Dan and Guthook open up the mailbag and tackle a list of questions about hiking the AT by a listener from Down Under. Also, an important announcement about the show... Links:   Appalachian Trail Safety Tips Atlas Guides 

<p>Dan and Guthook open up the mailbag and tackle a list of questions about hiking the AT by a listener from Down Under. Also, an important announcement about the show...</p> <p>Links:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.appalachiantrail.org/home/explore-the-trail/hiking-basics/safety" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Appalachian Trail Safety Tips</a></li> <li><a href="https://atlasguides.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Atlas Guides</a></li> </ul>

Episode 38: Appalachian Trail Mailbag

Hiking with a toddler or preschooler can be a really fun experience and can foster a positive attitude...if done right! In this week's show, Dan reveals five tips for helping your next hiking trip with the youngster be an enjoyable experience for all!

Episode 37: Hiking with Small Children

Julie Urbanski

Matt and Julie Urbanski join the show his week to talk about completing the triple crown, founding a successful running coaching business, and parenting a toddler in a travel lifestyle. Links from the show: Team RunRun The Barkley 100  Julie's Books

Matt and Julie Urbanski join the show his week to talk about completing the triple crown, founding a successful <a href="https://teamrunrun.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">running coaching business</a>, and parenting a toddler in a travel lifestyle. Links from the show: <a href="https://teamrunrun.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Team RunRun</a> <a href="https://vimeo.com/97270099" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Barkley 100</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Julie-Urbanski/e/B006J8HYQA/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1533666205&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Julie's Books</a>

Episode 36:  Matt and Julie Urbanski

Dan and Guthook explore the wide world of Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and talk about some of the LNT challenges hikers often face: unattended trail magic, water caches, camp chores, and cat holes. Warning: Provocative content! Download Episode

Dan and Guthook explore the wide world of Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and talk about some of the LNT challenges hikers often face: unattended trail magic, water caches, camp chores, and cat holes. Warning: Provocative content! <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/weeklyhikingtip/Episode_35__Leave_No_Trace_we_mean_it.mp3" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Download Episode</a>

Episode 35 Leave No Trace (we really mean it!)

Carey Kish

Carey Kish, a Maine-based outdoor writer, joins Dan this week and talks about what it takes to put together a solid guidebook and compile the impressive, newly-released 11th edition of the Maine Mountain Guide, available now at the  AMC Store. Download Episode

Carey Kish, a Maine-based outdoor writer, joins Dan this week and talks about what it takes to put together a solid guidebook and compile the impressive, newly-released 11th edition of the Maine Mountain Guide, available now at the <a href="https://amcstore.outdoors.org/maine-mountain-guide-11th-edition-055094" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> AMC Store.</a> <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/weeklyhikingtip/Episode_34__Carey_Kish.mp3" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Download Episode</a>

Episode 34: Carey Kish

The hot weather is back and so is Weekly Hiking Tip!  Dan and Guthook talk about staving off heat exhaustion during the height of summer, the Skyline Lodge controversy on Mt. Washington, and tips for ultralighting. Check out Atlas Guide's newly redesigned website!

The hot weather is back and so is Weekly Hiking Tip!  Dan and Guthook talk about staving off heat exhaustion during the height of summer, the Skyline Lodge controversy on Mt. Washington, and tips for ultralighting. Check out <a href="http://atlasguides.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Atlas Guide's</a> newly redesigned website!

Episode 33: Hot Weather Hiking, Skyline Lodge, Ultralighting

Dan takes another look at what it costs to hike a long distance trail. This time around, both explicit and implicit (opportunity) costs are considered and used to answer the question: Should I do this hike? Is it worth it?

Episode 32:  Thru Hike Budgeting Redux

In this week's episode, Dan pulls a few backpacking questions from the AT and PCT Facebook pages. He talks about where to camp and how to plan a thru-hike of the NY AT and where a good starting point might be for a summer PCT section hike.

Episode 31: Camping on AT in NY, PCT Section Hike Start Points

Smell something burning? That's because Dan and Guthook are all about camp stoves in Episode 30! The guys discuss all major backpacking stove technologies, reviewing the pros and cons of canister, alcohol, ESBIT/solid fuel, bottle-liquid, and wood. Link to postal regulations for shipping gas canisters:  http://distancehiking.com/updates/shipping-stove-fuel/

Smell something burning? That's because Dan and Guthook are all about camp stoves in Episode 30! The guys discuss all major backpacking stove technologies, reviewing the pros and cons of canister, alcohol, ESBIT/solid fuel, bottle-liquid, and wood. Link to postal regulations for shipping gas canisters:  <a href="http://distancehiking.com/updates/shipping-stove-fuel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://distancehiking.com/updates/shipping-stove-fuel/</a>

Episode 30:  Stoves

How much time should you budget for a long distance hike? In this week's show, using data from 2013-14 AT and PCT thru hikers, Dan talks about all the factors that influence how much time you might want to set aside for your next long distance hike.

Episode 29:  Budgeting for Time

Whether you're planning a weekend overnight or a months-long hike of the Appalachian Trail, Weekly Hiking Tip will save you time, money, agony, and facilitate a fun, successful journey into the outdoors.  Join Dan Feldman, author of Long Distance Hiking and 2-time thru-hiker, each week as he shares backpacking tips from aches and pains to z-rests.

Well presented, informative, entertaining, efficiently communicated.  I enjoyed listening to the out of the world backpacking topics, without cowbells or buzzers.

Great podcast!

This is a very useful podcast both in subject matter and actual facts, not just opinions.  I love the use of data to justify points made.  It is also enjoyable to listen to as far as presentation goes.

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Weekly Hiking Tip

This week, Dan reviews the top 5 things that thru-hikers said they carried in their packs most of the way, but in looking back on their hikes, thought they could have done without.  What's necessary and what's not?

Episode 14:  Stuff You Can Do Without

In this week's show, Dan dusts off his physical therapy degree and dives into knee injuries! If you're wondering why knee injuries happen to hikers and what can be done about knee injuries on the trail, then listen in!

Episode 25: Your Knee

Treating water obtained in the backcountry has long been considered a common sense, level-headed thing to do. Biology Ph.D. candidate Ethan Linck joins Dan to talk about a February 2018 Slate article he wrote that questions this doctrine. Read Ethan's article on  Slate. Distancehiking blog post on water treatment. Download Episode

Treating water obtained in the backcountry has long been considered a common sense, level-headed thing to do. Biology Ph.D. candidate Ethan Linck joins Dan to talk about a February 2018 Slate article he wrote that questions this doctrine. Read Ethan's article on <a href="https://slate.com/technology/2018/02/filtering-stream-water-or-fresh-water-is-medically-unnecessary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Slate.</a> Distancehiking <a href="http://distancehiking.com/tools/watertreatment/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog post</a> on water treatment. <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/weeklyhikingtip/Episode_27__Is_Water_Treatment_Necessary_.mp3" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Download Episode</a>

Episode 27:  Is Water Treatment (really) Necessary?

This week, Guthook, co-founder of Guthook's Guides and Atlas Guides, joins Dan in a discussion about maps, apps, and trail navigation.

Episode 4: Guthook

This week, Dan goes over some important tips for how to physically prepare for a long distance hike, and how this is different than physical preparation for other sports.

Episode 9: Physical Preparation

Shin splints can ruin a hike.  In this week's episode, Dan talks about to prevent shin splints and, if experiencing symptoms of shin splints on a hike, how to take care of them.  This is a must-listen for all thru-hikers!    Download Episode

Shin splints can ruin a hike.  In this week's episode, Dan talks about to prevent shin splints and, if experiencing symptoms of shin splints on a hike, how to take care of them.  This is a must-listen for all thru-hikers!    <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/weeklyhikingtip/Episode_5.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Episode</a>

Episode 5: Shin Splints

It's a total buzzkill to talk about money when planning the hike of a lifetime, but failing to consider cost can take you off the trail before you're ready. This week, Dan breaks down the cost of a long distance hike and offers some quick tips for budgeting.    Download Episode

It's a total buzzkill to talk about money when planning the hike of a lifetime, but failing to consider cost can take you off the trail before you're ready. This week, Dan breaks down the cost of a long distance hike and offers some quick tips for budgeting.    <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/weeklyhikingtip/Episode_6.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Episode</a>

Episode 6: How Much Does a Hike Cost?

Woe is thee who suffers the blister!  Listen to Dan this week and learn what you can do to take care of your next blister problem on the trail.   Download Episode    Music by Kyle Gervais and Dominic Lavoie

Woe is thee who suffers the blister!  Listen to Dan this week and learn what you can do to take care of your next blister problem on the trail.   <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/weeklyhikingtip/Episode_19__Blister_Treatment.mp3" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Download Episode</a>    Music by <a href="http://www.kgfreeze.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kyle Gervais</a> and Dominic Lavoie

Episode 19: Blister Treatment

Since 1999, SteriPEN has helped travelers and backpackers worldwide make wilderness water safe for drinking. Dan talks to Miles Maiden, the inventor of SteriPEN, about SteriPEN's past, present, and future.    Download Episode

Since 1999, SteriPEN has helped travelers and backpackers worldwide make wilderness water safe for drinking. Dan talks to Miles Maiden, the inventor of <a href="https://www.steripen.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SteriPEN,</a> about SteriPEN's past, present, and future.    <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/weeklyhikingtip/Episode_21__SteriPEN.mp3" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Download Episode</a>

Episode 21: SteriPEN

If you're thinking about heading to the Granite State to hike, but you wanna get off the beaten path, the Cohos Trail might be just the ticket! In this week's episode, Dan talks to Kim Nilsen, founder and board chairman of the Cohos Trail Association.

If you're thinking about heading to the Granite State to hike, but you wanna get off the beaten path, the <a href="http://www.cohostrail.org/the-trail/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cohos Trail</a> might be just the ticket! In this week's episode, Dan talks to Kim Nilsen, founder and board chairman of the <a href="http://www.cohostrail.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cohos Trail Association.</a>

Episode 20: New Hampshire

Dan picks up the topic of footwear once again.  This time he talks about what hikers who were unhappy with their footwear had the most to be unhappy about.  Listen this week for a few solid tips on buying footwear for long distance hiking.

Episode 11: Footwear Part 2

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