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It's the end of the road for the PUDs boys for now...for a multitude of reasons we will be taking a break from the PUDs Podcast and moving onto different projects. Maybe we'll be back from time to time if the podcast beckons. Listen in to hear why on this thanks-for-listening-to-us-across-seventy-eight-episodes episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Paul and Nick get the opportunity to sit down with Mike Cherim, a modern-day "Renaissance man" who has been hiking and climbing since tackling the "Rock Pile" at the young age of four! Mike is the owner and founder of Redline Guiding up in Intervale, New Hampshire, as well as an instructor, guide, and even a Justice of the Peace!
Paul tackles Adams and Madison and tries not to get blown away on a Spring-like day in the Northern Presidentials, Nick tackles repeat agents on the mighty 450' Diamond Hill in Cumberland while everyone is getting up North, stays local hiking with the family, and attempts a picnic in Newport despite the chilly temps, and the boys have a great chat with Mike Cherim of Redline Guiding! They discuss Mike's past endeavors; including hiking Mount Washington as a young boy, climbing Mount Fuji in Japan, Mount Rainier out West, everything he's done at "home" in the Whites and in the Northeast, how and why he started the awesome Redline Guiding guide company in the Whites, and how Redline Guiding can help you hike your lists, learn how to climb, and even get you married in mountainous location on this don't-forget-to-get-your-marriage-license-for-your-wedding-day-or-it-might-be-awkward-episode of the PUDs Podcast!
The boys are stoked this week to sit down with friend and listener of the podcast "daveshitsinthewoods"! We take a walk on the bushwhack-y side of things and hear about some of Dave's adventures off-trail; including his recent completion of the New Hampshire Hundred Highest (NHHH) along with his creation of a brand new New Hampshire hiking list: the New Hampshire Inappropriate Sixty-Nine (NHI69)!
Josh and Nick are feeling feisty, Nick has been spending a bunch of time up north and prepares to head up once again for the long weekend with family (oh no!), Josh has a new car, we hear about some upcoming winter hiking events, Josh makes Nick blush and sh*ts in the woods too(!), and you better get your compass and map ready as the boys chat with Dave about what it's like to be off-trail on adventures all over New Hampshire, animal encounters, navigation strategies, logging artifacts and other strange things you might find in New Hampshire's less-traveled areas, plus a whole new hiking list for those who are super-adventurous and perhaps have their mind in the gutter, on this anything-but-sh*tty-episode of the PUDS Podcast!!!
Bundle up and get ready to move as the boys are joined by Nick Higgins and James Leitner! The pair are preparing to attempt 100 miles on a ~3.2 mile loop in 24 hours, starting on January 16th, 2025 in the heart of the Whites; Lincoln, New Hampshire, in honor of the late Christoper Roma and to raise money for the non-profit Mission Clean Water!
Josh tries to make Nick feel awkward with dead air, Josh refuses to put on space heaters in his basement studio space, Nick is still defrosting from bagging Carter Dome on a very cold day and visits the New England Aquarium, and settle in for the amazing story of family man, friend, and ultra-hiker Chris Roma! His passion for hiking, the outdoors, and using it to raise funds to provide clean water to people across the globe continues to reverberate and influence others in the Whites, and Nick Higgins and James Leitner are picking up where he left off! All this and a very theatrical hyperthetical on this how-many-laps-can-you-run-in-by-the-North-Woodstock-post-office-episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Hope you all had a great Christmas, Happy Holidays, and New Year's! The holidays are over, and the boys are back with a fresh episode for 2025!
Josh questions what kind of Taco Bell item Nick is, the boys recap their holiday celebrations, Josh visits the "Boston Museum of Illusion" and stays in Waterville Valley over New Year's and gets our for a few hikes; including Big Pines Path and Boulder Path, Nick continues chipping away at his Winter New Hampshire Four-Thousand-Footers with hikes of the Osceolas and Carrigain, how does Squid Game Season 2 stack up to the original, and the first hyperthetical of 2025 on this new-year-same-PUDs-episode of the PUDs Podcast!
We've got a special hiking podcast crossover episode for the holidays! On this episode of the PUDs Podcast, we kick it back to the first time Nick appeared as a guest on the Sounds Like A Search And Rescue (SLASR) Podcast Episode 157 back in June of this year!
Nick is Josh-less in Rehoboth while Mr. Rogers is up hiking with family and hanging out in New Hampshire's Waterville Valley, we hear about Nick's hiking background, Stomp recaps running the Mount Washington Road Race, some details on trail maintenance, Nick's trip to Joshua Tree National Park, and some very interesting White Mountains trail history from Mike, on this its-a-SLASR-Podcast-episode-wrapped-in-a-PUDs-Podcast-episode(?!) of the PUDs Podcast!
This week the boys are joined by friend and Hiking Buddies 501(c)(3) Secretary; Lynn Swezey! Josh and Nick chat with Lynn on her hiking background, learn all about the Hiking Buddies organization, and Nick and Lynn give a rundown refresher on cold-weather hiking as we move into "official" winter in the Whites!
Nick bags Pierce for Fall on a particularly cold December morning and makes a jaunt up to Willard to score some views, Josh has a new angle using his good side and goes to a Christmas fair, the boys meetup for a candy cane hayride with family, Nick is losing his voice, Nick might need to get into toe socks, we have a fantastic conversation with Lynn about the founding of Hiking Buddies, its educational and safety initiatives, and take a deep dive into winter hiking preparedness discussing layering, gear, weather, and more on this its-time-to-bag-those-winter-four-thousand-footers-and-merry-christmas-episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Nick and Josh are excited to sit down and chat with fellow podcasters and hosts of the "Sounds Like A Search And Rescue Podcast", AKA the "SLASR" Podcast; Mike and Stomp!
The boys have to reschedule podcasting plans due to inclement weather, Nick is back from Las Vegas and had fun looking at "The Sphere" all week, Josh sees Bristol Santa, Stomp is special, Mike needs a cool trail-name to use, the hiking-podcaster club is small but mighty, Mike and Josh don't like "dead air", and we dive into the humble beginnings of the now nearly two-hundred-episode-deep SLASR podcast, as well as the guys behind the mics, on this twice-the-hiking-podcasters-twice-the-fun-episode of the PUDs Podcast!
It's the "Pulp Fiction" of podcast episodes as Nick and Josh conclude a busy week of pre-Thanksgiving recording, and sit down with one of their favorite hikers to follow; Gwenn Stratton!
Turkeys have been acquired, Nick bags Tecumseh for "Fall" as well as all four seasons and revisits Cascade Path in Waterville Valley, Josh plans another New Year's Eve visit to the Whites, "Coach Josh" is back on the court, and we learn about what drives Gwenn to do what she does in the Whites; creating, crushing, and sharing impressive (and often shapely!) routes through some of New Hampshire's most rugged terrain, including traditional trails, slides, and bushwhacks, on this let's-pretend-it's-after-Thanksgiving-but-it-really-isn't-episode of the PUDs Podcast!
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Josh and Nick sit down and get into everything herbal with Rachel Warnock! Rachel is the Founder, CEO, and Lead Herbalist of the PUDs Podcast's newest sponsor; Impact Botanicals!
Josh is changing angles and podcasting locations, it's a microphone revolution, a throwback to "Steamin' Up the Hams", pod-plaques, the Mike Tyson and Jake Paul fight was lackluster, Nick gets ready to head to a tech conference in Las Vegas, and the boys sit down and chat with Rachel about Ayurvedic medicine, boat racing, sustainability, what it's like to be on a reality television show, stocking-stuffers for hikers, and how Rachel is using her talents as an herbalist and business savvy to create change with Impact Botanicals, on this powered-by-plants-episode of the PUDs Podcast!
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Nick and Josh recap their past weekend up in New Hampshire! The boys "bro-out" and sandwich attending (and Nick performing at) the Rek'-Lis Full Conditions event with a few hikes!
Nick misses Josh but Josh isn't reciprocating, the boys talk Thanksgiving turkey strategy, the smell of burning popcorn lingers, singing all sorts of tunes with friends-of-the-podcast Paul and Deanna while hiking North and Middle Sugarloaf, Nick plays a ton of songs opening for the SLASR Podcast at the Rek'-Lis Full Conditions event and even teams up with Stomp on a few to close the set, SLASR Podcast crushes their live show, the New Hampshire hiking community is awesome(!), Nick and Josh destroy some chicken sandwiches, and a loop at the northern end of Franconia Notch of Bald Mountain and the iconic Artists Bluff, on this keep-your-cavities-to-yourselves-please-episode of the PUDs Podcast!
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Nick made the most of a long weekend; including getting up north for the Lakes Region Search and Rescue (LRSAR) 5K, hiking with the family around Franconia Notch, trekking up to 52-with-a-View peak Hedgehog Mountain, and then making a trip to the northwestern corner of Massachusetts to (finally!) get up to the state's highpoint: Mount Greylock!
Josh ponders what words are podcast appropriate, there are two types of people when it comes to leaves, Nick makes a wrong turn in a 5K, explores Franconia Notch with the family, revisits Hedgehog, the Appalachian Trail goes through some interesting places, the northwestern corner of Massachusetts is beautiful, we've got fresh "stickahs", getting excited for the SLASR Rek'-lis Full Conditions event, and how many Bruce Springsteen songs does Josh know(?), on this November-ish episode of the PUDs Podcast!
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Paul steps in as an "intern" on the PUDs Podcast without Josh and joins as a full-co-host with Nick to chat with Lyla "Sugar" Harrod! Lyla; commonly known by her trail-name "Sugar", is the first transgender woman to become a Triple Crowner, and she recently created and hiked the incredible "Divide to Crest" route!
Nick takes the long ride to Jay Peak where there's been over 400 inches of snowfall this season, Paul takes on the ladders and tight-spaces of the 52-with-a-View-peaks Morgan and Percival, makes it to North Twin, and the boys have an outstanding conversation with Lyla about her amazing hiking accomplishments, taking the long-trails less-traveled, creating entirely new hiking routes, route-creators, hiking in the desert, sobriety, making a gender transition, and stepping into your true-self and seizing your full-potential, on this kick-Nick-under-the-table-if-he-gets-too-excited-whilst-talking-about-hiking-episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Fresh off the heels of Halloween the boys catchup on what's up, and Nick gets into detail about his "home" mountain, and the home mountain of many a Massachusettsan; Mount Wachusett!
Josh is all jacked-up from a post-Hallow's Eve cold but is ready to punch the clock and do some podcasting, Nick celebrates pinch-cohost-of-the-podcast Ashley's birthday, and we take a deep-dive into the 17 mile trail system of Wa-Wa-Wachusett Mountain State Reservation with its 200 acres of old growth forest on this fairly-local-episode of the PUDs Podcast!
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Happy Halloween!!! This week Nick and Josh interview friend-and-listener-of-the-Podcast Jake Dalbec, AKA "jakesterd2", about his experiences climbing (and hiking!) in the Northeast, including a recent climb of the Eaglet and a past climb up the legendary Whitney Gilman Ridge on the Cannon Cliffs!
Don't be afraid to hit the red button, the boys are getting ready to go trick or treating, Nick bags Cannon for Fall and checks out a local trail in Rehoboth, "The Coneheads" was a great movie, how many one-hit-wonders were there in the 80s(?), and we learn what it's like to get vertical on some of New Hampshire's most impressive and intimidating climbing routes on this make-sure-you-know-your-knots-and-it's-more-technique-than-strength episode of the PUDs Podcast!
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It's getting closer to All Hallow's Eve and the boys are feeling a bit spooky! On this episode Nick and Josh are getting into the spirit and share some of their favorite unsettling tales!
Woah Black Betty! Josh loves "Kung Pow! Enter the Fist", Nick attempts to bag Cannon for the Fall, ends up making a loop of Welch Dickey for sunset, crashes the SLASR Podcast, snaps some pictures of Franconia Notch under the Hunter's Supermoon, and sees some amazing views of the Northern Presidentials from a loop of Crescent and Randolph Mountains with a group of funny hikers, and we dive into some White Mountain tales from Thomas D'Agostino's "Haunted New Hampshire" along with some stories about Josh's favorite cryptids on this eerie episode of the PUDs Podcast!
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Josh and Nick have been getting in the autumnal spirit with some Fall hikes up in Maine's Carrabasset Valley a trip to Sauchuk's Farm in Plympton, Massachusetts!
Nick, Ash, friend-of-the-podcast Wilkie, and family, head up to the far reaches of northwest Maine to continue their quest to bag the New England 67 Four-Thousand Footers and check out a few other local hikes in the area, Nick wraps up his Taylor James Steeves Foundation Tay's Summit Challenge in Rhode Island's Arcadia Wildlife Management Area, and the PUDs boys hang with their families at Sauchuk's Farm and try not to get lost in a Boston-Bruins-themed corn maze in this lovely-little-recap-SPUDs-isode of the PUDs Podcast!
Best-friends-of-the-podcast Mike and Lorrie are back, and give us a rundown of their trip back in October of 2022 to the highest mountain range on planet Earth: the Himalayas!
Nick has been up doing trail maintenance in the Northern Presidentials and out bagging some New England 67 Four-Thousand-Footers in Maine's Carrabasset Valley, Josh loves "Kung Fu Panda" and has been getting out to some local trails with the family, and Ash is sitting in as pinch-podcast-cohost for this pack-your-bags-for-Kathmandu-and-grab-your-"Cobumbia"-hat-we're-going-to-Lobuche-episode (phew!) of the PUDs Podcast!
It's Fall y'all! Nick and Josh sit down and chat with one of the most prolific and creative hikers in the White Mountains: Philip Carcia!
Nick has been taking selfies with scary clowns and hiking a local hill on repeat for the Tay's Summit Challenge, Josh is excited to get spooky in the coming months, and we dive into a multitude of hiking-goodness including long trails, the Kancamagus Highway Yo-Yo, the Single-Year-Grid, 39 summits of Mount Wachusett in 24 hours, thinking "outside the box", a fun game of FKM with months in the Whites, and miles(!) more with Phil Carcia, on this inspirational episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Nick is back from the Adirondacks and Josh has been getting out hiking as well! The boys settle in and chit-chat about some late-summer jaunts as Fall settles into the Northeast!
PUDs Podcast has a new logo(!), Josh scores his first win as a soccer coach, the boys want to get a candle sponsor, Disney+ is expensive, Josh finds a "Cliff Trail" with the family, and Nick runs down his recent trip to Keene Valley in the heart of New York's Adirondack High Peaks; including a loop to bag Nippletop and Dial from the Adirondack Mountain Reserve, a family hike up Mount Van Hoevenburg, exploring High Falls Gorge, and capturing the Milky Way on camera, plus a hyperthetical that might just drive you bananas on this episode of the PUDs Podcast!
On this week's episode the boys sit down and chat with Britt Wassick, Co-chair of Taylor James Steeves Foundation!
The Taylor James Steeves Foundation (TJSF) was founded in 2018 after the loss of Taylor Steeves. Taylor was diagnosed with a genetic form of lung cancer just days before his 30th birthday and fought the disease for 1 year before losing his battle.
Through fundraising events, like the annual Tay’s Summit Hiking Challenge, they work to provide financial to people and families going through a genetic lung cancer diagnosis. The Tay's Summit Hiking Challenge kicks off September 13th and runs through October 13th, the best time of year for hiking!
Nick wraps up his Summer Four-Thousand Footers with hikes of The Twins and Waumbek and gets ready to head to the Adirondacks, Josh has been busy coaching soccer, and we learn about the touching story of Taylor Steeves, his battle with genetic lung cancer, and how he inspired his friends and family to setup the TJSF to give aid to those fighting genetic forms of lung cancer!
The boys have both been getting out for some hikes and it's time for a recap!
Josh recaps a hike of Weetamoo Woods in Tiverton, RI with the kiddos and tries to find some Giant Trolls in Charlestown, RI! Meanwhile, Nick takes a day off and bags Mount Cabot and Mount Moriah up in New Hampshire in the same day to chip away at his Summer 48 Four-Thousand Footers! Watch out for broken bog bridges, try to stay dry, and how hard is it to find a dwarf to make a power sword these days(?) on this short, sweet, and hiking-content-filled S(mall)PUDs entry of the PUDs Podcast!
Grab your White Mountain Guide and your 48x12 Spreadsheet as Nick and Josh sit down and have an awesomely interesting conversation with friend of the podcast Fawn Langerman!
Josh had a great vacation in Saco, Maine; Nick lied about not caring about finishing his Summer 48 Four-Thousand Footers this year; and the boys are super-excited for an opportunity to chat with Fawn: AKA "BikeCampHikeGirl"! Fawn tells her story of learning to love hiking in The Whites, the decision to move to New Hampshire from Ohio, tracing the White Mountain Guide, the most intimidating thing about chasing sunrises, a week volunteering for MWOBS, "reluctantly" gridding, and o-so-much-more on this jam-packed episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Nick did a thing and finished his Winter 48 with an epic out and back of the Bonds, and the boys learn all about painting the mountains purple for Alzheimer's with their friends Cindy and Paul from the Alzheimer's Association 48 Peaks!
Nick has a podcasting "false start" before diving into "story time" about his hike from Lincoln Woods to Bondcliff, Bond, and West Bond to finish his Winter 48 4000 Footers with a great crew of hikers, Josh has been busy and wrapped up basketball season, and we learn about how the 48 Peaks; a sub-fundraiser of the Alzheimer's Association "The Longest Day" fundraiser, is helping to provide crucial funds for one of the most heartbreaking and widespread diseases in the world. We also learn how the disease has affected Cindy and Paul directly, leading them to dedicate time volunteering with 48 Peaks, and how you can get involved on this Nick-fell-in-a-spruce-trap-up-that-was-way-too-deep-plus-48-peaks-episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Josh and Nick have been on a roll podcasting with guests, but this episode is back to just "the boys"! It's time to catchup on some of Nick's latest hikes and see what Josh has planned for a little summer getaway!
Josh deals with a wascally-wabbit, had a Daddy-beach-day, has no juke left in his ankles, and is getting ready for a trip with the family to the beaches and parks of Saco, Maine! Meanwhile, Nick has been a house-Dad but has been getting up North, and runs down all his latest hikes; including a loop of Flume and Liberty with Ash up the Terrifying 25 Flume Slide, a lunch-break loop of Cascade Path, Georgiana and Harvard Falls during Tropical Storm Debby, a loop of the Hancocks, sunset on Bald Mountain, and an out and back of Mount Jackson! It's time to play catchup and maybe it's time to accept your fate of being a fanatical Canadian Football League fan, on this episode of the PUDs Podcast!
The boys and Ash (finally!) sit down with best-friends-of-the-podcast and fellow "Hiking Peeps" Mike and Lorrie to recall that time that they all stayed in Baxter State Park back in summer of 2021, and how they found themselves assisting BSP Search and Rescue with an injured hiker down Maine's infamous mountain; Katahdin!
The gang recalls their journey to the far northern reaches of New England; the beautiful, wild, and remote, Baxter State Park where three of the Maine (and New England) Four-Thousand-Footers reside. Bagging Baxter, Hamlin, and North Brother, enjoying the serenity of Maine's biggest wilderness area, helping a concussed hiker down a trail with BSP SAR, Mike and the moth, Nick takes a swan dive, Lorrie takes a nap, Ash is over trail-mix, Josh has a lot of moisture, Charles and Shaq are in your bathroom, and the pod has a new and "adventuristiq" sponsor on this I-can't-believe-it's-taken-us-this-long-to-talk-about-this-on-the-pod episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Josh and Nick are sipping on some delicious coffee and are super alert for an in-person pod-session! The boys sit down and chat with Daniel and Matt, owners and creators of Roots Coffee Roasters in Rochester, Massachusetts!
Grab your own "cup of joe" and listen in, as we dive into the complex process of roasting coffee beans and creating flavor profiles with coffee experts and connoisseurs Daniel and Matt! We discuss some of their past experiences on the trails as fellow hikers, the journey and process in starting a coffee bean roasting company, talk about parallels between brewing beer and coffee, and have a bunch of laughs on this highly-caffeinated-and-smooth episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Ash and Nick are NOT in Portugal...but we'll get to that later! With Josh off for the night, the hiking buddies dive into their experiences hiking the five four-thousand footers of the Green Mountain State: Vermont!
Hiking "The Chin" of Mount Mansfield with Mike after a day of Stowe hard-cideries, Killington and porcupines on Pico Peak with Mike and Lorrie, a stormy ascent of Camel's Hump with Sara-Beth and Jay, and a grand finale traversing the "Monroe Skyline" section of the Long Trail across Ellen and Abraham in wildfire haze and Ver-mud! Ash and Nick break down all the hikes on their quest to bag the four-thousand foot peaks of the long-trailed-and-lush-neighbor-of-New-Hampshire; on this we'll-get-to-Portugal-one-day-but-let's-talk-about-Vermont-peaks-SPUDs-isode of the PUDs Podcast!
Josh is fresh off the links and Nick is getting ready to go to Portugal! The boys catchup and a fiery hyperthetical on this quick SPUDs!
Nick hangs out with Mike Trocchi and does some hiking at the Devil's Hopyard down in Connecticut, Josh is back at it with the bucket golf, Nick finally has a new ride, is looking forward to (hopefully!) making it to Portugal's highpoint next week, and what could go wrong traveling internationally with a toddler, on this we're-going-to-be-away-for-at-least-a-week(-sadface) episode of the PUDs Podcast!
This week Nick and Josh sit down with avid hiker, trail adopter, editor, and (most importantly) listener of the PUDs Podcast Mike Trocchi!
Josh and Nick are testing some new podcasting technology, have a rough time golfing, and have a great conversation with Mike Trocchi on all things hiking and White Mountains!
Hear how Mike found himself chasing all these Northeast hiking lists, how he and Nick met, their Winter hiking together, Mike's recent completion of Vermont Four-Thousand Footers, Nick's recent Sandwich Range Traverse, Nick's trail is smaller than Mike's (but it still has more elevation gain to get to it), some White Mountains history, and a whole gamut of hiking topics on this we-finally-got-Mike-on-the-podcast-after-we-invited-him-two-months-ago episode of the PUDs Podcast!
It's the 3rd of July and Ash is back!!! Ash was kind enough to fill in after the boys had a guest cancellation, and gets interviewed by Nick and Josh about what she does for work; a Regional Director at a company that serves as a provider for early intervention and therapy for children on the Autism spectrum!
Josh probably ate too many chicken thighs and is recovering from being sick, Nick and Ash enjoyed a fun, albeit toasty Red Sox game, a fresh "Nick's Music Moment", and the boys take a deep dive with Ash and learn more about Autism, the spectrum, early intervention, therapy, applied behavior analysis, how Ash ended up in the field, and oh-so-much-more on this super interesting episode of the PUDs Podcast!
It's been a while and Josh and Nick are feeling a little SPUDs-y!!! It's time for a Small PUDs! Josh and Nick chat and have a quick catchup on the events of the past few weeks!
Josh sings a song, the Boston Celtics win the 2024 NBA Championship, Nick hikes Wachusett on Father's Day with friends, Josh hits the beach and goes crab-hunting, Nick finally gets up for trail-maintenance along with a sunset on Mount Adams, can I get a SCREEEEEEE, toad hallucinations, Nick finds The Watcher, Josh might have an accent, Nick gets rear-ended, listener mail, and hopefully people still want stickers on this it's-been-a-while-since-we've-done-a-SPUDs-episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Fresh off their Hot Takes on the Apple Music Best 100 Albums, the boys catchup on Nick's recent trips up North!
Nick runs through exploring Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge, a sunset hike up to Square Ledge in Pinkham Notch, a lollipop loop of Mount Isolation and the Boott Spur, an impromptu tagalong to Galehead Mountain with the super cool "Trek or Treat" team for the Alzheimer's Association The Longest Day 48 Peaks Fundraiser, and attending the 48 Peaks Hiker Celebration at Rek'-lis Brewing Company in Bethlehem, NH! Josh has a Death Row Records t-shirt, questions Nick's hiking terminology, and what would you do if a meteor was headed for Earth on this slightly-less-musical-episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Coming in hot!!! Nick and Josh are joined by fellow musician, music enthusiast, and friend-of-the-podcast-Spencer, and run down the list of the Apple Music Best 100 Albums! No spoilers in the deets, let's get into it!!!
It's a full-on hiking recap this week as friend-and-listener-of-the-podcast Paul sits in with the boys and trades stories from his latest trip to the Whites with Nick who just got back from a trip to the Adirondack High Peaks!
Josh looks like Steve Wonder or perhaps more accurately Scott Zolak, Nick doesn't know who Scott Zolak is, Paul works the Boston Outdoor expo and meets some prominent figures in both the hiking and running communities, running without music, what Josh sounds like when he attempts to run without music, Paul has a tough day up in the Whites having to make tough decisions to bail on the Twins and on Willey in the same day, and Nick gets out hiking with his better-half in the Adirondack High Peaks racking up two more of the Forty-Six with Street and Nye, Paul is no longer a hyperthetical virgin and has some homework to be a new cohost, on this let's-try-to-bag-five-four-thousand-footers-across-two-states-episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Nick's Music Moment:
Just Give In/Never Going Home - Hazel English - 2017
The boys are back for a recap of their respective 2024 Memorial Day Weekends and ready to get into it!
Josh fights "Bawston" traffic, "The Hiking Peeps" hike Saddleback and The Saddleback Horn in Maine to for the Alzheimer's Association's 2024 The Longest Day 48 Peaks fundraiser and check off two more of the Maine 4000 Footers, Josh tries his best to paint two-times-mom-of-the-podcast Melissa, Nick goes chasing waterfalls and is apparently a model, and Josh's headphones are haunted on this paint-the-mountains-purple-summer-is-almost-here episode of the PUDs Podcast!
It's the final installment of the "Nick Goes West" series and Nick "chases that high" out West to a new literal "high"; the 10,834' peak of Mount San Jacinto, the 2nd highest peak in Southern California!
Josh loves TMNT, is disappointed by a new local restaurant, has some deer in the backyard, and Nick runs through everything you need to know to hike the 6th most prominent peak in the lower 48! Mountain lions are a thing in Mount San Jacinto State Park, Apache rituals, challenging conditions, getting blasted with sand from wind turbines, "really big" trees, the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, views 8000' above the valleys, a brand new hyperthetical, Nick is getting ready to head to Maine for the Alzheimer's Association's Longest Day 48 Peaks Event, and miles-high-more on this desert-to-snow-y episode of the PUDs Podcast and conclusion of the "Nick Goes West" series!!!
In this second installment of the "Nick Goes West" trilogy (because after all isn't everything a trilogy these days?) Nick takes you through everything Joshua Tree National Park! Grab some SPF 70, sunglasses, and make sure you pack a few extra liters of water for this one!
As Josh is eager to find out where he came from, Nick is excited to share some news about fundraising and hiking for the Alzheimer's Association's The Longest Day - 48 Peaks event! Next, Nick continues sharing his recent trip to Southern California, and runs down where to stay, where to eat, where to shop, what to do, and most importantly, where to hike, in Joshua Tree National Park!
Driving from San Diego like the "Californians", roadrunners are really quick, a day hike to Eureka Peak, unfortunate encounters of the prickly kind, all the rocks, Joshua trees are like snowflakes, a sunset hike to Ryan Mountain, so many stars, and more content than acres in Rhode Island, on this dusty, hot, sweaty, and downright-amazed episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Nick is super-tan and back from a 5th wedding anniversary trip in Southern California! Josh debates what to do with poison ivy, coaches tee-ball, the Tiverton Bucket Golf Invitational, and (perhaps) sacrifices his youngest to a giant backyard snake! Nick gives the scoop on where he stayed, ate, drank, visited, and hiked in San Diego on the first installment of "Nick Goes West"! All this plus a "bear-y" interesting hyperthetical on this week's episode of the PUDs Podcast!
We did it! We finally had our first remote guest! Tony, AKA Dad Abrantes, AKA the leader of the Ferocious Foursome, joins Nick and Josh to discuss being Portuguese, how he got the boys into golf, meeting Aerosmith, and how he beat Josh in Nick's bracket pool! Nick gets ready to head to California, Josh is wearing a melting teenage mutant ninja turtle, wascally wabbits, and Seinfeld crashes the intro on this technically challenging episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Coming off the heels of the eclipse, Nick and Josh are struggling with some technical issues but persevere because the pod must go on! Nick sounds like Mickey Mouse, Josh is Australian, Nick tackles some "local" hikes including The Cliff Walk in Newport, what Josh would do if he had to face his nemesis on the moon, and tunnels in unexpected places, as we sashay through this next episode of the PUDs Podcast!
It's officially been a year since the first PUDs Podcast has been released and it's time to kick off our second season! Josh is angry about rain-induced traffic, the PUDs Podcast is now a "ranked" hiking podcast, and with the winter solstice just past Nick recaps all his hikes over the 2023-2024 calendar winter. From the White Mountains of New Hampshire to the High Peaks of the Adirondacks in New York, Nick has been busy making progress on his winter peak-bagging lists! Josh continues to chip away at the weight, March Madness is in full swing, and Nick kicks Josh in the ribs on this holy-crap-we've-been-at-this-for-year second season debut episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Nick's Music Moment Pick:
the album - boygenius
Josh's Jazzy Music Moment Bonus Pick:
Check out Nick on YouTube and/or Instagram @nickhikesandplaysguitar (thanks Josh!)
We are the podcast of Pointless-Up-and-Downs, and this week we dive into one of the bigger "downs" that Josh and Nick have unfortunately both already experienced in their lives, losing their Dads. An episode with a somber middle and some cheery ends like a nice PUDs-wich; Josh chats about an awkward trip to the dermatologist, Nick scoops some poop out of a bathtub, the boys recall the toughest thing they have ever gone through, and what would you be willing to let a heavily discounted painter do in your house(?), on this unusually deep and humanly episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Nick's Music Moment Picks for Episode 31:
End of Beginning - Djo - Decide - 2022
Guest Room - The National - Boxer - 2007
Believe - Elliot - Song in the Air - 2003
Mandolin Rain - Bruce Hornsby & The Range -The Way It Is - 1986
Megalomaniac - Incubus - A Crow Left of the Murder - 2004
Josh's Jazzy Music Moment Bonus Pick for Episode 31:
Josh is back and you'll be happy to know his swagger is unswayed!!! Josh talks on what it's like being a Dad for the second time and Nick is happy to be 25% a godparent! The boys catchup on what's been happening with Josh, how Greta Van Fleet is awesome, get serious around some pressures with new Moms, and the reality of the comfort of hospital couches on this special-we've-almost-been-at-this-for-a-year-30th episode of the PUDs Podcast!!!
Nick's Music Moment Picks for Episode 30:
Dark Matter - Pearl Jam - Dark Matter - 2024
Only in December - Gypsy and the Cat - The Late Blue - 2012
No More Time - Flor - Come Out You're Hiding - 2017
After the Gold Rush - Neil Young - After the Gold Rush - 1970
Obstacle 1 - Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights - 2002
Josh's Jazzy Music Moment Bonus Pick for Episode 30:
Ash and Nick just got back from a trip to the High Peaks Region of the Adirondacks, their new favorite place to explore nature outside of their "home"-hiking-turf of New Hampshire! Pull up an Adirondack chair to listen in as they once again fly "Josh-less" and talk about everything ADK, including where to stay, where to eat, a day on the slopes at Whiteface, a journey through Avalanche Pass in an attempt to bag Mount Colden, a loop hike of Snow Mountain and Rooster Comb, and just about everything you need to know for a winter trip up to the High Peaks!
This week the boys are excited (especially Nick!) to sit down with hiker and photographer Corey (AKA @coreyoutoors and "Corey O.") and discuss his journey becoming a full-time photographer in the Whites, his background in the outdoors, love of hiking, and more!
Josh has been on vacation and takes a trip to Mystic Aquarium with the family, everybody remembers touching their first stingray, there are towns in Rhode Island Josh has never heard of, Nick's week was crazy but had fun celebrating a recent engagement, entertaining and cooking for some grandparents, and Nick opts to stay "local" snowshoeing some loops over a freezing-cold and windy Mount Wachusett on Presidents' Day, a recent rescue with a "good" ending on Mount Washington, and we hear from Corey and how his passion of taking photos of friends while hiking and chasing sunrises evolved into a full career as a photographer for different outdoor clothing and equipment brands on this let's-nerd-out-about-photography-a-bit-too-episode of the PUDs Podcast!!!
With Josh absent to become a Dad for the second time, Nick and Ash finally get down to it (after chatting about doing it for the last month or so) with a rather sizable SPUDs on winter hiking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire! The dynamic hiking duo dive into their own experience winter hiking in the Whites and beyond; covering gear, layering, what's in their packs, traction, and much more on this jam-packed episode of the PUDs Podcast! If you've been wanting to try winter hiking (really anywhere for that matter, not just the Northeast) then you've come to the right place!
Note: we are not sponsored by and/or formally associated with any of the above brands, it's just what worked well for us in our experiences out in the mountain
The boys are sipping on some nice carbonated beverages and Josh is in the final days before his new daughter arrives! Nick is ready to commandeer this podcast talking about his hike of Madison and Adams last weekend, how to pronounce Metallica, Josh dives into his ongoing journey with weight loss, people who run without headphones are crazy, (best) friend of the podcast Adam doesn't like to talk to Josh while lifting weights, and many more tidbits on this it's-just-about-February-and-not-January episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Nick's Music Moment Picks for Episode 27:
Reese - Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think This is Gonna Last
Wall of Eyes (album) - The Smile
In Fear and Faith - Circa Survive - Juturna
Not My Baby - Alvvays - Antisocialites
Miro - Finch - Say Hello to Sunshine
Josh's Jazzy Music Moment Bonus Pick for Episode 27:
Josh dons his interviewer persona as Nick reviews what he's been up to in the White Mountains of New Hampshire since Josh's "Christmas Party"! Take off your pack, brush off the snow, and find someplace cozy, as Josh chats with Nick about his last calendar-Fall hike up to Tom, Field and Willey, kicking off calendar-Winter with a hike of Franconia Ridge, The Kinsmans, Cannon, Owl's Head, and all about "Gourds in the woods" on this icy-not-so-much-of-a-SPUDs-as-it-is-a-full-PUDs episode of the PUDs Podcast!
Technical issues be damned! After a botched recording the week previous Josh and Nick are (finally!) back and ready for 2024! The New England Patriots lose their longtime coach, favorite drummers, greased pigs, Nick's wifi connection keeps dying while Josh almost dies in the 93 tunnel in Boston, early PUDs-cations, and why Josh is now recording from his basement on this New Year's episode of the PUDs Podcast!!!
Nick's Music Moment Picks for Episode 25:
Fast to the End - Thursday - No Devolucion
Pride (In the Name of Love) - U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Digital Sea - Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vols. 1 & 2, Fire & Water
Loving You - Cannons - Heartbeat Highway
Crawl - Kings of Leon - Only by the Night
Josh's Jazzy Music Moment Bonus Pick for Episode 25: