking/ Like, rate, review and follow If you're enjoying the show, please rate, review and follow @catchmeoutsidepodcast on Instagram and TikTok and like the Catch Me Outside Podcast Facebook page. Also, keep an eye out for the Catch Me Outside Patreon, launching in September. Music Yaki Tori and Mango by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-yaki-tori Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oZ0U4Q5epUs | |||