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Episode 12 – “Mojave, Mo’ Problems”
After celebrating at the 500 mile mark, Ratatouille loses his phone while hitching to town, is bitten by red ants, gets sick, encounters a Mojave Green rattlesnake, hurts his foot, and falls on a cactus. Two brothers from overseas and a traveling trail...
Episode 11 – “House of the Moon”
Ratatouille visits Casa de Luna and talks with Terrie Anderson, trail angel extraordinaire. A 10-mile drunken night hike tests Ratatouille's ukulele abilities. A podcast rivalry escalates into war. The debut of Hiker Haikus. LINKS! The Trail Show Mile,
Episode 10 – “The Legacy of Hiker Heaven”
For 18 years, Donna and Jeff Saufley hosted PCT hikers at their home in Agua Dulce, California. They take the time to share their story on Trailside Radio, talking about how 50 hikers per season grew to 50 hikers per night,
Episode 9 – “Rattle and Thumb”
Ratatouille encounters a rattlesnake and watches other hikers hitchhike past him. Interviews include a part-time trail angel, a group of tired hikers, and a young military veteran hiking as a way to cope with PTSD.
Episode 8 – “Northbound”
Ratatouille heads north and interviews other hikers. Some are hiking for charitable causes. Others are hiking with family. One is making art... naked. One is airlifted out, but returns to tell the tale. An episode full of dehydration, fatigue,
Episode 7 – “No Regrets, No Tears, No Worries, No Fears”
Paul "Nohawk" Hacker, Teddi Boston, Ravensong, Bob Riess, Matt "Double Tap" Parker, Backcountry Ninjas, Zero Day Resupply. Dedicated to Greg "Strider" Hummel.
Episode 6 – “Kick Off (Part 2)”
More interviews from the Annual Day Zero Pacific Crest Trail Kick Off 2015, including POD and Disco (The Trail Show), Meadow Ed, Marmot, Lon "Halfmile" Cooper, Barney “Scout” Mann, and the people behind Guthook Trail Guides, Gossamer Gear,
Episode 5 – “Kick Off (Part 1)”
PCT Kick Off 2015 with Shawn "Pepper" Forry, Scott "Squatch" Herriott, Georgi "Firefly" Heitman, and Teresa "Dicentra" Black
Episode 4 - “Goodbye, City of Rosesâ€
Whitney "Allgood" LaRuffa talks about ALDHA-West, PCT Days, and the annual ALDHA-West Gathering. Renee "She-ra" Patrick of Hikertrash Gear talks about the Continental Divide Trail, which she's thru-hiking this summer.
Episode 3 - “Hikertrashâ€
Ratatouille travels to Bend, Oregon to find out why many hikers choose to call themselves hikertrash. He talks with Erin and Carl Miller (a.k.a. "Hummingbird" and "Bearclaw") about Erin's book, Hikertrash: Life on the Pacific Crest Trail.